The Queensland government’s plans for the 2 GW, 48 GWh Borumba pumped hydro station has seen its projected cost double to $9.5 billion before work has begun. LONGi will supply 1.5 GW of its modules to Energy3000, an Austrian distributor. Canadian Solar has announced Mesquite, Texas, as the site of its new 5 GW module factory, which will come online producing TOPCon from end-2023 with a $250 million investment. Nithin Sai Renewables has entered solar manufacturing by announcing a 500 MW module factory to be built in Bangalore, India, which will be expanded to 2 GW. Maxeon has taken Tongwei to court in Dusseldorf, Germany, over alleged patent infringement of its shingled solar cell technology. Air Liquide has signed a…