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Gentari Renewables has broken ground on its 243MWp Maryvale solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia.

The Government of Uganda has authorised EA Astrovolt to develop a 100MWp solar PV power plant, integrated with a 250MWh storage system.

The government of Indonesia has launched a programme that aims to build 100GW of solar PV in the coming years, mostly distributed across smaller projects in rural areas.

Independent power producer Arevon Energy has powered the second phase of the Eland solar-plus-storage Center in Los Angeles, California.

Utility AES Andes has started construction on two renewable energy projects in Chile, with a combined 1.3GW of capacity.

Western Australia network operator Western Power has confirmed it has granted two more network connection offers to two new large-scale renewable energy projects, bringing its total for 2024/25 to 759MW.

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced it has invested a record AU$4.7 billion (US$3.09 billion) in large-scale renewables, energy storage, and transmission projects during the 12-month period ending 30 June 2025.

The US state of New York expects to install 35GW of solar PV and 9.4GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) by 2040.

According to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the global levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV reached US$0.043/kWh in 2024.

IPP Cero Generation and developer Enso Energy have reached financial close on a 360MW solar-plus-storage portfolio of projects in the UK.