Power Plants

Undetected faults and damage in solar PV modules, like cracks, manufacturing errors and foreign material, pose a “significant risk” to the solar industry according to a new report from US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

The UK solar industry is set to add an additional 1.7GWpdc of new PV capacity in 2023, according to the Solar Media Market Research team.

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Opdenergy has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 108MW solar PV project in Chile.

Renewable energy developer Hive Energy has sold four solar projects with a combined capacity of 267MW to German solar developer Juwi.

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 200-hectare site to build a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Townsville, Australia.

Lithuanian energy supplier Green Genius has secured €9.5 million (US$10.07 million) from investment and insurance company INVL towards building 500MW of renewables projects in Romania.

Spanish solar tracker provider PV Hardware (PVH) has secured a 230MW PV tracker supply for a project in Egypt.

Ingka Group, the owner of Swedish shopping chain IKEA, has acquired a 300MW solar PV project in Dâmbovița county, Romania.

US-based independent power producer Enfinity Global has closed €300 million (US$316 million) in equity funding from global alternative asset manager ICG, with another €100 million expected to close within a year.

The agreements cover two solar projects and one onshore wind project as they are the first phase of a 10GW pipeline of renewables projects in Azerbaijan signed in 2022.