Power Plants

Community solar projects in Wisconsin could generate up to 1.75GW of renewable power, according to a study conducted by the Wisconsin Community Solar Economic Alliance.

US utility Alliant Energy’s plans to build two large-scale battery storage projects to pair with solar PV plants in Wisconsin have been approved by regulators.

Gamesa Electric’s latest white paper explores the advanced functionalities that solar and battery inverters should be able to provide to enable greater integration of renewables into the grid and thus contribute as a key element to enhanced grid reliability and stability.

Mining company Rio Tinto has announced a plan to build a solar power plant in a diamond mine in the Northwest Territories in Canada.

California is currently evaluating several community solar programmes, among them the NVBT which could boost solar-plus-storage projects.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has signed an agreement with Indian comglomerate Larsen & Toubro to supply 2.2GW inverters for a hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia.

The EU will need to create a more resilient supply chain, improve the grid, and reexamine multiple constraints to achieve a more orderly energy transition, according to a study conducted by analysis company McKinsey.

The state-owned Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) has opened the third tender of its solar-plus-storage Noor Midelt project.

India has surpassed 70GW of installed solar capacity as of the 30th June this year, according to the country’s government. It initially had a target of 100GW capacity by 2022.

Spanish solar tracker provider PV Hardware (PVH) has signed a supply agreement with Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro for 805MW of trackers.