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Zelestra Opens 300-MWp San Martin Solar Park, Peru’s Largest Yet
Spanish firm Zelestra has energized the 300-MWp San Martin Solar Park—Peru’s largest PV plant—supplying power to 600 k homes and cutting 420 k t of CO₂ yearly.
Jul 21, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Peru, PV Power Plant, Zelestra
Xela Energy Wins Approval for IBM Solar Farm in Britain
Xela Energy secures final approval for a 5 MW solar farm to power IBM’s UK campus, pairing clean electricity with wildlife‑friendly design and local jobs.
Jul 23, 2025 // Plants, UK, PPA, Europe, Xela Energy, IBM Solar
Elements Green Secures £140m for UK’s Giant Staythorpe Battery Project
Elements Green secures £140 m from Goldman Sachs Alternatives to build the 360-MW/720-MWh Staythorpe battery in Nottinghamshire, slated for operation in 2027 and capable of powering 95,000 homes daily.
Jul 25, 2025 // Storage, UK, Europe, Elements Green
Silicon Ranch begins building on 2 solar projects in TVA
Silicon Ranch broke ground on two solar projects in Clarksville, Tennessee, for regional utility CDE Lightband within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The two projects will amount to 6.75 MWAC.
May 18, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Silicon Ranch, tva, Solar Project
Scientists demonstrate laser-driven control of fundamental motions of the lead halide perovskite atomic lattice
An international group of scientists from Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, École Polytechnique in Paris, Columbia University in New York, as well as the Free University in Berlin have actually demonstrated laser-driven control of fundamental motions of the lead halide perovskite (LHP) atomic lattice.
Jun 6, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, New York, perovskite, Columbia University, North America, Berlin, Paris, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, École Polytechnique, Free University
Levanta Names EPC Partner for Philippine Solar-Plus-Storage
Levanta’s EPC contractor selection moves its Philippine solar-plus-storage project toward shovel-ready execution—de-risking delivery, tightening schedules, strengthening BESS safety, and enabling evening peak support.
Apr 9, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, EPC, solar plus storage, Asia, Philippines, project delivery, Levanta
NLC India Secures €100m KfW Loan for Solar, Storage
NLC India secures a €100M KfW loan for solar and battery storage, boosting grid upgrades and faster scale-up. Longer tenors and tighter governance lower risk and capital costs while strengthening stability.
Apr 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, India, Battery Storage, Asia, KFW, financing, NLC India
Aura Power Clears 25-MW Solar Farm Near Cirencester
Aura Power wins approval for a 25MW solar farm near Cirencester, moving a Cotswolds project from planning to delivery—unlocking faster capacity as UK grid access and timelines make or break renewables.
May 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, England, solar farm, Aura Power, Planning Approval
Exagen Wins Approval for 50-MW Solar Plus Storage
Exagen secures planning for a 50MW UK solar park with co-located BESS—storing peak power and boosting grid stability. Next: detailed engineering, financing, and construction toward operation.
Jun 11, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Exagen
HyDeal Coalition to utilize 95 GW Solar to Bring Hydrogen to $2/Kg by 2030
European firms, with indirect assistance from their governments, remain to continue with strategies to get management in the eco-friendly hydrogen room before the end of this decade.
Feb 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, USA, China, Australia, Asia, hydrogen, Oceania, North America, hydeal, NortH2
Chattisgarh Commission to set Generic Tariff for Solar Energy Projects
The Chattisgarh Commission has issued a draft order with the generic levelised tariffs for FY 2019-20 & 2020-21 for renewable energy sources like solar.
Jan 17, 2020 // Tariffs, India, Asia, tariff, Chattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission, CSERC
Russian Far East sees 75 MW of large scale solar come online
Five PV power plants, each with a generation capacity of 15 MW, were grid-connected in the Russian Republic of Buryatia and the Zabaikalsky Territory. The projects were built under a program which offers generators capacity payments and the ability to trade on the wholesale energy market.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Asia, Russia, Far East
Solid State Batteries Get A Vote of Confidence With $200 Million For Factorial Energy
Massachusetts, United States based Solid State Battery maker Factorial Energy has raised $200 million as part of a Series D round of funding, led by Mercedes-Benz and also Stellantis.
Jan 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Mercedes-Benz, carlos tavares, Facrorial Energy, funding round, siyu huang, solid dtate batteries, Stellantis
New electrolyser technology could create hydrogen at US$ 1.5/ kg by mid-2020s
Australian electrolyser manufacturer Hysata claims its electrolyser technology can enable hydrogen production costs to fall below US$ 1.5/ kg by the mid-2020s.
Mar 17, 2022 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, green hydrogen, electrolysis, electrolysers, capillary-fed electrolysis, hysata
Portugal to waive environmental impact researches for solar plants under 50MW
Portugal will certainly stop calling for environmental effect evaluations for new solar projects with a capacity of under 50MW as part of federal government efforts to accelerate PV deployment.
Mar 30, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, permitting, joao galamba, LSSEU





