Power Plants

Ontario’s request for proposal will seek nearly all technologies – solar PV, wind, nuclear, natural gas, biomass and hydroelectric – while limiting solar PV’s deployment on agricultural land.

US renewable energy developer Arevon has begun construction on the 251MW Gibson solar PV project in Gibson County, Indiana.

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) have emerged as a novel energy management solution, offering an effective means to address energy supply issues.

The Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) has indicated that Australia has seen the addition of 1.2GW of new large-scale solar projects brought online and connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in the past 12 months.

Fortescue Metals is aiming to capitalise on China’s “insatiable demand for green products” through green metals production and exports.

Construction of the Rosamond South I project, in Kern County, has already started and is expected to reach commercial operations in 2025.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.

Arevon and Matrix have started construction on two projects in Indiana and Texas, while Ingeteam has supplied 1GW of inverters to US projects.

NZGIF has provided a NZ$78 million (US$48.7 million) financing facility to FNSF to help complete around 1.1GW of new solar projects.

Adelaide-headquartered renewable energy developer ZEN Energy has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with developer Enel Green Power Australia to secure green energy produced from 98MW solar PV project in New South Wales.