Power Plants

Mini-grids have been a feature of the global electricity system for years, a starting point for larger distribution and transmission networks.

Plenitude has acquired a 49% stake in the 300MW Sandrini solar-plus-storage portfolio in California from EDP Renewables North America.

Round-up of news from China with Saudi Arabian power developer ACWA Power partnering with two Chinese companies, state-owned China Energy Engineering wins bid to develop a floating solar (FPV) project in the Philippines and Guodian Power invests in 2GW Saudi PV project.

Improving access to data and shortening interconnection processes are key priorities for the US grid, says the Department of Energy (DOE).

A lack of grid infrastructure is a key challenge in Eastern Europe, and was discussed at Large Scale Solar Central Eastern Europe 2024.

Emirati state-owned renewable energy project developer Masdar has entered the Philippines market with plans to develop 1GW of solar PV, wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Australia’s Energy Corporation of New South Wales (EnergyCo) has formally increased the amount of renewable energy generation and energy storage projects that can connect to the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) to 7.7GW.

The agreement will support the construction of six PV plants, with a combined capacity of 724MW, which will be sited to support Google’s data centre operations.

These programmes are Empowering Rural America and Powering Affordable Clean Energy, with investments in rural communities across 30 US states.

Sacramento Drilling specialises in piling and foundation drilling for solar projects, which allows steel racking to be installed in the ground.