A 500kV, 125-mile transmission line between California and Arizona broke ground last week, promising to bring over 3GW of renewable energy capacity to the US Desert Southwest region.
UAE-owned renewables company Masdar has announced its plan to further develop renewable energy projects in Angola and Uganda at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is set to boost investment into US renewable energy deployment and manufacturing from US$64 billion in 2022 to US$114 billion by 2031, according to research from Wood Mackenzie, though a mismatch between solar deployment demand and domestic manufacturing capacity may see the sector’s domestic profile lag behind.
Energy asset manager Tesla 50Hz has signed a cooperation agreement with industrial properties developer Element Industrial to design and build 40MW of rooftop solar on ELI’s buildings across Romania.
Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to 19 companies and consortiums to develop a new solar PV project in Abu Dhabi with a power generation capacity of 1.5GW.
A state-owned solar-plus-storage project being developed in Mexico firmly establishes the shift in government thinking on energy storage, a local battery storage firm told sister site Energy-Storage.news.
Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has signed a 500MW distribution partnership with Brazilian supplier SOL+ Distribuidora to supply its inverters in the Brazilian market.
Europe’s solar industry must address the talent shortage, supply chain challenges and permitting hurdles to build on last year’s strong installation figures, according to PV industry experts.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €28.5 million (US$30.8 million) to support the construction of 230MWp of solar PV projects in Greece’s Western Macedonia Region.
