Power Plants

Firm walks PV Tech through plans to hit 1GW-plus in Spanish PV capacity within years, as well as its next steps in Portugal, Italy, Greece

Canadian Solar has won three solar power contracts with Alberta’s Ministry of Infrastructure for a 94MW PV portfolio in southeast Alberta, Canada. The projects hold an average contracted PPA price of US$36.27 per MWh.

Shell is to acquire German battery storage manufacturer sonnen in a bid to accelerate its home energy services position.

The state-owned Electricity Generation Company of Malawi (EGENCO) has called for expressions of interest for installation of a 10MW solar PV project at Nanjoka in Salima that can later be scaled to 20MW.

Group lands deal to build 100MW worth of plants in southern Russia, securing a €56.2 million loan to develop a further 90MW in projects in Kazakhstan.

Enerwhere and Etihad Esco near completion of Middle East's largest solar rooftop, B.Grimm unit going for 70MW of rooftop solar development, Kasapreko and CrossBoundary Energy commission 400kW Ghana solar plant.

After China connected a huge battery to a project combining solar, wind and other generation sources, a US utility project has just been announced which will likewise combine solar and wind with a grid-scale battery.

Uttarakhand tenders for 200MW, Maharashtra tenders 138MWac of solar near power stations, MNRE extends module self-certification deadline again, Tata Power Solar opens rooftop solar solution in Hyderabad.

The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) launched a 2GW solar tender in February.

Firm hits 140MW PV capacity mark in the country by acquiring two SunPower-equipped plants through purchase of Andromeda PV's owner.