commissioned projects

A round-up of the latest solar project news, as Lightsource bp commissions its first PV project in Poland, Soltec receives EIA on a 220MW solar portfolio in Italy and Iberdrola completes two plants in Portugal.

Solar developer EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has commissioned a 175MW (210MWp) solar PV plant in the US state of Mississippi.

Danish solar developer Nordic Solar has powered a 100MW PV plant in Lithuania, the country’s largest operational solar project.

German utility RWE has commissioned a 92MW solar PV park in Spain, bringing its global operational solar capacity to 4.2GW.

Portuguese energy utility EDP Renováveis has commissioned a 202MWp solar PV project in central Portugal, its largest PV project in Europe to date.

Renewable energy IPP Vena Energy began operations at a 125MW PV site in the Australian state of Queensland last week.

Spanish oil major Repsol has started producing electricity on its 204MW solar PV project Sigma in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia.

London-headquartered renewable energy financier Cubico Sustainable Investments has started operations of its 135MW solar PV plant in the state of Mississippi, US.

Latin America-focused solar developer Atlas Renewable Energy has commissioned 600MW of solar PV in Brazil.

Iberdrola has commissioned the 590MW 'Francisco Pizarro' PV project in Extremadura Southwestern Spain, which is Europe’s largest solar plant.