Power Plants

Meta and EDP Renewables North America have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 250MW Cypress Knee Solar project in the US.

Australia's utility-scale solar PV and wind assets generated a combined 4.7TWh in April 2026, up 24% from 3.8TWh in the same month last year, according to data from Rystad Energy.

April 2026 delivered a continuation of Australia's seasonal solar contraction as the NEM moved deeper into autumn.

Australia's surging solar adoption has driven battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to more than triple their daytime-to-evening energy shifting in the first quarter of 2026, according to AEMO's latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report.

TotalEnergies and Nextnorth have reached financial close on, and started construction at, a 440MW solar PV project in the Philippines.

Pantheon Atlas will build a €50 billion (US$58.5 billion) AI data centre in Croatia, to be powered by a 500MW solar-plus-storage facility.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved the development of the 300MW/1200MWh Soda Mountain solar project in San Bernardino County, California.

US utility Georgia Power filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) seeking 2,000MW – 6,000MW of new dispatchable capacity resources in the state.

Data centres have emerged as the primary driver of electricity demand growth for utility Origin Energy in Australia.

Social media tech giant Meta has signed an agreement to procure power from space-based solar power startup, Overview Energy.