Power Plants

Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall has acquired German solar developer Solizer and its PV portfolio of 4GW of projects in Germany.

West Penn Power has started work to connect two solar farms, with a combined capacity of 220MW, to the Pennsylvanian electric grid.

PV Tech spoke with Conor Grogan, co-founder and co-CEO of Hawthorne Renewables, about the company’s operations in the US market and plans for the upcoming years.

Madagascar has launched invitations to tender for two solar PV project with a combined capacity of 210MW.

Nordic independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has secured US$102 million in funding to support its Release by Scatec platform.

Solar power purchase agreement prices in Q2 2023 in North America have dropped for the first time since Q1 2020 thanks to the increase in incorporating benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and a stabilised solar supply chain.

State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India has launched a tender for 1GW of domestic solar modules from manufacturers in India.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 1.96GW of solar PV projects in its most recent Green Energy Auction Round (GEA2).

Enel Green Power Chile has started commercial operations at its 398MW Guanchoi solar plant, Chile's largest single solar facility.

PV Tech met with Li Luwei, vice president of Chinese mounting system provider Antaisolar, at Intersolar Europe to discuss the current landscape and learn about the company’s plans to redress the balance.