Solar Commercial Plants News

Lodestone Energizes Coromandel’s First Utility-Scale Solar

Lodestone Energy’s Coromandel utility-scale solar farm powers NZ’s grid by day, cutting prices; biodiversity-friendly, low-glare design, future battery and SCADA-led uptime boost resilience and local jobs.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, New Zealand, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Oceania, Lodestone Energy, grid integration, commissioning

Renova Funds 1,300-Site Distributed Solar in Japan

Renova secures multi‑billion‑yen backing to roll out 1,300-site urban solar, blending PPAs and merchant sales, unified SCADA, shared O&M—and future batteries—for resilient, neighborhood-scale clean power.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, PPAs, Asia, distributed solar, project finance, urban energy

Vena Energy Battery Pact Advances Indonesia–Singapore Solar Link

Vena Energy’s battery-backed Indonesia–Singapore solar link advances with HVDC, grid-forming tech—shaping daytime sun into firm evening power, boosting bankability, cutting curtailment, and delivering cleaner, cheaper energy across borders.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Singapore, Indonesia, project development, interconnector

KPI Green Wins 142MW Gujarat Floating Solar Deal

KPI Green Energy clinches 142 MW floating solar EPC at Gujarat’s Kadana Dam, delivering design-to-O&M in 18 months—accelerating India’s water-based PV without land conflicts.

Dec 3, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, India, Asia, Floating solar, EPC Contract, KPI Green Energy, renewable infrastructure

Bahrain’s Record Rooftop Solar Powers Steel Decarbonization

Bahrain unveils the world’s largest 123 MWp rooftop solar at a steel complex—slashing emissions, cutting energy costs, hedging fuel volatility, and setting a Gulf-wide decarbonization blueprint.

Dec 3, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, middle east, renewables, Bahrain, industrial decarbonization

Italy Awards 7.7 GW Solar Capacity in Largest-Ever FER X Auction

Italy’s new FER X program allocates 7.7 GW of photovoltaic capacity at competitive tariffs, boosting EU solar momentum.

Dec 3, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, photovoltaics, solar capacity, FER X auction, EU renewables

Chile OKs 84-MW Solar, 90-MW Battery Hybrid

Limes wins Chilean green light for 84‑MWp solar + 90‑MW battery, a hybrid built to dodge curtailment, chase evening prices, and scale with grid-forming smarts—procurement now sets pace.

Dec 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Chile, hybrid, South america, solar-plus-storage, permitting, Limes Renewable

Australia Greenlights 230-MW Solar River, Storage-Ready PV

Australia greenlights 230‑MW Solar River: storage‑ready solar, grid‑code smart, primed for evening peaks. Conditional approval fast-tracks procurement, prefab substations cut risk, dust, noise, glare, biodiversity and recycling controls.

Dec 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, permitting, Zen Energy

NLC India tenders 579.74-MWp module supply for Rajasthan project

State-run miner-utility NLC India issued a tender to procure 579.74 MWp of PV modules for a Rajasthan solar build.

Dec 2, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, modules, Rajasthan, procurement, NLC India

Andhra Pradesh Selects Developers for 2 GWh of Mega Battery Systems

APTRANSCO awards contracts for 1,000 MW / 2,000 MWh of standalone battery storage across key substations.

Dec 1, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, battery projects, APTRANSCO, renewable grid, energy flexibility

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

Microsoft Anchors 270 MW Distributed Solar in LatAm

Microsoft bets on 270 MW of distributed solar RECs in Mexico and Brazil, turbocharging local grids, jobs and savings—de-risking small builders and seeding Latin America’s clean-energy pipeline.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Microsoft, Latin america, distributed solar, RECs, Powertrust

Horsham 119-MW Solar-Plus-Storage Completes Panel Installation

Victoria’s Horsham SEC Renewable Energy Park hits a milestone: 119‑MW solar plus 100‑MW/200‑MWh battery to power 51,000 homes, firm evenings, and co-optimise revenue under public ownership.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Victoria, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, hybrid plant, public ownership

U.K. Approves Largest Floating Solar at Barrow Dock

Barrow EnergyDock wins approval: ABP’s 40 MW floating solar at Cavendish Dock will power port operations, boost summer yields, protect wildlife, and pioneer replicable, grid-savvy, modular clean energy.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, UK, Europe, PORTS, Planning Approval, grid integration

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

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