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Independent power producer Lydian Energy has acquired a 1.5GW solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in North America.

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar generation co-located with BESS.

Ecoener has secured 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) to build two solar PV projects totalling 200 MWp in Guatemala.

Australian renewable energy developer Edify Energy has received approval from the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) for its Burroway Solar Farm, a 100MW solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales (NSW).

Portland General Electric (PGE) has finalised agreements for more than 1,000MW of new renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US state of Oregon.

Wooderson Solar Development Co has secured federal environmental approval for a 450MW solar PV power plant with 3,600MWh of co-located battery energy storage in Queensland, Australia.

Developer FRV is to hybridise a swathe of its Spanish PV fleet with batteries as part of a wider storage push in the country.

A 77.5MW PV plant in Estonia is to be coupled with a 55MW/250MWh battery energy storage system to create what is claimed will be the country’s largest hybrid project.

Enfinity has expanded a bond facility with the Eiffel Investment Group to US$183 million, to further its work in US solar and BESS.

PV Talk: Charith Konda, energy specialist at IEEFA, says India’s 2026-27 budget aims to “establish a stronger supply chain within the solar and PV cell and module sector,” but warns that “execution is as important as the policy itself.”