agrivoltaics

Spain has allocated up to €200 million (US$232 million) to fund “innovative” renewable energy and energy storage projects.

Utility giant Engie has signed a 15-year renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with tech giant Apple in Italy.

Spain has amended its national common agricultural policy (PAC) framework to include agrivoltaic (agriPV) systems to be eligible for subsidies.

German IPP wpd has started construction at its 140.6MW Marcy solar park in the Nièvre department of central France.

US solar developer Sol Systems has completed construction on a 342MW PV project in the state of Illinois.

Germany could install 500GW of new solar agrivoltaics (agriPV) capacity on its most 'suitable' land, according to Fraunhofer ISE.

US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics.

Independent power producer (IPP) Aquila Clean Energy has started construction on a 52MW agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy.

Octopus Australia has received grid connection approval from AEMO for a 300MW solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales.

Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.