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Austin Energy has inaugurated its 30MW solar plant in Webberville, Texas. The system, which went live on December 20, 2011, is the largest active solar project of any public power utility in the country.
Canadian Solar and the Ningxia Electric Power Group have finished work on a 10MW ground-mounted PV system in northwest China. The joint development is part of a larger 50MW plant in the Hongsibao district of Ningxia and will generate around 13.5 million kWh of electricity a year.
SAG Solarstrom has sold its 48MW Serenissima PV plant in Northern Italy to an unnamed institutional investor. The purchase contract, valued “in line with the market rate in the triple-digit million-euro range”, was signed on December 31, 2011 and is subject to the usual conditions precedent.
Activ Solar has finished the fifth and final construction phase of its 100MW Perovo Solar Power Station in Ukraine. This last development stage, completed on December 28, added a further 20MW to capacity, making Perovo Europe’s largest PV system.
The US Department of the Interior has approved NextEra’s proposal to build a 300MW PV system on public land in Maricopa County, Arizona.
German project developer solarhybrid is preparing to start work on its largest PV project to date after Fürstenwalde’s municipal council awarded preliminary planning permission for its 150MW project.
BayWa and Wirsol are joining forces to build a 70MW solar park in southern Spain. The system will cost an estimated €150 million and be located 70km northwest of Alicante. Building work will begin next summer.
Arizona Public Service’s (APS) Cotton Center solar plant has officially come online in Gila Bend, Arizona. The 17MW facility was developed and constructed by Solon and brings APS’s total renewable portfolio to 930MW.
Martifer Solar has completed building work on a 5MW PV project in Normandy, France for Germany-based investment fund Leonidas Associates IV. Situated amidst the Second World War galleries and bunkers in the coastal town of Veules Les Roses, the system’s 21,400 panels make it one of the largest arrays in northern France.
Securum Equity Partners has signed a contract with the Serbian Government to build a 1GW solar park. The contract is a non-binding agreement and consequently includes few concrete details at present, although it has been revealed that the planned site is will cover 3,000 hectares and is likely to be in southern Serbia.
