Power Plants

Asset investor Kajima Europe and equity investment company Griffin Capital Partners have formed a joint venture (JV) to acquire a majority stake in Polish PV installation company Hymon. 

Solar developer Lightsource bp has entered the German solar PV market and is aiming to develop between 300-400MW per year by 2030.

The Q1 2023 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, including comprehensive coverage of agrivoltaics across several markets.

Solar inverter and solutions provider Solinteg is opening a new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi that will add an initial 4GW of manufacturing capacity as the company aims to meet increasing demand for its products.

The European Commission has proposed to reform the EU’s electricity market design in a move to accelerate the uptake of renewables.

US residential solar installer Sunnova has secured 38MW in the recent Forward Capacity Auction 17 (FCA17) launched by ISO New England.

Solar developer ib vogt has selected PV tracker solutions provider Nextracker to supply trackers for the Garnacha 150MW PV plant in Spain.

As Germany is pushing for its goal of producing 80% of electricity consumption covered by renewable energy in 2030, its Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has announced its PV strategy to speed up PV installations. 

The UAE should increase its solar PV generation capacity sixfold by 2030, rising to 7.3GW, according to the latest report from the Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC).

UAE-based renewables provider Masdar has signed an agreement to develop a 70MW PV plant in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.