Power Plants

Testing and certifications company UL Solutions has published a new set of cyber security certification requirements for solar, wind and storage assets connected to the distribution grid, as well as other inverter-based resources (IBR).

For the first time in two years, European solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) have dropped during the first quarter of 2023.

A solar-plus-storage project is being planned for the capital of South Africa, as the city looks to move “away from Eskom reliance and towards a load-shedding-free Cape Town”, its Mayor said.

The EU has announced a request for proposals (RFP) for a 400MW solar PV tender for projects in Finland, with financing for the tender voluntarily provided by Luxembourg. It is the first cross-border renewable energy tender ever proposed in Europe.

Innovative power purchase agreement structures enable solar asset owners to boost returns and leverage their positions while providing offtakers with the opportunity to protect against increasing electricity prices and enhance their decarbonisation efforts.

Globally, 32% of business leaders estimated that their country will fully transition to renewables after 2050, while 8% said it would never happen.

Solar developer OX2 has acquired the project rights to a 475MW solar PV project in Finland from Finnish PV developer SAJM Holding Oy.

US-based clean energy company Avangrid has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) with a view to developing 1GW of solar, wind and energy storage assets.

Solar projects accounted for 56.5% of the total utility-scale clean energy investments from 16 August 2022 to 31 March 2023.

With 860MW of large-scale solar added in 2022, Australia added nearly half of the capacity it did the year before when it installed 1,683MW in 2021.