UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR

Total Eren has actually appointed a 131MWp solar project in Uzbekistan, the independent power manufacturer's very first to specifically use bifacial modules.

Countries between East as well as North Africa have plans to increase utility-scale solar capacity by 49.5 GW by 2030, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM).

Sustainable framework investment firm General Capital has actually invested US$ 500 million in United States programmer Pine Gate Renewables to sustain its utility-scale solar development.

Solterra Energy has actually entered into a partnership with renewable investors Leyline Renewable Capital, under which Leyline will certainly give US$ 10 million to support approximately 1GW of distributed generation (DG) and also utility-scale solar projects across the eastern US.

Utility-scale solar in the US remains plagued by underperformance issues as capex expenses have actually increased for the "first time in decades".

Norwegian energy titan Statkraft has actually opened its initial large-scale solar plant in India as it targets long-term growth in the South Asia nation.

Solar PV and various other renewables represent more than a third of electricity generation in Australia's National Energy Market (NEM) in Q1 2022, coal's share slipping by five percentage points year-on-year.

Indian Independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has signed a variety of offtake agreements with both state utilities and corporates in India totalling roughly 2GW.

French energy major TotalEnergies has gotten solar programmer Core Solar and its 4GW portfolio of growth solar and battery storage possessions.

The most up to date solar tender in Germany has actually awarded contracts for simply over 1GW of PV projects, but experienced a minor uptick in prices contrasted to the previous round.

The 6th bidding round of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has actually opened for interested events.

SolarPower Europe has actually provided a list of 8 actions that will certainly assist Europe speed up solar release to reach a total capacity of 1TW by 2030 and decrease its reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports.

Steel supplier ArcelorMittal has actually partnered with Indian renewable company Greenko Group to develop a 975MW 'round the clock' wind and solar project in India.

Solar implementation in Iberia is being held back by planning as well as permitting and also laws unfit for the emerging power paradigm and European Commission intervention might be essential, a panel of investors has concluded.

India added more than 10GW of solar PV in 2021 as the country hit a cumulative set up solar capacity of 49GW by the end of the year, according to research company Mercom India Research's latest update on India's solar market.