A 500kV, 125-mile transmission line between California and Arizona broke ground last week, promising to bring over 3GW of renewable energy capacity to the US Desert Southwest region.
As reports come in predicting stunted growth for Indian solar in 2023, PV Tech Premium spoke to Vinay Rustagi, managing director of Bridge To India, about the obstacles facing the sector in the next year and the prospect of light at the end of the tunnel.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is set to boost investment into US renewable energy deployment and manufacturing from US$64 billion in 2022 to US$114 billion by 2031, according to research from Wood Mackenzie, though a mismatch between solar deployment demand and domestic manufacturing capacity may see the sector’s domestic profile lag behind.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €28.5 million (US$30.8 million) to support the construction of 230MWp of solar PV projects in Greece’s Western Macedonia Region.
Following months of discussion and encouragement from the European solar industry, the EU has announced a multi-pronged scheme to drive renewable energy and clean technology development, with the aim of putting the European market at the forefront of the global energy transition.
Renewables investor Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico) has signed an agreement with energy solutions platform ZEG Energias Renováveis (ZEG) to acquire a developing solar PV project in Brazil.
Renewable energy investor and asset manager NextEnergy Capital has launched its most recent international solar capital fund, NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG), with a target of US$1.5 billion in capital commitments and a ceiling of US$2 billion.
Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola has partnered with Norges Bank Investment Management to invest in 1,265MW of new renewables capacity in Spain, with solar plants making up 80% of the portfolio.
