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Voltalia Secures £20 Million to Build UK Solar Park
Voltalia has secured a £20 million financing package from Triodos Bank UK to fund its 34 MW Eastgate solar park in North Yorkshire, delivering renewable power under a 15-year PPA.
May 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, power purchase agreement, triodos bank, Eastgate Solar, UK Renewables
EDF Starts Poland’s First 50-MW Grid Battery, Larger Projects Ahead
EDF Renewables breaks ground on a 50-MW BESS in Opole—Poland’s first high-capacity grid battery—and lines up 120-MW and 200-MW follow-ups for 2027-28.
Jun 4, 2025 // Storage, Poland, Europe, EDF Renewables, Opole
China’s record-breaking 600 MW/2.4 GWh battery hub hits first-phase milestone
Huaneng’s 600 MW/2.4 GWh Longdong–Shandong battery project finishes installing all storage cabins at its first 300 MW block, clearing the way for testing and grid hook-up.
Jun 10, 2025 // Storage, China, Asia, Huaneng
TotalEnergies Expands Caribbean Renewables, Divests Half Stake of Portuguese Portfolio
TotalEnergies buys 50% of AES Dominicana’s 1-GW clean-energy pipeline and sells half of a 604-MW Portuguese portfolio to a Japanese consortium for EUR 178.5 million.
Jul 2, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, AES, Caribbean, TotalEnergies
Statkraft inks nine-year PPAs for trio of Italian solar farms
Statkraft will buy 75 % of the power from three 38 MW solar plants in Italy under nine-year PPAs, strengthening Ellomay Capital’s renewables footprint and Italy’s maturing PPA market.
Jul 7, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Statkraft, PV Power Plant
SUNOTEC seals Latvian hybrid solar investment in landmark Baltic deal
SUNOTEC acquires 400 MWp solar-plus-600 MWh storage project in Latvia, targeting grid connection by 2027 and bolstering the country’s expanding clean-energy ambitions.
Jul 7, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Europe, PV Power Plant, Latvia, Sunotec
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
Sunly Raises €85 Million For Latvia’s 329-MW Solar Cluster Project
Sunly secures €85 million from EIB, EBRD, and SEB to build 329 MW of solar parks across Latvia, creating hybrid hubs that will add wind and storage in future.
Aug 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, financing, Sunly, Latvia, Baltic
Avangrid solar to power Amazon Oregon data centers, construction advancing
Avangrid secured Amazon as offtaker for a 41-MWac Oregon solar project that will feed the tech giant’s data centers and support local grid reliability.
Sep 23, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Solar, Amazon, North America, Oregon, avangrid, data centers
EBRD loans RP Global for Croatia’s 21-MWp Novalja solar project
RP Global secured EBRD financing for the 21-MWp Novalja solar plant, advancing Croatia’s decarbonization with bankable, grid-friendly daytime capacity.
Oct 13, 2025 // Plants, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, EBRD, Europe, Croatia, RP Global, project finance
Axian Energy buys majority of 54.3-MWp Zambian solar project
Axian’s energy arm entered Zambia by acquiring a majority stake in a 54.3-MWp solar farm in Kafue District, marking a strategic Pan-African expansion.
Oct 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa, zambia, investment, Axian Energy, Kafue District
New Zealand clears 179-MW solar-storage project, boosting North Island reliability
New Zealand’s EPA granted resource consents for a 179-MW solar farm with co-located battery storage on the North Island, adding flexible clean capacity.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, New Zealand, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North Island, Grid reliability, EPA consent
Walmart Chile secures 500 GWh renewables deal with Copec annually
Walmart Chile signed with Copec EMOAC to source about 500 GWh of renewable electricity per year, covering ~80% of nationwide operations.
Nov 21, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, Walmart, corporate ppa, Cope, renewable procurement
Investors Eye Syria’s Renewables As Residential Solar Exceeds Two Gigawatts
Investor appetite for Syrian renewables is growing as residential solar capacity is estimated to exceed 2 GW amid efforts to rebuild a shattered power system.
Nov 24, 2025 // Residential, Grids, Asia, investment, middle east, Syria, grid recovery
Downing Snaps Up Cornwall Solar; Grid Target 2027
Downing snaps up 42.5‑MW Cornwall solar, grid‑dated for Q4 2027, de‑risking finance and boosting UK pipeline, biodiversity gains and battery upside wooing long‑term capital.
Mar 2, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, UK, Europe, acquisitions, Cornwall, Downing