Projects

In related news, Google has signed a strategic long-term agreement with independent power producer Energix Renewables to develop 1.5GW PV.

Australian transmission system operator Transgrid has signalled in a new report that remote inland renewable energy zones (REZ) could provide an additional renewable energy source, such as solar PV, in the mid-2030s.

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

DESRI has started construction on a 130MW solar, 260MWh battery storage facility in the US state of New Mexico.

BayWa r.e. has completed the construction of five solar farms, with a combined capacity of 136MW, on two former military bases in France.

News from the US state of Indiana, where two electricity utilities have made moves in the state energy market. CenterPoint Energy has issued a call for energy generation project proposals, whilst NIPSCO has brought a 200MW solar PV project online.

Over the next two to three years, the companies aim to build solar PV projects of at least 20MW capacity in Germany.

Alight will develop, build and co-own a portfolio of sites with Sveaskog, which will be situated on the latter’s land.

This project is a private-public collaboration between the utility, the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), the regional council of Alava and the cooperative Mondragon Group.

Utility giant Engie’s Australian division has reached financial close on its 250MW Goorambat East Solar Farm project in northern Victoria.