Power Plants

Australian utility Origin Energy has acquired renewables developer Walcha Energy and its 1.3GW project pipeline of solar and wind assets.

Masdar and DEWA establish a joint venture, Shuaa Energy 4, to develop the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

At present, there are limited studies on the processes of decommissioning solar projects and cost estimates vary wildly.

The Eland 2 solar-plus-storage project is under early-stage construction and is expected to come online in the first quarter of 2025.

Iraq will look to deploy 12GW of solar PV capacity by 2030, according to a plan revealed this week by the Iraqi National Investment Authority.

Annual module capacity in the US is expected to reach 35GW by the end of the year, according to advisory body, Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Turkey's installed solar capacity has surpassed wind thanks to the addition of hybrid projects, adding 510MW of capacity to the solar sector.

Enel North America, the US subsidiary of energy company Enel, has begun operations at a 297MWdc solar PV project in Navarro County, Texas.

Peru's untapped solar PV potential could help accelerate the growth of the technology by powering green ammonia projects.

Schneider Electric has invested in a portfolio of ENGIE solar-plus-storage projects in Texas through a Tax Credit Transfer Agreement.