Power Plants

Germany’s federal network agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the results of its latest ground-mount solar auction, which closed with bids for more than twice as much capacity as was tendered.

AES Indiana, a subsidiary of US utility AES Corporation, has started commercial operations at a 250MW solar-plus-storage plant in Pike County, Indiana, US.

Solar PV installations in India have reached a record 36.6GW in 2025, a 43% increase from the previous year’s 25GW.

Belectric, a subsidiary of European energy company the Elevion Group, will deliver EPC services for a 210MW solar PV portfolio in the UK.

Greenbacker has raised US$440 million in finance to support the development of the 674MW Cider solar project in the US state of New York.

Developer EDRA Global Energy, a subsidiary of CGN, has started construction on a 300MW floating PV (FPV) project in Malaysia.

China expects to add 180-240GW of new solar PV capacity in 2026, according to the latest figures from the CPIA.

A round-up of a number of European project stories from this week, including METLEN, European Energy and TSE.

The UK government's Allocation round 7a (AR7a) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has awarded a record 4.9GW of solar PV.

FinDev Canada has announced a US$56 million loan to support the development of project Illa, which will be the largest in Peru.