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Spanish solar tracker company Soltec has announced a supply deal with fellow Spanish solar developer X-Elio in the same week as it launched a new utility-scale solar tracker system.

Spanish developer Matrix Renewables has secured €179 million (US$191 million) in financing for a 239MW Spanish solar PV portfolio.

Solar developer ib vogt has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with US tech company Apple, offering power from a 134MWp solar PV project in Spain.

Oil company Eni’s renewables subsidiary Plenitude has begun constructing a 330MWp solar PV plant in Spain.

Despite an awareness of the benefits that co-located storage and solar can offer, the commercial model for such sites has yet to materialise.

Spain has installed 5.6GW of ground-mounted capacity in 2023, up 28% from 2022, according to the country’s transmission system operator, Red Eléctrica.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has inked a framework agreement with European engineering and construction companies Eiffage.

German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Baywa r.e has begun building a 135MW/53MW co-located wind and solar PV project in Zaragoza, Spain.

Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with management of industrial and commercial waste company FCC Ámbito to promote the industrial-scale recycling of solar PV panels.

NextEnergy Capital has inaugurated two solar PV plants with a combined 260MW generation capacity in Portugal and Spain.