Power Plants

US solar company Sol Systems has secured US$250 million towards the construction of its 189MW Eldorado solar PV project in the state of Illinois.

Unpredictable environmental changes such as cloud coverage and dust particles are related to frequent changes in solar radiation at a site.

Indian renewables company Adani Green Energy has operationalised 1GW of solar capacity at its Khavda solar PV park, located in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Research into perovskites, as well as new storage technology, will be supported by Japan’s US$11 billion Climate Transition Bond.

Israel-headquartered inverter provider Solaredge and the regional council of the Scania region, in southernmost Sweden, will develop a pilot agri-pv project to trial the technology in Swedish conditions.

Spanish renewables developer Enerfín has reached commercial operations at its 128MWp solar PV plant in Colombia.

Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed a PPA to supply power to retailer Alcampo from two solar PV plants with a combined capacity of 550MW.

NTPC Limited has started construction at its 630MW Barethi solar project in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Sembcorp boasts over 1.4GW of greenfield or brownfield projects in India and debuts in utility-scale solar development in Indonesia.

The top five US states for solar installation added over 18GW of new PV generation capacity in 2023 between them, in a year which saw solar account for 53% of all US electricity capacity additions.