State secretary João Galamba tells PV Tech of plans to boost dispatchable renewables and shares figures and time frames for separate PV auctions this year and next.
Spanish energy sourcing platform Fortia Energia has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Norwegian renewables firm Statkraft for power supply to large industrial customers in Spain and Portugal, mainly from Statkraft's wind and solar portfolio.
Cepsa and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, are to partner on setting up renewable energy projects in Spain and Portugal, where Cepsa is planning 500-600MW of capacity over the next five years.
Lightsource BP has moved into the Iberian energy market and plans to work with local partners to purchase and co-develop utility-scale ground-mount solar sites as well as to create a greenfield pipeline of solar projects across the Iberian Peninsula.
Allianz Capital Partners has closed on an deal that will see the company acquire the 46MW Ourika project in Portugal. The installation is fully operational and was developed by the WElink Group.
Building Energy and Building Energy Holding US, through its renewable energy subsidiary Annapolis Solar Park, have inaugurated the largest PV project built on a landfill in the US.