Projects

Solar developer Recurrent Energy has secured a €110 million (US$119 million)multi-currency finance facility to support the development of its global solar PV and energy storage project pipeline.

Malaysia has launched a tender seeking 2GW of large-scale solar PV capacity for projects between 1MW and 500MW capacity.

Tata Power Renewable Energy’s subsidiary TP Saurya has commissioned a 200MW solar PV project in Rajasthan, India.

German independent power producer (IPP) Encavis has signed an offtake deal with LyondellBasell for 208MW worth of solar PV power generation.

Trina Solar’s tracker manufacturing unit TrinaTracker has supplied 520MW of trackers to a solar PV plant in Brazil.

The European Commission has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Greek state aid measure to support two solar-plus-storage projects.

US utility Dominion Energy has received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission for 764MW solar projects.

Hailstorms have hit the 350MW Fighting Jays solar project, raising questions about the solar industry’s ability to respond to extreme weather.

Renewables operator Aboitiz Power has appointed engineering service company AFRY to construct a 172MWp solar PV plant in the Phillippines.

Australian solar equipment manufacturer 5B has deployed 26MW of its folding Maverick modules at a gold mine in Western Australia.