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Ørsted Expands Solar Footprint with New Irish Project
Ørsted powers up Ireland with new 55-MW solar park, energizing 16,000 homes by 2026 and boosting its solar pipeline to over 700 MW.
May 6, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Ørsted, PV Power Plant
Research discovers plants would certainly expand well in solar cell greenhouses
A recent research reveals that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that strain wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the usefulness of using transparent photovoltaic panels in greenhouses to produce electrical power.
Mar 22, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, Brendan O'Connor, North Carolina State University, Harald Ade, Heike Sederoff
TPREL Gets LOA for 200 MW Solar Project from MSEDCL
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of The Tata Power Company Limited as well as among the considerable renewable energy players in the country, has received a 'Letter of Award' (LoA) from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), an entirely had business entity under the Maharashtra Federal government, to set up a 200 MW solar PV project in Solapur, Maharashtra. The letter complies with a similar award to SJVN recently.
Mar 22, 2023 // Plants, Ashish Khanna, tprel, tata power, MSEDCL, Solar Project, LoA, letter of award, total renewable capacity of TPREL
TSE Secures €65M for 800 MW Agrivoltaics Project
TSE secures EUR 65 million in bonds to power agrivoltaic solar systems, advancing towards 1 GW capacity by 2027 and showcasing strong investor confidence in sustainable energy.
Nov 29, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PV Power Plant, TSE
Octopus Renewables to get up-to-250-MW Irish solar portfolio from Statkraft
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc (LON: ORIT) has accepted acquire a portfolio of five solar projects in Ireland with a capacity of as much as 250 MW from Statkraft Ireland Ltd
Jul 26, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, Octopus Renewables
ESB, Bord na Móna Power Up Kildare with 108 MW Solar Farm
Bord na Móna and ESB join forces to develop a 108-megawatt solar farm in Kildare, Ireland. Providing enough energy to power 25,000 homes, this is the first of four projects with a target of 500MW and furthers the government's commitment to solar energy.
Jul 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Bord na Móna, solar farm, Esb
Dominion cleared to add 800 MW of solar, storage space in Virginia
US utility group Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) has been provided the thumbs up to add more than 800 MW of solar and also energy storage capacity to serve its customers in Virginia.
Apr 17, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Dominion Energy, North America
Galileo Breaks Ground on 5-MW Italian Solar
Galileo Green Energy breaks ground on Italy’s 5MW Gambolo solar park, expanding its renewables footprint—backed by a CfD support scheme to stabilize prices and boost clean grid power.
Jul 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Galileo Green Energy
Just how solar farms can function as havens for Australia's wildlife
Australia's renewable energy change has actually prompted the building and construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia's reliance on fossil fuels, however requires large areas of land to be converted to host solar infrastructure.
Feb 3, 2023 // Technology, Australia, Oceania
LONGi, JinkoSolar, JA Solar Advocate M10 Module Standardisation
Chinese solar PV manufacturers JA Solar, JinkoSolar, as well as LONGi have launched a joint statement to reveal they have actually gotten to a consensus on the standardisation of PV modules generated that are based on M10 wafers.
Sep 14, 2021 // Manufacturing News, China, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, Asia, wafers, LONGi
Bolsonaro scraps solar tax planned by Brazilian regulator
The Brazilian president said the potential introduction of a grid fee for net metered solar systems will be eliminated thanks to an urgent ad-hoc decree expected to be approved soon by parliament. The proposed ‘solar tax’ would have affected all new PV installations with a generation capacity of no larger than 5 MW under Brazil’s net metering regime.
Jan 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, South america, Brazil, jair bolsonaro, ANEEL, Rodrigo Maia, David Alcolumbre, André Pepitone
Thin-film maker Ascent Solar gets Nasdaq listing approval
Thin-film manufacturer Ascent Solar has obtained approval to be detailed on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the free market on Wednesday 24 August 2022.
Aug 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, thin-film, module manufacturers, nasdaq, ascent solar
Sweden increases budget for solar incentives by $48m
Funding for the rebate scheme had already been increased in April. Overall, the budget for this year now amounts to almost $125 million.
Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Andreas Thorsheim
Amberside Energy to manage 21MW Somerset solar farm
Bowerhouse 2 center was recently acquired by Kent County Council
Jan 6, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Amberside Energy
Shumba Breaks Ground on 100-MW Botswana Solar Farm
Shumba Energy begins construction of its 100‑MW Tati Solar Project near Francistown, Botswana—an investment over BWP 1B—targeting commercial operations in 2027 and powering SAPP.
Jun 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Africa, Botswana, PV Power Plant, Shumba








