Power Plants

Pilecom, a mechanical installer of utility-scale solar projects, has officially started work on European Energy’s 106MW Lancaster solar PV power plant in Victoria, Australia.

US IPP Geronimo Power has started construction at its 250MW Portage Solar project in its home state of Wisconsin.

IPP Cero Generation and developer Enso Energy have reached financial close on a 360MW solar-plus-storage portfolio of projects in the UK.

Planning uncertainty and policy instability regarding renewables in Queensland have seen it slip in investment attractiveness, with New South Wales now leading Australia.

The New South Wales government has announced AU$26.2 million in funding for several Australian solar PV and battery initiatives.

Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has announced plans to run four new Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tenders by the end of 2025.

Virtual power plants are emerging as a potentially critical means of meeting the growing power demands from data centres in the US.

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has started construction at a 150MW solar-plus-storage project in the US state of New Mexico.

Greater policy clarity will be needed if Germany is realise its FPV potential, according to a report from Fraunhofer ISE.

Poland has awarded 1.6GW of solar PV in this year’s renewable energy auction, according to the country’s Energy Regulatory Office.