Power Plants

Enel Green Power Australia, the Australia-based renewables arm of Italian energy company Enel, has signed a binding agreement with minerals company QEM to purchase a 1GW solar and wind project.

“Every year, we see more attention from our customers, for whom this is becoming more at the top of their minds. Usually in PV, it’s been volume price and spec of the product. But now it's also how do we make that product, besides pure performance,” says Cemil Seber, VP of global marketing at REC Solar.

Solar PV systems generated about 59.9TWh of electricity in 2023, up by about 1% year-on-year, according to a Fraunhofer ISE study.

India-based renewables developer Avaada Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government of Gujarat to develop 6GW of hybrid solar-wind capacity.

Major Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi has signed an agreement with solar company Nofar Energy Nofar Energy Romania to supply 576MW of PV modules.

Indian integrated energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu for renewable energy project development and solar manufacturing.

US renewables company Intersect Power has started commercial operations of a 828MWp/640MWac solar project in the US state of Texas.

New York Power Authority is seeking to collaborate with renewable energy and energy storage developers and operators.

Global renewables capacity will reach 7.3TW by 2028 under existing policies and market conditions, according to the IEA.

The US arm of French renewables developer EDF Renewables has commenced operations at the first phase of the Fox Squirrel solar PV plant in Ohio along with its Canadian energy company partner, Enbridge.