8.7 MW Floating Solar Plant In France
Akuo Energy Brings Online Cintegabelle Floating Solar Plant; Working On Another One In Landes
French independent renewable energy producer Akuo Energy has commissioned its 2nd floating solar plant with 8.7 MW capacity, near Toulouse in Southern France and is getting ready to bring online its 3rd such project in Gouts, near Landes in the country this autumn.
Spanish Fossil Fuel Giant Targets Renewables in Italy
Repsol To Develop 1.7 GW Wind & Solar Energy Projects In Italy As Part Of Plan To Expand In The Renewables Field
Spain based oil and gas company Repsol has identified Italy as a geographical location to expand its renewable energy footprint and says it will develop 1.768 GW of renewable energy projects in the country, divided as 943 MW wind and 825 MW solar PV capacity.
Enel X To Build Solar Plant For Ferrari
Italian Sports Car Maker To Create Energy Community With 1 MW PV Project Near Fiorano Circuit
Luxury sports car maker from Italy, Ferrari has engaged the services of Enel X for a solar plant with approximately 1 MW capacity to be installed adjacent to its Fiorano Circuit.
Offshore Floating Solar Farm In Netherlands
Oceans Of Energy To Build Offshore Floating Solar Project Within 759 MW Offshore Wind Park
One of the world’s largest offshore wind power plants with 759 MW installed capacity off the Netherlands’ coast, the Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Park being built by a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, is to also host an offshore float.
Taiwan’s ‘Largest’ Solar Plant Online
Vena Energy Brings Online 272 MW Solar Project On Reclaimed Land In Taiwan On Earth Day
Singapore headquartered renewable energy company Vena Energy has commissioned a 272 MW solar power plant calling it the largest renewable energy project in Taiwan with capacity to contribute up to 4% of the country’s total solar energy output annually.
Spain’s ‘First’ Hybrid Wind & Solar Plant
Iberdrola To Hybridize Existing Wind Power Complex In Spain With 74 MW Solar PV Capacity
Spain headquartered global energy company Iberdrola is going to build 2 solar power plants with 41 MW and 33 MW capacities to hybridize an existing wind power complex with 69 MW capacity in the Spanish province of Burgos claiming it to become the country’s 1st hybrid wind and solar plant.
Engie Chile’s Largest RE Park Online
181.25 MW AC Solar Power Plant Grid Connected In Chile; Engie To Add 638 MWh Storage System Too
French energy utility Engie has commissioned a 181.25 MW AC solar power plant in Chile, calling it the company’s largest renewable energy park in the country, for which it is now also building a 638 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
800 MW AC Solar & 250 MW Storage Project In Queensland
Skylab Australia Seeking Approval From Toowoomba Regional Council For 800 MW AC Solar & Storage Project In Australia’s Queensland
Toowoomba Regional Council of Queensland in Australia is mulling over the development application for a 960 MW DC/800 MW AC solar PV power plant with 250 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) filed by Skylab Australia using LONGi solar modules.
Canadian Solar Strengthens Spanish & Japan Business
Canadian Solar Secures Environmental Clearance For 685 MW Solar In Spain; Commissions 42 MW PV Capacity In Japan
Canada based global solar PV manufacturer Canadian Solar is expanding its Spanish portfolio with 6 of its projects here representing 685 MW capacity having secured environmental clearance, while in Japan its operational portfolio has grown by 42 MW that came online recently.
New JV Targets $1 Billion Funds For Solar & Wind Power
Formed By 4 Southeast Asian Companies, Athein Aims For 5 GW Wind & Solar Capacity By 2030 In Asia & Australia
A newly formed joint venture (JV) between 4 Southeast Asian companies, Singapore headquartered athein aims to raise $1 billion over the next 3 years to fund its currently operational and under development pipeline of around 2 GW wind and solar power .
