UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR

BayWa r.e. has actually broken ground on a 64.6 MWp solar farm in Poland-- the nation's largest-- as it sets sights on a 600MW profile in the nation.

Utility-scale solar power has shrugged off any type of financial headwinds to tape-record a strong initial fifty percent, according to today's figures from Wiki-Solar. Global set up capability rose to over 240 GWAC, with 24 GW of brand-new setups-- over half of 2019's record full-year total.

Generation from renewables in the UK soared in the initial quarter of 2020, main statistics reveal, as the nation's shovel-ready renewables pipeline continued to proliferate.

STI Norland has actually protected an offer to provide 474MWp-worth of trackers to a project in Brazil which, once complete, will certainly be amongst the biggest in Latin America.

Spanish utility Iberdrola has actually landed EUR800 million (US$ 903 million) in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) to spearhead brand-new renewable energy implementation throughout Spain.

United States energy firm PacifiCorp has launched its largest request for proposals for power projects yet, seeking bids for more than 1.8 GW of brand-new solar as well as 600MW of battery power storage.

The record-setting quarter was driven by virtually 2 GW of utility-scale solar, supplemented by another 1.6 GW of residential capacity. As well as while the pandemic will slow the market in 2020, five-year estimates are solid, especially for Texas.

Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has struck a calculated partnership with Nebraskan independent power producer Tenaska to advance 4.8 GW of solar in the Midwest and Southeast United States.

Solar and also storage developer 8minute Solar Energy has actually completed its initial utility-scale solar project in Texas.

BP has actually invested US$ 70 million in an environment-friendly growth fund launched by EverSource Capital, an India-focused fund manager co-founded by BP-backed solar company Lightsource BP.

Solar capitalist and possession owner NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has actually completed its first project procurement in India as it align a flurry of investments in Q3 2020.

Two of India's state-owned fossil fuel firms have actually introduced a joint venture to develop solar PV possessions in the nation.

Japanese telecommunications huge Nippon Telegraph and also Telephone (NTT) is outlining a major renewables play in the country, spending up to US$ 1 billion a year as much as 2030.

Module provider Trina Solar is to supply 187.5 MW of its double-glass Duomax modules to energy EnBW for the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar farm near Germany's funding, Berlin.

Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has actually set out plans to provide 70% of its power from solar and wind by 2035, backed up with financial investment in brand-new energy storage ability.