Projects

US renewables developer EE North America has acquired a majority stake in two Colorado solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 700MW, adding to the company’s now 2.5GW-strong US development pipeline.

Three renewables generation projects amounting to a collective 1.395GW have been awarded approvals in New South Wales’ most recent renewable energy tender, alongside a large battery energy storage system (BESS).

US solar developer Swift Current Energy has closed financing on a 266MW solar PV project in Southeast Texas.

While bifacial modules promise advantages in power production, they can create complex performance monitoring challenges. That will need to be resolved if project production uncertainties are expected to remain at levels and expectations currently set with the deployment of mono-facial modules, write Ajay Singh and Derek Jones of Campbell Scientific Inc.

Indiana-based electric company CenterPoint Energy will switch to solar and wind to generate 80% of electricity by 2030.

Spanish renewable energy developer X-Elio has broken ground on a co-located solar and storage project across Liberty and Harris Counties in Texas.

Danish solar energy company Nordic Solar has added two solar parks with a capacity of 83MWp in Sweden to its portfolio. 

Solar PV developer Lightsource bp has signed a deal with industrial manufacturing company Siemens for a 1GW supply of solar inverters to be deployed on Lightsource’s US PV projects.

Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Brazil’s largest aluminium producer for its 902MWp PV project in the state of Minas Gerais.

French energy company Voltalia has secured €29 million (US$31.9 million) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to develop a 140MW solar plant in southwestern Albania.