utility solar

Origis Seals $290 Million for West Texas Solar

Origis clinches $290M for Swift Air Solar in Ector County, powering a 600‑MW ERCOT buildout by Q4 2025, with bifacial tech and battery-ready design attracting bullish lenders.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, origis, ERCOT, utility solar, project finance

Queensland switches on large solar farm as NBN signs offtake slice

A 255,000-panel solar farm near Gympie and Maryborough has gone live, with NBN Co buying over 20% of its output via PPA.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, queensland, Oceania, utility solar, NBN

Lodestone Fires Up Coromandel Solar, First Power

New Zealand’s Lodestone flips first power at 33‑MWp Coromandel solar farm, easing summer bottlenecks, boosting daytime renewables, future battery-ready—with biodiversity gains and local jobs powering electrification and data centers.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, utility solar, commissioning, Lodestone, Coromandel

Poland’s PGE licensed to operate 60-MW solar capacity, more coming

PGE wins operating license for 60 MW of PV; another 10 MW due.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Poland, Europe, utility solar, PGE, licensing, market expansion

Eswatini kicks off first project under national 75-MW solar scheme

Kingdom of Eswatini launches its first project in a 75-MW program.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Eswatini, utility solar, procurement, Southern Africa, energy access

Equinor starts commercial operations at 140-MW Brazilian solar park

Equinor’s Serra da Babilônia Solar is live, targeting 236 GWh a year.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, South america, Brazil, Equinor, utility solar, Serra da Babilônia, Danske Commodities

Dutch IPP Novar to buy 108 MWp portfolio at home

Novar agreed to acquire four Dutch solar projects totaling 108 MWp, expanding its domestic pipeline ahead of 2026 commissioning windows.

Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, acquisitions, utility solar, Novar, grid integration

U.S. quarterly solar installs jump 49%, utility scale leads surge

SEIA/WoodMac report shows 11.7 GW added in Q3, with utility-scale projects dominant and permitting delays still a drag.

Dec 9, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, Wood Mackenzie, interconnection, North America, utility solar

CCE Holding starts commercial operations at 42-MWp Italian solar project

Austria’s CCE Holding has commissioned a 42.08-MWp PV plant in Montalto di Castro, central Italy, adding reliable daytime capacity with lender-friendly design.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Italy, Europe, utility solar, CCE Holding, commissioning, Montalto di Castro

South Africa Awards Sterling & Wilson 240-MW Solar

Sterling and Wilson lands a 240‑MW South Africa EPC, its second this fiscal, betting on early gear buys, modular substations, and grid-code compliance to mitigate volatility and accelerate energization.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Africa, South Africa, sterling and wilson, utility solar, grid code

Acciona inaugurates 163-MWp Dominican solar complex, region’s largest to date

Acciona cut the ribbon on a 162.6-MWp solar complex in the Dominican Republic, calling it Central America and the Caribbean’s largest PV installation.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Dominican Republic, North America, Acciona, utility solar, island grids, commissioning

Puget Sound Energy Breaks Ground on Appaloosa Solar

Puget Sound Energy's 142MW Appaloosa solar project boosts Washington's clean energy, enhancing grid reliability and diversity amid drought risks, while supporting 2030 sustainability goals.

Sep 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Washington, North America, utility solar, construction, PSE, clean energy goals

Massachusetts guv indicators climate bill

Massachusetts guv Charlie Baker signed a state climate expense on Friday that develops standards for the adoption of solar energy innovations.

Mar 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, net metering, utility solar, climate bill

FPL submits four-year rate proposal enabling 894MW of solar growth

United States utility Florida Power & Light (FPL) has submitted a four-year rate plan that could see 894MW of solar PV systems contributed to the grid.

Mar 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, solar plus storage, North America, NextEra Energy, Eric Silagy, Community Solar, utility solar, FPL, florida power and light, rate hike

Behind the surge of US utility-driven solar

As the US turns in the direction of a presidential political election that will quite choose the nation's path for the next four years, federal plan in the direction of renewables as well as, certainly, climate action generally, hangs in the balance.

Oct 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Trump, North America, biden, utility solar, Devashree Saha

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