Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Lightsource bp has closed a BRL800 million (US$147 million) financing for its 210MWp Milagres solar project in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

Renewables company Voltalia expects to achieve 2.6GW of renewables in operation or under construction in 2022, a year ahead of schedule.

Nearly a third of all renewable technologies employment came from the solar PV industry in 2021, according to a new report from the IRENA.

Greek developer Mytilineos has completed third-party engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts on a backlog of solar PV projects in Chile, Uzbekistan and Spain.

Module manufacturer Boviet Solar has secured an 861MW supply agreement with US renewables developer Vesper Energy.

NextEra’s 485MW solar PV co-located plant has reached full commercial operation in Riverside County, California, according to the US DOI.

Swedish developer Solkompaniet and investment firm Niam have entered into a framework agreement to invest €300 million in utility-scale solar PV in Sweden.

Plenitude, a renewables subsidiary of oil major Eni, has partnered with IPP Infrastrutture to develop 1.5GW of solar PV and wind projects in Italy and Spain.

India’s government has approved the second round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to incentivise domestic solar PV module manufacturing.

Solar accounted for half of all global power generating capacity added last year, with 182GW deployed, a 25% increase on 2020, according to a report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).