solar-plus-storage

Developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has announced its first solar-plus-storage project, based in Dalby, a town in Queensland, has gone live.

Germany has awarded 512MW of capacity to solar-plus-storage projects in its most recent Innovation Auction.

Interest in co-locating solar PV with energy storage is increasing in Southern Europe, as grid curtailments and negative or near zero prices for solar PV become more frequent.

AEMO Services has signed a long-term energy service agreement to secure green energy from the 243MWp Maryvale solar-plus-storage project.

Cost and risk factors can make countries facing energy access issues the most difficult for developers to build solar projects, despite their huge potential. Tom Kenning reports on two plug-and-play solutions that may provide a solution in off-grid locations.

SolarEdge has unveiled new inverters, and a new operations and management (O&M) platform, at Intersolar Europe 2024.

Installed solar PV capacity in Germany is expected to stabilise at 22GW per year from 2026 onwards, according to a report from the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar).

Inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology has presented its new Sunny Central FLEX platform solution for solar PV, battery energy storage and hydrogen electrolysers.

Ørsted has commissioned its Helena Energy Center in the US state of Texas, a 518MW co-located solar and wind project.

Edify Energy has proposed a 200MW solar PV farm near the newly rebuilt Callide coal-fired power station in Central Queensland, Australia.