Power Plants

US energy technology company Generac has been awarded a US$200 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy residential solar PV and energy storage systems in Puerto Rico.

The financing will be offered to two banks, as they will provide loans to developers and end-users to install rooftop solar systems.

Shaun Xiong, general manager of Anker's Europe storage business, discusses the company’s background, priorities and plans for the future.

Winning bids as low as INR3.41/kWh have been registered in a tender for solar PV paired with battery storage hosted by the SECI.

Enel Green Power Australia has acquired a 1GW solar-plus-storage project in the Central-West Orana REZ in New South Wales from RES Group.

Germany has been consistently adding over 1GW of solar PV capacity every month since March 2023, and has passed a total of 90GW capacity.

From January to May this year, 251 new solar projects became operational in the US, with a combined capacity of 10,669MW.

US utility PacifiCorp and rPlus Energies signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Green River Energy Center project in 2022.

Vietnam has planned to buy excess electricity generated by residential and commercial rooftop solar modules.

US energy project developer Avangrid has begun to produce power from the 321MWdc/238MWac True North solar project in Falls County, Texas.