agriPV

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has started construction on a 122MW solar PV portfolio in France.

Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.

Austrian renewable energy company Kelag International has acquired a 64.4MWp portfolio of agrivoltaics projects in Italy.

European Energy has reached financial close on €234.1 million (US$270 million) for its 225MW agrivoltaic project in Vizzini, Sicily, Italy.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded €360 million (US$415 million) to 1.14GW of solar PV co-located with battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

Galileo is advancing a 630MW renewables pipeline in France, with permitting applications for 11 projects due in the coming months.

Trade association the Global Solar Council (GSC) has launched an agrivoltaics (agriPV) task force aimed at accelerating solar PV’s growth globally.

The Solar Energy Industries Association has launched an interactive map showing that solar development occupies only 0.07% of US farmland.

Danish IPP European Energy has started constructing a 225.5MW agrivoltaic solar PV project in Sicily, which it claims will be the “largest” such project in Italy.

New York state has granted final siting permits to the AES Corporation’s 125MW Sugar Maple solar-plus-storage project.