Iberdrola Raises EIB Finance For Italian RE Projects
European Investment bank Grants €150 Million Green Loan For Iberdrola To Build 400 MW Solar & Wind Power Projects In Italy
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has extended financial support in the form of a €150 million green loan for Spanish energy group Iberdrola to undertake the construction of around 400 MW wind and solar PV projects in Italy.
204 MW Chile Solar Farm Cleared For Commercial Operations
Enel Chile Secures Green Signal To Start Commercial Operations Of 204 MW Bifacial Domeyko Solar PV Plant In Antofagasta
Chile’s Antofagasta region is to see commercial operations of 204 MW Domeyko Solar PV Plant after Enel Chile was authorized by Chile’s National Electricity Coordinator to officially bring the project online.
Masdar To Build $2 Billion Worth Solar Power Plants In Zambia
UAE’s Masdar & Zambia’s ZESCO To Jointly Develop 2 GW Solar Power Capacity In Zambia, Starting With Initial 500 MW
Abu Dhabi energy company Masdar will cooperate with the Zambian national utility ZESCO to co-develop 2 GW worth of solar power capacity in Zambia, starting with phased installation of an initial 500 MW, announced Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.
China PV News Snippets
Suntech Supplies 680 MW PV Modules To Al Dhafra Plant & More From GCL, JinkoSolar, Zhonghuan Holdings
Suntech delivers 680 MW solar modules for UAE project; GCL & Suneng enter JV; JinkoSolar constructing 6 GW solar cell & 6 GW module facility; TCL Zhonghuan backing subsidiary’s efforts to build new national energy zone.
Africa’s ‘Largest’ Solar Plant Enters Construction In Egypt
Ground Breaks For 560 MW Kom Ombo Abydos Solar PV Project In Egypt With JA Solar Modules, To Produce Clean Electricity At $0.02/kWh
Touted to become the ‘largest’ single solar PV electricity generation project in all of Africa on completion, the 560 MW Abydos Solar Power Plant has entered construction in Kom Ombos, Egypt.
350 MW UK Solar Farm Moves Forward With DCO Clearance
Canadian Solar & Windel Energy’s 350 MW Mallard Pass Solar Farm Secures Development Consent Order From UK Government
A 350 MW solar power project in the UK, proposed by Canadian Solar and Windel Energy, has secured the development consent order (DCO) from the National Infrastructure Directorate and is now open for public consultation.
Hannon Armstrong Invests In AES Renewables Portfolio
Hannon Armstrong To Make Undisclosed Equity Investment In AES Corporation’s 1.3 GW Operational Solar & Wind Portfolio
US climate solutions investor Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) will make a common equity investment to acquire a minority stake in a portfolio of approximately 1.3 GW of operational solar and wind energy projects of The AES Corporation.
SJVN Starts Work On 1 GW Solar Project In India
Foundation Stone For SJVN’s 1 GW Bikaner Solar Project In Rajasthan Laid By Indian President
Indian President Droupadi Murmu has laid the foundation stone of Indian hydropower utility SJVN Limited’s 1 GW Bikaner Solar Power Project in Rajasthan, along with virtually inaugurating the transmission system for solar energy zones in the state.
3 MW Solar Farm In Shale Mine Location In Estonia
Enefit Green To Build Estonian Solar Park On Platform Built From Waste Rock Created By Oil Shale Extraction
Enefit Green, the renewable energy arm of Estonia’s state-owned utility Eesti Energia, will build a solar park with around 3 MW capacity on a stone platform created during oil share extraction in the industrial area of Estonia Mine in Ida-Virumaa.
‘Innovative’ Demonstration Agrivoltaic Plant In Germany
RWE & Forschungszentrum Jülich Planning Innovative Agrivoltaic Project Near Lignite Opencast Mine, Funded By North Rhine-Westphalia
German energy company RWE along with research center Forschungszentrum Jülich is to build an ‘innovative’ demonstration project with about 3 MW (more than 2 MW AC) capacity, for agrivoltaics on recultivated land at the edge of Garzweiler opencas.
