Power Plants

Solar tracker supplier Soltec will ship its SF7 trackers to Greek renewables developer Mytilineos for a 130MW Romanian solar PV project.

Despite projections that solar PV and wind generation capacity will more than double by 2035, the Texas transmission grid will need to be upgraded to avoid increased asset curtailment across the state.

PV Tech met with Senior VP Guy Rong at Intersolar Europe 2023 to discuss the company’s products, technology, vision and future ambitions. 

PV Tech met with the CEO of storage company OPESS Energy, Jiang Wenjie, during last month’s Smarter E Europe exhibition in Munich to learn more about the company, its products and future objectives.

Utility Enel has signed an agreement with Japanese energy company Inpex Corporation to sell half of its Australian operation for US$446.9 million.

Tom Kenning looks at the rise of solar power in Texas, a US state better known for its role in the oil and gas industry, where a beneficial tax regime and an abundance of project land work in favour of building out solar power generation.

US energy company DTE Energy has announced an agreement with 21 organisations in Michigan on its CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan, including developing over 15GW of renewable energy by 2042.

The Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) along with 20 municipal utilities and solar developer Origis Energy have expanded their municipal solar PV portfolio to 600MW.

The Bhutanese government has started construction on the country’s first utility-scale solar farm, the 17.38MW Sephu solar project.

EWEC has announced that it is considering four bids from companies interested in constructing the new 1.5GW Al Ajban solar plant.