Projects

French energy major TotalEnergies has acquired a combined 208MW of solar PV capacity in Romania from Germany-based renewables developer PNE.

French renewable power company Voltalia has started production at four solar projects in its Solar Serra do Mel (SSM) facility in Brazil.

The Polish hydrogen company Hynfra has established a new company in Jordan to establish a green ammonia plant powered by a 530MW solar PV installation.

US utility Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has received approval from Louisiana regulators to acquire 200MW of solar resources.

Romanian oil and gas producer OMV Petrom has bought a 710MW solar PV portfolio in its home country, which it said will be one of Southeastern Europe’s ‘most significant’ solar projects.

Spanish developer Grenergy has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for its Gran Teno solar park in Chile.

Specialty contracting company Primoris Services has been awarded 1.4GW of solar projects located in the Southwest US.

Global demand for solar PV could rise up to 40% in 2023 as favourable economics in the solar sector combine with broad policies like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and REPowerEU schemes.

As PV projects become more and more common in the Nordics, wind players like OX2 are entering the solar market with large-scale projects.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has launched operations at its 160MW Sonnedix Meseta de los Andes solar plant in central Chile.