Solar Plants News

RES gets green light to establish France's 'biggest' floating solar project
Renewables designer and property manager RES has safeguarded planning authorization for a 65.5 MW floating solar project that will certainly be set up at a former quarry in northeastern France.
Sep 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, res, RES Group
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Giant solar-plus-storage project in the Kubuqi Desert
The 2 GW plant is expected to be connected to a storage center with a capability of 300 MW/600 MWh. Somewhere else, makers Longi, Jinko, Trina Solar and also Chint were the winners of a 5.5 GW photovoltaic panel procurement tender held by the China Energy Investment Corporation.
Sep 29, 2021 // Plants, Storage, China, Asia, Trina Solar, LONGi, Jinko, Chint, solar-plus-storage project, Kubuqi Desert, Elion
ARENA to support Australian microgrids with brand-new funding
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released an AU$ 50 million (US$ 36 million) programme to support microgrid pilot projects and also enhance the reliability of electrical energy supply across regional Australia.
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Australia, Oceania, microgrid, ARENA, Microgrids, off-grid
Excelsior purchases tax equity interest in 20-MWp solar park in California
United States renewable energy framework capitalist Excelsior Energy Capital claimed on Monday that it has gotten Class A tax equity interests in a 25-MW DC solar park in California from Santander Financial Institution NA.
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Solar Park, Excelsior
Quinbrook acquires 350MW UK solar-storage project
Project Fortress in Kent is anticipated to begin building and construction in the very first half of 2022
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, quinbrook infrastructure partners, solar-plus-battery project, Rory Quinlan
Bord na Mona to Construct '1st Irish Committed RE Service Park'
Irish energy provider Bord na Mona (BnM) is planing to create a 200MW-plus hybrid energy park - the "initial Irish dedicated renewable-energy business park."
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Bord na Mona, hybrid energy park, Irish midlands, Tom Donnellan
Moroccan solar-wind huge hybrid unveiled
A 10.5 GW solar-plus-wind project is under advancement in Morocco's Guelmim Oued Noun region, with 3.6 GW of this to be exported to Great Britain.
Sep 27, 2021 // Plants, Storage, United Kingdom, Europe, Great Britain, Africa, solar-plus-wind, Morocco, solar wind hybrid
Bosnia's ERS in talks with Hungary's Lugos Renewables for Trebinje PV plant construction
Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), the power utility of Bosnia's Serb Republic, said it went over with Hungarian power firm Lugos Renewables the building of the 73 MW Trebinje 1 solar power plant.
Sep 27, 2021 // Plants, PV Power Plant, Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske, ERS, Bosnia
Enpal Elevates EUR345 M for New Solar Projects in Germany
To speed up the advancement of solar energy in Germany, solar remedies service provider Enpal has secured debt dedications of EUR275 million from globally leading financiers BlackRock, Pricoa Private Capital (the exclusive capital business of PGIM), and also UniCredit in its current round of fundraising. Additionally, additional institutional dedications of EUR70 million were signed in the kind of a subordinated mezzanine financing.
Sep 27, 2021 // Plants, BlackRock, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, Enpal, Greenberg Traurig, Gregor Burkart, Pricoa Private Capital
Building starts on 80-MW behind-the-meter solar project in Texas
Building has begun on the Gerdau Solar project, one of the largest behind-the-meter solar centers in the USA.
Sep 27, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Henry Yun, PV Power Plant, Gerdau Solar project
Leeds opens UK's first solar-power Park as well as Ride
The UK's initial solar-power Park and also Ride has actually opened up in Leeds according to West Yorkshire Combined Authority, with a capability of 1.136 MWp.
Sep 24, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, Storage, UK, Europe
Singareni Collieries Introduces 37 MW Solar Plant in Telangana
State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) ushered in 37 megawatts solar plant at Kothagudem in Telangana on Wednesday.
Sep 24, 2021 // Plants, India, Asia, SCCL, D.Satyanarayana, Kothagudem, N.Balaram, Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Toyota indications VPPA with Clearway Energy Group for 80MW
United States programmer Clearway Energy Group has actually signed a virtual power acquisition agreement (VPPA) with Toyota in The United States and Canada to provide the business with 80MW of power, making up 8% of the firm's local operations.
Sep 24, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, Toyota, North America, vppa, Clearway Energy Group
Multi-gigawatt Australian solar-storage Sun Cable project removes more difficulty
A project that bids to combine up to 20GW of solar PV with the world's largest energy storage battery and also a 4,200km-long subsea power cable has relocated a progression after Indonesian authorities greenlit its suggested transmission cable course.
Sep 24, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Sun Cable, se asia, transmission cables
Univergy Solar breaks ground on 4.5-MW solar plant in Spain
Spanish-Japanese renewables outfit Univergy Solar announced on Wednesday that it has started the construction deals with an approximately 4.5-MW solar (PV) plant in Spain.
Sep 23, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, solar plant, Univergy Solar