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Voltalia wins 68-MW of solar in Italy’s FER-X tender

France’s Voltalia secures 68 MW of Italian solar under FER-X, Italy’s new auction design aligned with the EU’s NZIA criteria.

Dec 12, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Voltalia, tender, Europe, FER-X, NZIA

Poland Storage Matures as Columbus Seals Battery Sale

Columbus flips 202-MW/808-MWh Polish battery to build-ready sponsor, spotlighting storage consolidation. As solar surges, four-hour assets boost arbitrage and grid services—if bankable warranties and EMS integration stack up.

Dec 11, 2025 // Storage, Poland, Battery Storage, Europe, Flexibility, Columbus Energy, project sale

Chile Power Tender Nets Six, $38/MWh Offers

Chile’s 2025/01 power tender for 3,360 GWh draws $38/MWh bids and hybrid solar-storage, with awards imminent—promising cheaper power, disciplined interconnection, and flexible PPAs across the north-center grid.

Dec 11, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, PPAs, Chile, South america, solar-plus-storage, auction, pricing

Origis Seals $290 Million for West Texas Solar

Origis clinches $290M for Swift Air Solar in Ector County, powering a 600‑MW ERCOT buildout by Q4 2025, with bifacial tech and battery-ready design attracting bullish lenders.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, origis, ERCOT, utility solar, project finance

Itochu Joins ContourGlobal on Colorado Mega-Solar

Itochu backs Colorado’s 324‑MW Black Hollow Sun, expanding its U.S. solar push with battery‑ready tech and hybrid offtake as data centers and growth drive demand.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, investment, North America, Itochu, ContourGlobal

Engie to supply Prologis in Poland with 335 GWh green power

Engie and Prologis ink a five-year PPA covering 67% of the logistics group’s Polish consumption—an anchor for new solar and wind.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Poland, Engie, Europe, corporate ppa, solar pipeline, Prologis

Queensland switches on large solar farm as NBN signs offtake slice

A 255,000-panel solar farm near Gympie and Maryborough has gone live, with NBN Co buying over 20% of its output via PPA.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, queensland, Oceania, utility solar, NBN

China’s polysilicon leaders form acquisition vehicle to tackle oversupply

Tongwei, GCL and peers created a 3-billion-yuan firm to explore deals addressing China’s polysilicon glut and industry consolidation.

Dec 11, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Tongwei, China, polysilicon, Asia, GCL, consolidation

U.S. federal freeze stalls wind-solar permits on public lands

Federal approvals for major wind and solar on U.S. public lands have largely halted, with over 500 projects delayed and heightened political scrutiny.

Dec 11, 2025 // Policy, USA, North America, permitting, solar projects, BLM, public lands

Lodestone Fires Up Coromandel Solar, First Power

New Zealand’s Lodestone flips first power at 33‑MWp Coromandel solar farm, easing summer bottlenecks, boosting daytime renewables, future battery-ready—with biodiversity gains and local jobs powering electrification and data centers.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, utility solar, commissioning, Lodestone, Coromandel

ACWA, Bapco Plan 2.8-GW Solar Exports to Bahrain

ACWA Power and Bapco Energies plan 2.8 GW solar-plus-storage in Saudi’s East, exporting to Bahrain via new HV links—evening power, grid stability, and finance-ready tech for GCC’s data-hungry boom.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, solar-plus-storage, ACWA Power, Bahrain, cross-border power, Bapco Energies

Texas Solar Surpasses Coal as Batteries Rewire ERCOT

Sun beats coal in Texas: ERCOT’s 2025 grid turns solar-led, battery-boosted and evening-shaped—cheaper middays, sharper dusk ramps, and developers racing to deliver dependable nightfall megawatts.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, Grids, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, coal decline, solar milestone, grid storage

Samsung SDI Snags $1.36 Billion U.S. Storage Deal

Samsung SDI lands $1.36B U.S. deal for LFP batteries, shifting from EVs to booming grid and data-center storage with domestic production, boosting bankability, AI-era demand, and investor confidence.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, USA, Battery Storage, North America, lfp, Samsung SDI, data centers

Poland’s PGE licensed to operate 60-MW solar capacity, more coming

PGE wins operating license for 60 MW of PV; another 10 MW due.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Poland, Europe, utility solar, PGE, licensing, market expansion

Eswatini kicks off first project under national 75-MW solar scheme

Kingdom of Eswatini launches its first project in a 75-MW program.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Eswatini, utility solar, procurement, Southern Africa, energy access

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