Indiana state utility NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company) has inaugurated operations at two solar PV plants in its home state with a combined 465MW generation capacity.
Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed three European power purchase agreements (PPA) with Vodafone to supply it with 410GWh of annual solar power across Spain, Portugal and Germany.
Renewable energy developer Hive Energy will sell 200MW worth of Italian agrivoltaic PV projects to GreenIT, a renewable energy joint venture between Italian energy provider Plenitude and investor CDP Equity.
Spanish renewables company Grenergy has secured US$148 million in green financing to complete the development of two solar PV projects in Chile with a combined capacity of around 300MW.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced its intent to buy 500MW worth of ‘firm and dispatchable’ clean power from grid-connected renewable energy projects in 25-year power purchase agreements (PPA).
The Polish hydrogen company Hynfra has established a new company in Jordan to establish a green ammonia plant powered by a 530MW solar PV installation.
Romanian oil and gas producer OMV Petrom has bought a 710MW solar PV portfolio in its home country, which it said will be one of Southeastern Europe’s ‘most significant’ solar projects.
Global demand for solar PV could rise up to 40% in 2023 as favourable economics in the solar sector combine with broad policies like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and REPowerEU schemes.
French petroleum major TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with fellow fossil fuel company Petronas to develop a 100MW solar farm in Queensland, Australia.
