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Auren, AES Brasil Merger: Creating 8.8-GW Renewables Giant
Merger between Auren Energia and AES Brasil creates 8.8 GW renewable energy platform. AES Corp to sell stake for $640 million, simplifying portfolio for US market focus.
May 16, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, AES, Brasil, Auren
Solarigo Snaps Up Skarta’s 13-MWp Finnish Park
Skarta flips a 13‑MWp Finnish solar park to Solarigo, spotlighting Nordic build‑and‑recycle strategy as corporate demand surges and performance ops—not hardware—win returns for both portfolios.
Mar 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Finland, Solar Park, acquisition, Solarigo, Skarta
ReNew Power Makes First Hydro Acquisition, Includes 359 MW Acquisitions
The two acquisitions include a 99MW hydropower project in Uttarakhand, and a 260 MW/330MWp solar projects in Telangana The firm remains to construct its possessions pipe, with key success already under its belt from solar tenders in 2021.
Aug 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ReNew Power, Sumant Sinha, SPAC, L&T Uttranchal Hydropower Limited, SBHEP, Singoli Bhatwari hydroelectric project
Windlab starts Australian PV-wind-battery park following grid delay
Australian renewables developer Windlab has connected and energized its landmark energy park in northern Queensland, comprising 43 MW of wind, 18 MW of solar and a 4 MWh battery.
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, storage, Australia, Windlab, Kennedy Energy Hub, grid-scale, Roger Price, Oceania
More floating PV for Thailand
French floating PV specialist Ciel&Terre is teaming up with SCG, an Asian petrochemical company, to develop floating solar plants at hydroelectric dams in Thailand.
Aug 5, 2019 // Plants, Floating PV, Ciel&Terre, SCG, Thailand, floating PV, EGAT, Asia
Bolsonaro clears Brazilian solar scheme at floating plant launch
Jair Bolsonaro has given the green light to a new solar scheme in Brazil’s northeast, marking its launch as he attended the opening of a separate floating project.
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Floating PV, floating PV, South america, Latin america, Brazil, solar water pump, jair bolsonaro, Bento Albuquerque, Gustavo Canuto, Chesf, floating plant
Portugal's Renewables Surge to 73% Power Supply
Portugal's renewable energy soared to 73% of electricity needs in early 2024, led by hydropower and wind. A greener future is on the horizon!
Oct 2, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe
Spain's Ecoener cuts ribbon at 100-MW wind, solar complex in Canary Islands
Spanish renewables developer and power producer Grupo Ecoener SAU (BME: ENER) on Thursday inaugurated a 100-MW wind and also solar farm complicated on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain.
Oct 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, canary islands, ecoener
Albania's initial floating PV project now unfinished
Norway's Statkraft is developing a 2 MW floating PV array, first announced a year and also a half back, at its 72 MW hydropower plant in Albania's Elbasan region. Norwegian floating PV expert Ocean Sun has agreed to provide technology for the EUR2 million plant.
Jun 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Albania, Borge Bjorneklett, Tom Kristian Larsen
AI enter maintenance
The Covid-19 pandemic quarantine has presented a new collection of challenges for solar PV operations as well as maintenance. The subject has actually gotten sector focus since PV sites do not have onsite employees. Huawei states its new Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis-- incorporating artificial intelligence, digital technologies, as well as PV-- is a first-step service toward unmanned O&M. With the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) ever before lowering, enhancements in O&M efficiency and going along with expense reductions may increase the arrival of the grid parity era.
Aug 19, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Huawei, Maintenance, Yan Zhang
Croatia tenders 50 MW of solar
The Croatian energy regulatory authority is seeking to assign 88 MW of renewable resource generation capacity. The tender becomes part of the country's plan to acquire 2.26 GW of renewables consisting of more than 1 GW of solar.
Aug 6, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, tender, Europe, Croatia
Soltage, Harrison Street produce 450-MW US solar-plus-storage partnership
United States independent power manufacturer Soltage LLC has actually created a USD-250-million (EUR 210m) partnership with Chicago-based investment manager Harrison Street to money solar and other clean energy projects.
Mar 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Soltage LLC
Construction starts on very first large-scale solar plant in Laos
Project developer Solar Attapeu Power Sole Company (SAPC) has actually broken ground on the very first large-scale solar farm in Laos with a capacity of 50MW.
Aug 18, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Asia, transmission line, laos, SAPC
Renewables industry shows 'strength' in 2020 with strong solar installs across Asia-- IRENA
The International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) director-general has hailed the beginning of a "decade of renewables", adhering to a 2020 that saw China and also the United States drive global solar setups.
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, IRENA, Francesco La Camera, solar installations
GP JOULE transforms sod on 106 MW of solar in Canada
EPC specialist GP JOULE North America stated Thursday that it has actually begun building three solar PV projects completing some 106 MW in Canada.
Apr 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, North America, PV Power Plant, GP Joule, British Columbia