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EDPR NA Wins 100-MW Solar Deal for Appalachian Power

EDP Renewables North America will build a utility-scale solar project for Appalachian Power—100-MWac/136-MWdc—using a build-and-transfer model to deliver predictable timelines, lower risk, and future storage potential.

May 26, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, EPC, North America, Appalachian Power, EDPR, utility solar

Repono Seals Software-Led Deal for 202-MW Battery

Repono, backed by EIT InnoEnergy, secures a Romanian 202MW/404MWh battery deal in Argeș—optimizing operations for predictable stacked earnings from arbitrage, ancillary services, and grid support.

May 25, 2026 // Storage, Battery Storage, Europe, Romania, Optimisation, ancillary services, Repono

Eurohold, 360 Energy Power Up Hybrid Bulgarian Solar

Eurohold Bulgaria and 360 Energy turn the 161MW Maglizh solar farm into a hybrid solar-plus-storage park, shifting from pure exports to dispatchable output that stabilizes the grid and cuts midday curtailment risks.

May 25, 2026 // Plants, Battery Storage, Europe, Bulgaria, hybrid solar, Eurohold, 360 Energy

Earthrise Secures Permit for 600-MW Illinois Solar

Earthrise Energy wins approval for a 600‑MW solar park near its Lincoln, Illinois gas plant—backed by strong grid access. Next: grid studies, interconnection planning, and bankable financing.

May 25, 2026 // Plants, USA, North America, Illinois, permitting, utility solar, Earthrise Energy

Sonnedix Adds 60.9MW Solar, Charging Batteries

Sonnedix launches two co-located solar-plus-storage projects in Italy and Portugal totaling 60.9 MW, boosting evening output, cutting curtailment, and unlocking grid-service revenue with scalable performance data.

May 25, 2026 // Plants, Portugal, Italy, Sonnedix, Europe

Blue Elephant Starts 268-MWp Solar for Deutsche Bahn

Blue Elephant Energy starts a 268-MWp Germany solar project for Deutsche Bahn, secured by long-term renewable offtake—boosting bankability, easing price risk, and advancing clean power for electrified rail.

May 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, corporate ppa, construction, blue elephant, Deutsche Bahn

Masdar Picks Sungrow for Abu Dhabi GW RTC Project

Masdar chose Sungrow for Abu Dhabi’s GW-scale 24/7 solar-plus-storage project, pairing inverters and grid controls to deliver firm power overnight, boost stability, and meet reliability-focused targets.

May 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Masdar, Sungrow, Asia, UAE

Ocean Sun, ACEN-Silverwolf to Scale Floating Solar in Asia

Ocean Sun teams with ACEN-Silverwolf to scale its membrane floating solar across Asia—building a repeatable pipeline, speeding site selection, and solving mooring, corrosion, and permitting hurdles.

May 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Asia, Ocean Sun, ACEN, partnerships

Encapsulation-Free Hybrid Perovskite Hits 27% Efficiency

Moisture-proof hybrid perovskite/organic solar cells hit 27.18% efficiency, keeping 95% after 3,000 damp-heat hours—engineered cascade hole transfer reduces recombination.

May 22, 2026 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, kaist

Enea Secures PLN 417m KPO Funds for 268MW Solar

Enea secured PLN 417M via Poland’s KPO to build 268 MW of solar parks—boosting procurement, engineering and grid work while tackling interconnection readiness, congestion and curtailment risks.

May 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, Enea, solar parks, project finance, KPO funding

Terra-Gen Starts 125-MW Lockhart III Solar Output

Terra-Gen’s 125-MW Lockhart III solar in California hits commercial operations, feeding CAISO with proven dispatch and telemetry—boosting daytime supply as performance and future storage add-ons drive economics.

May 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, UK, Europe, North America, terra-gen, utility solar, commissioning

Aura Power Clears 25-MW Solar Farm Near Cirencester

Aura Power wins approval for a 25MW solar farm near Cirencester, moving a Cotswolds project from planning to delivery—unlocking faster capacity as UK grid access and timelines make or break renewables.

May 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, England, solar farm, Aura Power, Planning Approval

Enbridge Pledges $1.2B Wyoming Solar-Storage for Meta

Enbridge is investing $1.2B in Wyoming solar-plus-battery storage to deliver “firmed” clean power for Meta’s data centers—meeting AI-era demand for reliable, contract-backed electricity.

May 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Wyoming, Enbridge, meta

Edify Secures Funding for Rio Tinto Solar-BESS Duo

Edify Energy hits financial close on two Queensland hybrid solar-plus-storage projects for Rio Tinto—720MWp solar, 600MW/2,400MWh batteries—boosting bankability, grid stability, and evening power delivery.

May 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Edify Energy, Rio Tinto, Solar Storage, financial close

Nadara, Trafigura Sign 10-Year PPA for 434MW Spain Renewables

Nadara’s 10-year deal with Trafigura will deliver Spain renewable power from 434MW of wind-solar hybrids—shaping better demand matching, smoother output, lower curtailment risk, and bankable revenue.

May 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, PPA, Europe, hybrid renewables, Nadara, Trafigura

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