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Emiliano Bellini

Emiliano joined pv magazine in March 2017. He has been reporting on solar and renewable energy since 2009. Emiliano is responsible for the daily news coverage on pv-magazine.com with a particular focus on European market. Emiliano also covers new technology, R&D, installations and company financial reporting. In its previous experience as a journalist, Emiliano has written about EdTech and new language technologies.

French government assigns 75 MW of FIT contracts in solar tender for Corsica and the overseas territories

The tender, which was launched in December 2016, was open to solar-plus-storage projects and PV projects for self-consumption.

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Colombia issues $66.7 million green bond

The funds will be used by the public bank Bancoldex to support unspeficied projects that help mitigate climate change impacts.

Amtech sees turnover and profits climb in Q2 of fiscal 2017

The U.S. supplier of automation systems for the PV industry said its performance in the quarter was its best results since its solar business unit peaked in the third and fourth fiscal quarters of 2011.

Saudi Arabia issues net metering scheme for small-scale solar

The Middle Eastern country has so far mainly supported large-scale projects. The new rules, which will apply to projects not exceeding 1 MW, will come into force in mid-2018.

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Brazilian state of São Paolo facilitates environmental licensing for solar

The new rules will apply to large-scale projects as well as to residential and commercial PV.

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Albania sets tariff of €100/MWh for PV projects up to 2 MW

The regulated tariff, which was previously granted only to small and medium hydro- power plants, was extended to PV up to 2 MW and wind projects not exceeding 3 MW in size.

Acwa Power secures PPAs for 165.5 MW of solar in Egypt

The Saudi Arabian power group will build three solar plants at the Benban solar complex, where most of the projects developed under Egypt’s FIT scheme are being constructed.

Cubico closes financing for 350 MW PV plant in Mexico

The Cubico Alten Aguascalientes Solar PV Project will be built in in El Llano municipality, in the state of Aguascalientes.

Argentina introduces VAT exemption for renewable energies

The exemption will relate to purchasing, manufacturing and importing of components to build renewable energy power projects.

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France helps Ukraine launch 1.2 GW solar hub in Chernobyl

The French government will provide an unspecified sum to conduct the feasibility study for the giant PV project.

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