utility-scale solar

Terrain-following solar trackers are helping address cost and environmental concerns in challenging landscapes, write Nick Price and Dalton Ruddell.

Located in the northern department of Atlantic, Enel says the Guayepo I and II project is the country’s largest operational solar site.

The Australian government has commenced a review of the National Electricity Market (NEM) to identify how it will operate in the coming decades and facilitate the uptake of solar PV.

The China Energy International Engineering Co. (Energy China) is about to embark on a milestone 1GW solar project in Iraq.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has said that a delay in new renewable energy and energy storage capacity coming online on the National Electricity Market (NEM) in 2023-24 means the grid will reach 6.4GW at full capacity next year.

Estonian independent power producer Sunly has started construction on three utility-scale solar PV parks in Latvia.

Recurrent Energy, the renewables developer arm of solar manufacturer Canadian Solar, has reached commercial operation of its 100MW solar PV project in Texas, US.

Verano Energy started construction on a 200MW solar park in Argentina, while YPF Luz will use a new tax regime (dubbed RIGI) on a 305MW PV plant in Mendoza.

JinkoSolar has launched its latest range of modules, the Tiger Neo 3.0 series, which boast a power conversion efficiency of 24.8%.

The average global LCOE for fixed-axis solar PV systems in 2024 reached US$66/MWh, ranging from US$28/MWh to US$117/MWh.