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EBRD to Guide Tajikistan’s 400MW Solar Auctions

EBRD will help Tajikistan run competitive auctions for two 200‑MW solar plants—400 MW total—boosting renewables with power-sector reforms and tender support approved Aug. 5, 2026.

Aug 6, 2026 // Plants, Solar to Fuel, EBRD, Asia, PV Power Plant, Tajikistan

Lodestone Starts 27.7-MW South Canterbury Solar Feed-In

Lodestone’s new 27.7MW Kohira Solar Farm in New Zealand powers about 6,000 homes, built on grazing land and connected to Alpine Energy—its fifth PV project on schedule and on budget.

Aug 6, 2026 // Plants, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Lodestone

Recurrent’s 360-MW Solar-BESS Cleared in NSW

NSW’s IPC has approved Recurrent Energy’s 360MW Sundown Solar Farm with a 150MW/600MWh battery—set to power 144,000 homes near Inverell after road, dust, and mitigation conditions.

Aug 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Australia, Oceania, recurrent energy

Zelestra Delivers 57-MW Solar Power to Tesla in Spain

Zelestra powers Spain: full operation at three Castile-La Mancha solar farms (57 MWac), supplying Tesla via a 2025 PPA—while scaling with 1.2 GW contracted from a 6.8 GW pipeline.

Aug 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Zelestra

Helexia Secures €20m Financing for 73 Solar Projects

Helexia secures EUR 20M to fund 73 distributed solar projects in Europe—backed by La Banque Postale and Bpifrance—helping businesses cut grid reliance, costs, and carbon emissions.

Aug 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Europe, Helexia, PV Power Plant

Enpal Sells Majority Stake, Raises €65m for Growth

Enpal sells majority stakes in 240 MW of rooftop solar assets, raising €65M for growth—while keeping 10% and operating 20,000+ leased residential PV systems for up to 20 years.

Aug 5, 2026 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Enpal

Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Certifies 27.49% for Space

Certified 27.49% AM0 efficiency: a durable monolithic perovskite/silicon space tandem. It withstood radiation, heat, humidity, and high-altitude balloon operation—no monotonic decay.

Aug 4, 2026 // Technology, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, Tianjin University

Sungrow Supplies 35 MWh Storage for Sierra Leone RESPITE

Sungrow delivers 35 MWh batteries for Sierra Leone’s RESPITE solar-plus-storage, powering emergency-ready grids and boosting access—helping the World Bank target 16% to 36% electricity connectivity.

Aug 4, 2026 // Storage, Sungrow, Africa, Sierra Leone

RWE Signs 155-MW Oklahoma Solar PPA with Google

RWE inks a 15-year power deal with Google for its 155-MW Crooked Creek Solar in Oklahoma—starting construction soon, powering Google by 2028, and boosting local jobs and tax revenue.

Aug 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Google, rwe, PV Power Plant

Push Power Secures Consent for Essex Solar-Battery Project

Push Power Ltd wins planning approval for Kentishes Solar Farm in Essex: 16.5MW solar plus a 22.5MWh battery. The third phase of its 2015 site will move to delivery.

Aug 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Push Power Ltd

Sonnedix Lands EUR 730m Loan for Solar Storage

Sonnedix secures a €730m refinancing and expansion loan for Southern Europe—fueling hybrid solar-plus-storage projects across France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, including 350+MW in Italy.

Aug 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Sonnedix, Europe

ComEd to Expand Illinois Rooftop Community Solar 44MW

ComEd teams with Solar Landscape and Public Storage to deploy 44 MW of community rooftop solar across Northern Illinois—powering 6,150 homes and targeting $36M in subscriber savings.

Aug 3, 2026 // BIPV, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, ComEd

PPC Lands Poland Renewables With 277.3-MW Deal

PPC SA expands into Poland renewables by buying EDP Renewables’ 277.3MW wind-solar portfolio—130.5MW wind, 44.9MW solar operating plus 101.9MW planned to power in 2029.

Aug 3, 2026 // Plants, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant, PPC SA

Peak Energy Signs 14-Year 1.1GWh Solar PPA for SIM

Peak Energy’s 14-year SIM solar deal delivers 1,100 MWh annually, cutting electricity costs over 45%, with no SIM upfront spend—Peak builds, owns, and operates a 900-kWp rooftop system.

Aug 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Asia, Singapore, PV Power Plant, Peak Energy

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