Projects

AEMO said that new renewable energy generation and energy storage projects in the final commissioning phase in the NEM have reached 7GW.

US utility Alliant Energy has opened a 200MW solar facility in Linn County, Iowa, called Pleasant Creek Solar.

Independent power producer (IPP) Arevon Energy has begun construction of its 430MW solar PV project in the US state of Missouri.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated two solar projects with a capacity of 875MW, which will more than double Qatar’s installed solar capacity.

Genesis Energy has officially opened the 63MWp Lauriston site, which it claims is the country’s largest solar PV power plant.

Vena Energy has started constructing a 320MW solar PV expansion in Queensland’s Western Downs region in Australia.

Developer Nexamp has closed a US$340 million debt refinancing for a portfolio of distributed solar and energy storage projects in the US.

Swiss renewable power developer Axpo and EDF Renewables Hellas have signed a power purchase agreement (PPAs) for 102MW of solar capacity.

Acciona Energía has completed the construction of a 308MW solar PV power plant near the coastal city of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.

Technique Solaire has raised €302 million (US$343 million) in senior debt financing to build its European PV portfolio.