Tesla and Fluence are to supply Victoria’s first two large-scale, grid-connected energy storage batteries, one of which will be connected to an existing solar farm.
Acciona Energia, the renewables subsidiary of ACCIONA Group, and Enara — the renewable energy platform of Saudi company Swicorp — have started construction on three PV projects totaling 150MW in Egypt.
Enel, through its Peruvian subsidiary Enel Green Power Peru (EGPP), has started operations at the 180MW Rubi solar PV plant, which is Peru’s largest solar project.
Brookfield Asset Management and logistics provider GLP have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop and operate distributed rooftop solar PV on logistics and commercial rooftops in China.
State-run utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, to measure and study the ability of Thailand's grid to integrate renewable energy.
Carnegie Clean Energy has started construction of its 10MW Northam Solar Farm, which it claims to be the first utility-scale PV project to be developed on a merchant basis in Western Australia.
One of the final acts in office of outgoing South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill, whose Labor Party was voted out in elections last week, appears to have been inking a deal for another 100MW+ lithium battery facility.
