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Torrent Power Bets $7.6 Billion on Renewables, Green Ammonia
Torrent Power Ltd unveils a bold plan to invest INR 640 billion for 10 GW renewable energy expansion and green ammonia production, paving the way for a sustainable future.
Sep 17, 2024 // Plants, green ammonia, Torrent Power Ltd
Japan Tempers Perovskite Hopes, Plays the Long Game
Japan cools perovskite hype, prioritizing durable, scalable gains as cheap silicon dominates; roadmap shifts to niche wins, cost cuts, and manufacturing know‑how through the 2030s.
Nov 25, 2025 // Technology, Japan, Asia, perovskite
PowerField Wraps 170 MWp, Outsmarts Dutch Grid Bottlenecks
PowerField energizes 170‑MWp bifacial solar fleet on congested Dutch grid—battery‑ready, grid‑compliant, O&M‑optimized—shifting power to evening peaks and unlocking PPA, merchant and ancillary services revenue.
Nov 26, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, powerfield
BELECTRIC Wins 210 MWp UK Solar EPC Framework
BELECTRIC lands 210 MWp UK solar EPC, fast-tracks grid-ready, storage-ready sites with bifacial trackers, standardized QA, and portfolio O&M—cutting costs, boosting availability, and delivering local benefits.
Feb 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, UK, Europe, Belectric, solar parks, grid compliance
AIEM Green, NORD/LB Finance 75MW Italian Solar Portfolio
AIEM Green secures NORD/LB financing for 75‑MW, 21-site Italian solar portfolio, powering 45,000 homes by 2026–2028 with blended FER incentives and merchant revenues; Impax-backed, construction underway.
Mar 11, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, AIEM Green
S2P Wins Grid Access for 70-MW Montenegro Solar
S2P Electric’s 70‑MW Tupan solar clinches CGES grid deal, bringing Trina Solar bifacial power to Niksic and accelerating Montenegro’s renewable push, grid upgrades, and investor confidence across the Balkans.
Mar 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Grids, Europe, Montenegro, S2P
Zenith Energy Buys 28-MWp Italian Agrivoltaics Portfolio
Zenith Energy snaps up 28-MWp Italian agrivoltaics—farms + solar, biodiversity-friendly, battery-ready. Streamlined builds, diversified grid nodes, and future storage boost value as markets shift.
Mar 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, agrivoltaics, Zenith Energy
Genesis Starts 136-MW Solar, Bolstering NZ Grid
Genesis breaks ground on 136‑MWp NZ solar farm, bringing midday power to hedge droughts, curb gas peakers, and electrify growth with grid‑ready tech—schedule alignment key to secure supply.
Mar 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, grid, utility solar, construction, Genesis
Idemitsu Starts 60-MW Azalea Solar-Battery in California
Idemitsu’s 60‑MW Azalea Solar+Storage flips sun to suppertime, powering 20,000 homes under a Sonoma Clean Power PPA, reinforcing CAISO evening peaks with 152‑MWh battery-backed reliability.
Mar 17, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, PPA, North America, Idemitsu
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
Arkansas Clears Entergy’s 600-MW Solar-Storage Project
Regulators greenlight 600‑MW solar-plus-storage in Arkansas, pairing cheap daytime power with smart batteries to steady peaks, weather shocks and outages—accelerating procurement and EMS-optimized, grid-stabilizing operations.
Mar 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, permitting, Entergy, Arkansas
Statkraft Adds 206MW, Takes 40% of Irish Solar
Statkraft sparks 206 MW of new Irish solar, boosting its footprint to 560 MW—over 40% of utility-scale capacity—as Ireland races toward 80% renewables and soaring data-center demand.
Mar 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, utility solar, energy security, commissioning
Asian buoyancy floats solar
Global drifting PV installations are readied to jump by 143% from 2019 to hit greater than 900 MW of annual ability enhancements this year, according to IHS Markit's Floating PV Report-- 2020. Development has been driven in recent years by a surge in the variety of drifting PV systems set up in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, and also the Netherlands, with overall worldwide installed ability getting to about 1.5 GW at the end of 2019. IHS Markit Study Manager Cormac Gilligan as well as Senior Citizen Expert Chris Beadle take a look at exactly how these countries have taken the lead, with developers building huge quantities of drifting PV, while also installing pilots to much better understand the modern technology as well as test its abilities and also cost-effectiveness.
Jun 4, 2020 // Opinions, China, floating PV, Asia, WORLD
Solar panel recycling: Turning ticking time bombs into possibilities
Australia has certainly shown its cravings for solar energy. Now, with the average lifespan of a solar panel being around 20 years, lots of installations from the early 2000's are readied to get to end-of-life. Will they wind up in landfill or be reused? The price of recycling is greater than landfill, as well as the worth of recovered materials is smaller sized than the original, so there's minimal interest in recycling. However offered the existence of heavy metals, such as lead as well as tin, if waste is managed improperly, we're on track for one more recycling situation. A prospective time bomb could emerge as a possibility, nonetheless, if the international EV market revealed a passion in the recuperated solar products.
May 27, 2020 // Opinions, Australia, Oceania, WORLD, GREENMAT, Mahdokht Shaibani
Live fast, die young: MIT study proposes use of 10-year panels
Research has found even short-lived, 10 to 15-year solar panels could provide enough return for bankable projects. The researchers believe panel costs, coupled with an industry mindset now fixed on the final solar energy price rather than costs per kilowatt installed, may open opportunities for PV products currently snubbed because of a short lifecycle.
Sep 24, 2019 // Technology, USA, LCOE, MIT, North America, Bertrand Lempkowicz



