Power Plants

Even though the solar PV market in Ecuador is currently non-existent, with only a few projects operational and mostly in the distributed generation market, it is about to take off, says José Luis García Pérez, Latin America’s CEO at Spanish developer Zelestra, formerly known as Solarpack.

Swiss Utility BKW Energie AG has sign a power purchase agreement with food and beverage company Nestlé in Germany.

IRENA has found that the world’s renewable power capacity will need to increase by 16.4%, year-on-year, to meet the world’s climate targets.

China is building two-thirds of new solar and wind projects globally as it is building 180GW of utility-scale of solar generation capacity.

Solar developer Green Gold Energy revealed on Thursday (11 July) that it has received development approval to construct a 108MW solar farm in South Australia.

Spanish inverter manufacturer Ingeteam has signed a supply agreement for Enel Green Power Australia’s 93MW Girgarre solar farm.

Lincoln University revealed plans on Wednesday (10 July) to develop New Zealand’s first ‘high-value’ agrivoltaic (agriPV) solar farm.

Iberdrola has signed a power purchase agreement with fast food chain Burger King to supply power from part of a 553MW solar PV plant. 

Huawei Digital Power has showcased its all-scenario smart PV+ESS solutions, also launching its latest smart renewable energy generator and new smart string grid-forming ESS platform.

German renewables company BayWa r.e has sold a 95MW solar PV plant in Spain to independent power producer Encavis Asset Management.