Markets & Finance

Microsoft has unveiled its single largest renewable energy portfolio investment through a new deal with US energy firm Sol Systems.

Sonnedix has reached financial close on a 40MW utility-scale solar farm in Japan, adding to a growing portfolio of solar in the country.

Renewables auctions in Ireland have been given the go-ahead after the European Commission cleared the country’s mechanism for state aid.

Seven companies have been shortlisted for funding from a AU$70 million pot to help green hydrogen projects in Australia.

Australia has the potential to create up to 15,000 jobs in large-scale renewable energy, including solar and wind farms, an analysis commissioned by the Climate Council says.

Spain’s solar industry has the potential to drive the country’s economic recovery after the sector posted a record amount of new installed capacity last year, according to the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF).

BayWa r.e. has broken ground on a 64.6MWp solar farm in Poland – the country’s largest – as it sets sights on a 600MW portfolio in the country.

Scatec Solar doubled its year-on-year power production in Q2, as the company said it has experienced “limited impact” of COVID-19 on operating assets or on delivery of power to customers.

Shell’s energy supply division has launched a new solar and storage tariff in the UK that aims to “revolutionise” how domestic solar installations are used.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has dismissed a petition which called for US net metering policies to be brought under federal jurisdiction.