Hecate Energy is planning to build 500 MW of new solar facilities in Texas, and Google has signed a contract to purchase 250 MW of the output. France’s Total energy group has begun construction of its third solar plant in Japan. The Miyago Osato Solar Plant will be 52 MW and will be complete in 2021. Sunseap has won a contract in Singapore to install rooftop solar panels atop 1,200 Housing & Development Board blocks and 49 government sites. The SolarNova 4 Project will consist of 170,000 bifacial solar panels with an output of 70 MW. The second and third phases of Argentina’s Cauchari Solar Project are complete, bringing it to 300 MW so far. Jemse, Shanghai Electric, and PowerChina…