Power Plants

Ambuja Cement has announced a plan to add 1GW of solar and wind generation capacity to power cement production.

Saudi-based IPP ACWA Power has signed a PPA with government bodies in South Africa for a 442MW solar PV project.

French renewable power company Voltalia has commissioned a 140MW solar project in southern Albania, said to be the country’s largest to date.

The tender is seeking bids for up to 600MW/2,400MWh of dispatchable capacity in South Australia and Victoria.

Adapture Renewables has signed three agreements with Meta to sell 330MW of power from three solar projects in Illinois and Arkansas.

TotalEnergies has started construction on a solar-plus-storage project in South Africa, with a power generation capacity of 216MW.

Canadian renewables firm Westbridge Renewable Energy has completed the sale of a 278MWdc (230MWac) solar project in Canada to a subsidiary of Greek developer Mytilineos.

The money will support the development and operation & maintenance (O&M) of 67MW worth of solar PV projects.

The first automated instalment of PV modules at scale on a solar project is a major step forward, according to the CEO of Terabase.

National Grid Renewables began construction this week (14th December) on the ‘largest’ solar PV project in the US state of Kentucky.