Power Plants

Supply traceability firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) has been acquired by British testing, quality assurance and certification company Intertek as it looks to provide Total Quality Assurance (TQA) solutions for solar PV and energy storage products.

Enel Green Power has started construction of a solar PV park of 486.7MWdc in the northern department of Atlántico in Colombia.

Manufacturing support for solar components and clean energy tax credits are included in a proposed US budget reconciliation bill from Senate Democrats that proponents have said features the biggest climate and renewables investment in the country’s history.

Independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has ramped up project development activity after witnessing its earnings fall by nearly 14% year-on-year.

New York State authorities have approved a permit for a 500MW PV plant from solar developer and owner Hecate Energy.

Independent power producer Opdenergy has signed a €350 million financing agreement with Spanish bank BBVA and the European Investment Bank.

US utility-scale solar installations in Q2 2022 were down 53% year-on-year as policy headwinds and trade issues impacted development and increased the backlog of delayed projects, a new report has revealed.

UK-based energy group Octopus Energy has raised US$550 million to invest in renewables-enabling technologies and solutions.

Solar developer Lightsource bp has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy trader América Energia for an under-construction PV plant in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

South Africa's government has unveiled a raft of measures to bolster renewables deployment in the country as it responds to is energy crisis.