Projects

German utility RWE has completed its acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy, expanding its US portfolio of solar PV and wind projects to 8GW.

Saudi energy provider ACWA Power has signed agreements to develop 1.4GW of solar PV and 1.2GW of energy storage projects in Uzbekistan to be financed by the country’s Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade.

Spanish EPC company GRS has started construction of a 122 MW solar PV project in Badajoz, Spain on behalf of solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

Energy company Avangrid, a US subsidiary of Spanish major Iberdrola, has partnered with solar tracker supplier Array Technologies with the intent to deploy more than US$30 million of its solar trackers.

French energy major TotalEnergies has acquired 200MW of solar PV projects currently under development in Poland.

Portuguese utility EDP has announced its investment strategy for the coming years, establishing a €25 billion (US26.5 billion) plan to achieve 33GW of deployed renewables capacity by 2026.

Chinese technology company Huawei will supply string inverters and smart transformer stations to a 205MW PV and wind farm in Poland.

US power distribution company Entergy Louisiana has sought approval to add 225MW of solar PV power to its generation mix in Louisiana.

Featuring nearly 1.5 million PV modules and with a generation capacity of 590MWp, the Francisco Pizarro plant in Spain came into operation in August 2022. George Heynes talks to developer Iberdrola about the challenges of constructing Europe’s largest solar farm.

A round-up of the latest PV project news from the US, including two funding news, construction of solar projects in Florida and Renewable Properties closing its Fund 8 portfolio with two financing partners.