operational launch

Chinese energy giant China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, also known as Sinopec, has commenced operations at a 7.5MW offshore floating PV plant in China.

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has begun commercial operations at a 373MW solar PV plant in the UK.

Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 has begun operations at a 100MW solar PV plant in Poland, its first project as an IPP.

Eni subsidiary Plentiude has started operations at the northern block of its 330MW Renopool solar portfolio in Spain.

Q Energy and Velto Renewables have inaugurated Europe’s largest floating solar power plant in the Haute-Marne region of France.

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has launched Project Douro, a 150MW solar plant in Tarouca, northern Portugal.

Vietnamese solar manufacturer Boviet Solar has opened its first US module assembly plant, in North Carolina, with an annual nameplate capacity of 2GW.

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has commissioned the 100MW Riverstart III solar PV park in Indiana, US.

Argentinian renewables developer Genneia has launched its first solar PV plant in the Argentinian region of Mendoza.

Renewables developer Invenergy has begun commercial operations at a 300MW solar PV plant in the US state of Texas.