Power Plants

Gentari Renewables has broken ground on its 243MWp Maryvale solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia.

Germany’s federal energy network has awarded 2,271MW of PV capacity in its latest auction for ground-mounted and non-building solar projects.

Over 1.4GW of PV capacity has been allocated in the second round of Romania's contracts for difference (CfD) programme.

OX2 has received government approval to build a 135MW solar-plus-storage site at a decommissioned coal mine site in NSW, Australia.

Madrid-headquartered renewables developer Elawan has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to support a 150MW solar PV portfolio in northern Spain.

A new MIT study has shown how many of the dramatic reductions in PV costs in the past 50 years were the result of innovations originating outside the solar industry.

The PV industry’s progress in meeting sustainability goals is patchy, with notable gaps in the end-of-life management of PV products, according to a review by IEA-PVPS.

CEA said the US could lose 60GW of planned solar capacity if strict "start of construction" rules come into force.

Green Genius has secured €64 million (US$75 million) in finance to support the development of a solar-plus-storage portfolio in Lithuania.

ACE Power and Osaka Gas Energy Australia have joined forces to develop the 141MWdc Forbes Solar Farm in Australia.