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Greencoat buys 156MW BlackRock solar profile
BlackRock Real Assets is selling on a 156MW profile that it co-owns with Lightsource BP to Greencoat Capital.
May 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, BlackRock, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe, Greencoat, Karin Kaiser
EDP & CTT Solarize Portugal's Postal Service
EDP and CTT have joined forces to bring solar energy to Portugal. Their 1MW solar farm is capable of meeting 40% of a building's daily energy needs, and will soon become a Collective Self-Consumption Community, sharing its benefits with up to 850 families and companies. An ambitious 6 MWp of decentralised energy generation is planned.
Sep 1, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, EDP, Europe
Equinor Increases Stake in Scatec Solar With Purchase of 6.5 mn Shares
Equinor has acquired 6,500,000 shares in Scatec Solar, corresponding to 5.2 percent of the shares and votes, at a total purchase price of USD 84 million.
Dec 20, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec Solar, Equinor, Pål Eitrheim
Renewables Readiness Analysis: El Salvador
El Salvador has prioritised renewable resource projects to lower its reliance on imported nonrenewable fuel sources as well as boost energy safety and security.
Dec 18, 2020 // Market Research, El Salvador, North America
EDP To Add Battery Storage To Floating Hydro-Solar Plant In Portugal
EDP has actually decided to make an enhancement of a 1MW battery power storage system. The business claims that on the completion of the power storage center, all 3 innovations will be attached to a single grid link point.
Jul 22, 2022 // Plants, Storage, Floating PV, Portugal, EDP, Europe, Floating Hydro-Solar Plant
Avaada Launches Rajasthan Gigawatt-Scale Solar And Storage Megaproject Foundation Ceremony
Avaada began groundwork for a 1,560-MWp solar project with 2,500 MWh of batteries in Rajasthan and inaugurated a separate 282-MWp plant in the state.
Sep 26, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Rajasthan, Avaada, commissionin
Grenergy Renovables S.A. as well as Natixis Close Solar PV Portfolio Financing in Chile
Grenergy Renovables S.A. (" Grenergy"), with Natixis as Sole Lead Arranger, Hedge Provider, LC Issuing Bank and Administrative Agent, have efficiently closed senior safeguarded facilities totaling United States $91 million for an anticipated 130 MWp portfolio of 14 solar photovoltaic (" PV") plants in Chile. This marks Natixis' first purchase with Grenergy and also was fully underwritten by Natixis.
Jan 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Grenergy Renovables, Solar Photovoltaic, solar projects, Electricity, Aitor Alava, Solar PV Portfolio
21-year solar PPA for three French airports
The airports of Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget will be supplied with solar energy by French solar company Urbasolar and energy supplier GazelEnergie. The PV plants connected to the agreement are now in development and will begin providing power in 2021.
Feb 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, pv power plants, Europe, Edward Arkwright
Iberdrola launches a huge energy storage system in Spain
The solution was developed by i-DE, a power distribution unit of the Spanish utility giant. The 3-megawatt-hour battery is meant to strengthen electricity supply in the area, taking into consideration the surrounding solar arrays.
Nov 28, 2019 // Storage, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, i-DE
Scatec Secures BTG Pactual for Colombian Solar Venture
Scatec ASA partners with BTG Pactual to launch a 130-MW solar farm in Colombia, marking a major milestone in renewable energy expansion.
Sep 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Colombia, Scatec ASA
Axpo McDonald’s PPA Linked to 200-MWp Solar
Axpo’s 200-MWp Spain solar PPA with McDonald’s delivers renewable power, cuts Scope 2 emissions, and locks in long-term energy price certainty—while de-risking revenues through flexible balancing.
Mar 27, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Axpo, Europe, corporate ppa, McDonald’s
EPFL achieves 29.2% efficiency for tandem solar cell with fully textured silicon
Researchers in Switzerland made substantial progress with a method to perovskite-silicon tandem cell layout that they state might become integrated right into existing silicon PV production. They have announced the success of a 29.2% cell efficiency-- not far from the total record for tandem cells, and confirmed by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE.
May 2, 2022 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Switzerland, efficiency, EPFL, Christophe Baliff
Mexican utility verifies very first invesment in solar
The Comisión Federal de Electricidad will spend around $342 million into two PV plants with a complete generation capacity of 350 MW at its geothermal center in Baja California. President Obrador, on the other hand, has actually described the previous regimen's Energy Reform program as a 'pillage plan.'
Aug 5, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Mexico, North America, Solar Project, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Petróleos Mexicanos
Niteroi Starts Work on 2,700-Panel Solar Park, Boosting Sustainability Drive
Niteroi in Rio begins BRL 7.7 million Encosta Verde solar project, set to power public buildings with 150 MWh of clean energy a year.
Jul 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, Niteroi
The Renewable Energy Transition in Africa
A renewables-based power transition guarantees to deliver substantial socio-economic benefits to nations across Africa, enhancing power accessibility, producing jobs and also increasing power protection. To know these advantages, African nations have a chance to leapfrog nonrenewable fuel source innovations to a much more lasting, climate-friendly power strategy aligned with the Paris Arrangement and low-carbon growth.
Mar 23, 2021 // Market Research, Africa

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