Power Plants

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has started construction at a 242MW solar PV project in Perú.

Co-located storage has been “overhyped” as a prop for commercially underperforming solar assets in Europe and should not be regarded as a “silver bullet”.

Europe’s somewhat delicate position in global solar means it is uniquely-positioned to take advantage of global supply chain uncertainties.

Australian coalition warns data centres: build own renewables or face backlash. Demand to surge from 3TWh to 30TWh by 2035.

Wooderson Solar Development Co has secured federal environmental approval for a 450MW solar PV power plant with 3,600MWh of co-located battery energy storage in Queensland, Australia.

FTC Solar has signed a three-year supply agreement with Lubanzi Inala to provide solar tracker systems for multiple utility-scale projects across South Africa.

Independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has reached commercial operations for the first phase of its 1.1GW solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

GameChange Energy has acquired the electrical balance-of-system division of Terrasmart, a US provider of tracker, racking and wiring solutions.

Karnataka, Delhi, and Andhra Pradesh top decarbonisation, power ecosystem readiness, and market enablers, respectively, according to a joint report by IEEFA and Ember.

Developer FRV is to hybridise a swathe of its Spanish PV fleet with batteries as part of a wider storage push in the country.