Power Plants

US independent power producer (IPP) DESRI has begun construction on a 205MW/1,000MWh solar-plus-storage project in the state of Arizona.

At this year’s Intersolar Europe event, held in Munich, Germany, Solavita launched a new hybrid inverter for the C&I sectors.

New Zealand renewables developer Lodestone Energy has started constructing its first solar PV project on the country’s South Island, with a total generation capacity of 27.7MW.

Origis Energy has secured a financing package from MUFG to support the development of a 350MW solar portfolio in the US.

A new report has claimed that creating a Sydney renewable energy zone (REZ) in New South Wales, Australia, could generate up to 21GW of renewable energy from rooftop solar PV.

Venn Energy, a renewable energy developer, has seen its 500MW Cooba solar-plus-storage site selected for inclusion in Victoria’s Development Facilitation Program (DFP) scheme in Australia.

Independent power producer (IPP) Jakson Green has secured 1GWp operation and maintenance (O&M) project for four projects across India.

Hail accounts for 73% of financial losses for US solar PV projects, despite representing just 6% of the total number of loss incidents.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Geoffrey Lehv of kWh Analytics about cybersecurity, AI and solar project underperformance.

The industry must adopt better approaches to component management, to make more accurate energy yield predictions and optimise PV performance.