Power Plants

Western Australia network operator Western Power has confirmed it has granted two more network connection offers to two new large-scale renewable energy projects, bringing its total for 2024/25 to 759MW.

Matthias Taft, the chief executive officer of renewables developer BayWa r.e., will leave the company at the end of August.

Lithuanian government-owned utility and renewables developer Ignitis Group has completed its first 94MW solar project in Latvia.

US solar module manufacturer SEG Solar has shipped its first order of utility-scale solar modules from its Texas production facility.

Leeward Renewable Energy has started construction at the Twelvemile 1 and 2 solar projects in Oklahoma, which have a capacity of 152MW.

Lucy Nation has said bp paid the price for proceeding “too quickly,” resulting in its exit from the 26GW AREH project in Pilbara.

Wind and solar PV are set to cover over 90% of the increase in global electricity demand this year, according to the IEA.

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker recorded revenues of US$864 million and a gross margin of 32.6% in the quarter ending June 27, 2025.

The Government of Kyrgyzstan has signed two investment deals with Vietnamese firms Rox Energy Global and RECA LLC for the development of a 1.9GW solar project.

US renewables developer Savion, a subsidiary of global oil giant Shell, has formed a new company to take ownership of its solar projects after development.