Solar Large-Scale Plants News

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of the World Bank Group, said that it has actually offered guarantees of USD 5.67 million (EUR 5.3 m) on behalf of a solar-plus-storage project in Somalia.

Spanish renewables firm Grenergy Renovables SL (BME: GRE) on Friday inaugurated a 30-MW/37-MWp solar power complex in the department of Tolima, central-west Colombia.

Graphite electrode producer Resonac Graphite Austria GmbH will procure power from solar parks with an incorporated capability of 42 MWp that will certainly be integrated in Austria.

JBM Solar has submitted a proposal for a solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) to Wychavon District Council. This project would provide the equivalent of 18,000 Wychavon homes' electricity needs and is an important step towards achieving net zero carbon goals.

Plenitude, the energy transition business of Italian oil and gas company Eni SpA, has commissioned the 263-MW Golden Buckle solar park in Texas to supply US retailer Target Corp. The photovoltaic (PV) farm is the largest solar complex installed by Plenitude to date and is expected to have an annual output of between 400 GWh and 500 GWh.

Slovenia's largest solar power plant is now in trial production and is integrated with the Brežice hydroelectric plant. This hybrid system is the biggest of its kind in the country and will provide 6.8 GWh of electricity annually.

US data centres outfit Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) and also French utility Engie (EPA: ENGI) today unveiled a power purchase agreement (PPA) that will support the deployment of a 154-MW solar power plant in Germany.

Vitol and Meta have entered into an agreement to provide renewable energy credits and other environmental attributes from a 50MW solar and storage plant in California. This is part of Vitol's growing corporate offering to enable companies to source renewable energy for their operations.

Norway's Scatec ASA (OSL: SSO) and Norfund are marketing a combined 50% stake in the 258-MW Upington solar park in South Africa to a fund managed by STANLIB Asset Management Pty Ltd

Gazules 1 and 2 sites in Cádiz each have an output of 46MW

TotalEnergies has commissioned a 51MW solar power plant in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. With nearly 100,000 high-efficiency solar panels, the plant will provide enough clean and reliable electricity to power nearly 20,000 homes.

Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation has acquired the 295MWp Red Willow Project in Alberta, Canada, including 100MW/200MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS). This solar energy news highlights the potential of renewable energy sources and the commitment to sustainability.

Enfit Green developing 53MW project in Purtse

WEC Energy Group buys 80% interest in the 250-MW Samson I Solar Energy Centre in Texas for $250 million, advancing their sustainable energy portfolio.

Australian energy retailer SmartestEnergy has committed to procuring 25% of the output from the 333-MW DC Darlington Point solar farm in New South Wales, the largest solar complex in Australia, under a long-term deal with Octopus Australia.