Even if added later, storage should not be overlooked in the design and building phase when co-locating with solar PV, write Grant Reasor, Joshua Tucker and Dan Rollins Burns & McDonnell.
Australia’s Mount Isa City Council in Queensland has released an economic roadmap detailing that the region has some of eastern Australia’s highest potential for co-located solar and wind, with a possible generation capacity of over 26GW.
Dutch solar project developer and asset owner Photon Energy Group said in its Q4 2024 financial results that it lost €1.5 million (US$1.57 million) on the sale of two operating solar PV power plants and a solar hybrid site in New South Wales, Australia.
A round-up of news from China with an EPC contract for a 250MW solar PV plant in Cambodia, the Philippines' 'first' large-scale floating solar PV (FPV) project and CECEP's subsidiary begins construction on 650MWp plant.
US community solar has installed a record of 1.7GW in 2024, a 35% increase from 2023, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie and trade body the Coalition for Community Solar Access.
The Indian Central Electricity Authority has advised state utilities and all renewable energy implementing agencies to co-locate energy storage systems with solar PV in future tenders.
