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Solar output overtakes coal in Texas, marking historic power shift

ERCOT data shows Texas generated more power from solar than coal year-to-date, underscoring the state’s rapid utility-scale buildout and battery adoption.

Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Storage, USA, Texas, Battery Storage, North America, ERCOT, Solar growth, coal decline

Scatec Commissions 273-MW Grootfontein Solar in Western Cape

Scatec powers up 273‑MW Grootfontein in Western Cape, easing load‑shedding and proving big solar’s momentum—bolstering REIPPPP goals, priming solar‑plus‑storage growth, and signaling fresh utility‑scale investment.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, Africa, South Africa

Citicore Secures $68 Million for 113-MW Pangasinan Solar

Citicore secures PHP4B debt to fast-track a 113‑MWp Pangasinan solar park, bolstering Luzon’s grid, jobs, and its 2030 renewables push amid robust corporate PPA demand.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, PV Power Plant, Citicore

Norfund, EDF Back Scatec’s 1.1-GW Egypt Hybrid

Scatec enlists Norfund and EDF for Egypt’s Obelisk hybrid: 1.1‑GW solar with 100‑MW/200‑MWh storage, accelerating build, easing grid constraints, and signaling investor confidence in North African renewables.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, EDF, Asia, Africa, Egypt, norfund

Agile Energy Secures Equity for 200MW Australian Solar-Plus-Storage

Agile Energy secures capital to fast-track 200 MW of rooftop solar-plus-storage, scaling nationwide C&I rollouts with turnkey, monitored systems that cut costs, shave peaks, relieve grids, and slash emissions.

Dec 8, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, Agile Energy

Vena Energy Starts Building 408-MWh Battery in South Australia

Vena Energy begins construction of a 408-MWh battery at Tailem Bend, expanding its solar-storage hub and boosting South Australia’s grid stability.

Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, energy transition, Vena Energy, Tailem Bend

Eurowind Sells 400-MW California Battery Project

Eurowind Energy sells a 400-MW California battery project to redirect capital toward fast-growing European markets and hybrid renewable-storage developments.

Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, California, USA, Battery Storage, Europe, BESS, North America, Eurowind Energy, hybrid projects, asset sale

RAG Austria’s 100-MW Hydrogen Project Gains EU PCI Status

RAG Austria’s 100-MW hydrogen project receives EU PCI status, unlocking fast-track permitting and funding for a major cross-border green hydrogen corridor.

Dec 8, 2025 // Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, green hydrogen, electrolyser, RAG Austria, PCI status, EU energy, cross-border infrastructure

RWE Wins 68 MW in Italy’s FER-X Auction

RWE secures 68 MW of wind and solar in Italy’s first FER-X tender, strengthening its position as the country accelerates renewable energy expansion toward 2030.

Dec 8, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Italy, Europe, rwe, wind, Renewable Energy, FER-X auction

D.Trading Seals 110MW Romanian Wind, Solar Offtake

D.Trading inks two-year, 110 MW Romania off‑take with Eurowind, bundling wind and solar as it scales Central-SE Europe presence with flexible PPAs, hedging, balancing and one‑window energy marketing.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, D.Trading

Rivington Wins Permit for Hartlepool Solar-Storage Farm

Rivington Energy wins appeal for Whelly Hill Farm solar-plus-storage, overturning council rejection and unlocking 41 MWp solar with 64 MWh storage in Hartlepool.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, UK, Europe, Rivington Energy

Earthrise Secures $360 Million for 1.7GW Solar Push

Earthrise Energy lands $360M from Santander and MUFG to refinance gas assets and fast-track a 1.7‑GW U.S. solar pipeline, with co-located PV and a 270‑MW Illinois project.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Earthrise

Chint Buys 50-MW Oxfordshire Solar-Storage from Ethical Power

Ethical Power offloads 49.9‑MW Burcot Energy Park to Chint Solar, advancing a 2027 solar-plus-storage project with 80,000 panels, sheep grazing, and power for 18,000 homes—spotlighting investor appetite for renewables.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Chint, Ethical Power

Milvio sells 81.8-MWp German PV project to Saxovent Renewables

Milvio Energy agreed to sell an 81.8-MWp, subsidy-backed solar project in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Saxovent, recycling capital into earlier-stage development.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, project acquisition, Saxovent, Milvio Energy, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Vattenfall approved to build 254-MW/700-MWh battery at former nuclear site

Vattenfall will deploy a 254-MW/700-MWh battery at the decommissioned Brunsbüttel nuclear plant in northern Germany, adding critical flexibility to a wind-rich grid.

Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, grid flexibility, Brunsbüttel

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