Power Plants

Spanish PV developer Solarpack has begun construction on its 300MW San Martin solar project in Peru. It said that the site will be the “largest” in the country upon completion in Q2 2025.

From the world’s largest project being commissioned to a possible downturn for solar manufacturers in 2024, and including the US Department of Treasure releasing guidance from the Inflation Reduction Act. Here, PV Tech runs down its top 10 stories of the past 12 months.

As 2023 comes to an end, PV Tech examines the rising interest in agrivoltaics, the practice of pairing solar PV deployments and farming.

US-based independent power producer Altus Power has acquired solar assets primarily in North and South Carolina, the US, with a combined capacity of 121MW.

Under the agreement, SmartestEnergy Australia will source energy from the 93MW Girgarre Solar Farm owned by Enel Green Power Australia.

Swissolar expects 1.5GW of new solar capacity to be installed in Switzerland in 2023, an increase of almost 40% over the prior year.

Neoen has been awarded four solar projects with a total capacity of 104.4MWp from the French government’s Energy Regulation Commission (CRE).

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.