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Danish renewable energy company Ørsted and US utility Salt River Project (SRP) have confirmed that their 300MW solar-plus-storage project in Pinal County, Arizona, has commenced operations.

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has been granted consent to develop a 120MW solar PV project in Tai Tokerau Northland.

Developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on a solar PV plant in Utah, US, co-located with 1.6GWh of battery storage.

UK-based investment group Foresight Solar Fund has confirmed that it will sell its Australia portfolio, consisting of 170MW of operational solar PV and 122MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Niam Infrastructure and Evecon have announced plans to build a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Latvia.

AMEA Power is set to build one of Africa’s largest solar PV projects in Egypt, with a generation capacity of 1GW, after signing several PPAs.

Scatec has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 1GW solar-plus-storage project.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission in Australia has approved plans for the 100MW solar-plus-storage Wallaroo Solar Farm, subject to conditions.

A report from American Clean Power Association shows that Texas has nearly 22GW of installed solar PV capacity after adding 1.6GW in Q2 2024.

The Climate Change Authority has signalled that Australia’s electricity and energy sector accounts for 35% of the country’s emissions.