large-scale solar

BioPower Operations has announced plans to build a 1GW solar power facility in the South African state of Mpumalanga.

With 860MW of large-scale solar added in 2022, Australia added nearly half of the capacity it did the year before when it installed 1,683MW in 2021.

Solar PV will be the most dominant non-hydropower renewable in added capacity, with 12GW, during the next ten years in South Korea.

UAE-owned renewables company Masdar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a joint development agreement with Zambia state-owned utility Zesco to develop 2GW of solar PV in the African country.

TotalEnergies has completed works on the 800MW “Al Kharsaah” solar power plant near Doha in Qatar and is already connected to the grid.

Australia will need 1.9TW of solar PV in order to reach net zero by 2050, according to the report 'Net Zero Australia'.

Global investment in renewable energy reached a record half-year figure of US$226 billion in H1 2022, driven by soaring demand for clean energy technologies amid the ongoing energy and climate crisis, according to a BloombergNEF (BNEF) report.

The world’s total solar capacity will reach 2,044GW by 2031, with China continuing to lead the way in deployment, making up nearly half (47%) of the world's 1,190GW net solar capacity additions through to 2031, according to research firm Fitch Solutions.

US EPC group CS Energy has secured three utility-scale solar projects with a total capacity of 365MWdc in New York from NYSERDA.

Mining company Rio Tinto has launched a request for proposals (RFP) to develop large-scale solar PV and wind power in Australia.