Power Plants

Ameresco Sunel Energy SA has started constructing Lighsource bp’s 560MW Enipeas solar PV project in Greece, the largest in its portfolio.

The Australian Energy Market Commissioner (AEMC) is proposing to enable virtual power plants (VPPs) to directly compete with large-scale generators in the energy market, which could aid solar PV’s role in decarbonising Australia.

Uzbekistan will be the first country to benefit from the credit facility with the construction of a solar-plus-storage project in Bukhara.

Greek energy company DEPA Commercial and solar developer Recurrent Energy both secured loans from the bank this week.

US developer Nexamp has partnered with coffee maker Starbucks to build 40MW of community solar projects in the US state of Illinois.

Frontier Energy has secured a AU$215 million debt facility to construct and operate a 120MW solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia.

The power purchase agreement consists of a portfolio of six solar PV projects located in the Italian regions of Lazio and Emilia Romagna.

A roundup of two agrivoltaics projects from different sides of the world, from US PV developer Avangrid and Lodestone Energy in New Zealand.

In Q2 2024, Enphase Energy shipped 574,000 microinverters from its US facilities, which benefit from the 45X production tax credits.

AEMO has granted BrightNight approval to connect its Mortlake Energy Hub, which includes solar and storage facilities, to the Victoria grid.