Projects

Q Energy will begin construction on a floating solar project in north-eastern France this month, which will have a capacity of 74.3MW.

The Jamaican government has announced a tender to procure renewables of up to 100MW.

The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has donated US$3 million to California-headquartered non-profit GRID Alternatives to support the provision of low-to-no cost solar PV, storage and clean mobility programmes to “underserved families” in the Western US.

Interest in agrivoltaics (agriPV) in the US has started to grow among several developers PV Tech spoke to at the RE+ solar and storage trade event in Las Vegas last week.

The Canadian government has announced a plan to invest CA$175 million (US$130.23 million) in 12 Alberta-based clean energy projects.

TrinaTracker has signed a supply agreement with the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) for the 108MW Tepuy solar PV park in Colombia.

Swedish solar company Alight has expanded to the Finnish market by constructing a new solar PV project with a capacity of more than 100MW.

Nexun, a portfolio company of infrastructure investor Marguerite, has signed a co-development agreement with an unnamed Polish developer for 206MW of solar PV.

The Israeli government has published a tender seeking bids for a 100MW solar PV project to be built near the Ashalim settlement, a solar power hub in the country.

Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced that it is receiving an Expression of Interest (EOI) from companies to develop a 1.5GWdc solar PV project located in the Al Khazna area of Abu Dhabi.