Power Plants

Louth Callan Renewables has been awarded permission to build three solar projects, with a combined capacity of 121MW, in Illinois.

The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has today (25 February) launched the Consumer Energy Tech Alliance (CETA), aiming to support the uptake of solar PV, battery storage, and smart technologies with its integration into the energy grid.

Construction has started on a 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) that will be co-located with Acen Australia's 720MW New England solar PV power plant in New South Wales, Australia.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast 63GW of new utility-scale additions in 2025, led by solar PV.

Inaccurate energy yield predictions can lead to financial miscalculations, suboptimal designs and unexpected underperformance of PV plants.

Even if added later, storage should not be overlooked in the design and building phase when co-locating with solar PV, write Grant Reasor, Joshua Tucker and Dan Rollins Burns & McDonnell.

Australia’s Mount Isa City Council in Queensland has released an economic roadmap detailing that the region has some of eastern Australia’s highest potential for co-located solar and wind, with a possible generation capacity of over 26GW.

Dutch solar project developer and asset owner Photon Energy Group said in its Q4 2024 financial results that it lost €1.5 million (US$1.57 million) on the sale of two operating solar PV power plants and a solar hybrid site in New South Wales, Australia.

According to Italy’s solar association, last year saw a divergence in the fortunes of the utility-scale and residential solar sectors.

A round-up of news from China with an EPC contract for a 250MW solar PV plant in Cambodia, the Philippines' 'first' large-scale floating solar PV (FPV) project and CECEP's subsidiary begins construction on 650MWp plant.