Developing, sourcing, building and maintaining solar PV projects routinely runs into the millions of dollars of long-term investment, and the impacts of serious theft on a solar asset owner can result in lost revenues, lost energy generation and sometimes lost insurance and ability to operate.
Spanish renewables company Grenergy Renovables has secured technical advisory services from quality control firm Enertis Applus+ for a 386MWp solar PV portfolio in Chile and Peru.
Saudi energy provider ACWA Power has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Group Corporation (CEEC) for a 1.4GW solar project in Uzbekistan.
Combining solar plants with agriculture is becoming more prevalent in markets globally, increasing the availability of sites for new PV projects while reducing land-use conflicts. Will Norman details how the industry can take advantage of agrivoltaic opportunities while navigating construction, operation and maintenance challenges.
A lack of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) capacity in Spain represents a key challenge for the country’s solar industry as PV plant deployment soars and the government authorises gigawatts of new projects.
For large, utility-scale European PV projects, the key to growth and success in the coming years may be in partnerships and consistency across both engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks, as legislators and utilities lag behind the industry’s rapid growth.
