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Aquila Clean Energy APAC and Far North Solar Farm commissioned the 20.8-MWp Pukenui Solar Farm, boosting local resilience and accelerating renewables in Northland.

EE North America has partnered with Elio Energy for the solar energy generation and energy storage project in Arizona and surrounding states. Projects are expected to start building and construction gradually in between 2023 and also 2025.

North Macedonia’s state-owned electric company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) is planning to expand the generation capacity of the solar project it is building at its 125 MW TPP Oslomej coal plant near Kičevo, in the west of the country. Originally tendered in April as a 10 MW solar facility, the project may be expanded to completely replace the lignite coal plant, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced. The bank, which is backing the €8.7 million project with €5.9 million, said the utility is evaluating scenarios to fully replace the old power plant. ESM is planning to expand the PV field and could eventually reach 125 MW of solar capacity through a modular approach, according to the EBRD. “This project of 10 MW is very important to us because it’s a nice unit – the first large scale plant,” announced the utility. “It can then be cloned and multiplied to fulfill our strategy further down the line. It’s a pilot project for the future and it’s a power plant all by itself.” The EBRD said the Oslomej coal plant is being kept active at a minimum service level and is being used mainly as a reserve in case of problems elsewhere in the system. Coal plants too costly and slow The utility has planned for years to prolong the life of the 39-year-old coal plant by another 30 years, even though the associated lignite coal mine in Kičevo is almost depleted. In 2015, the utility conducted a feasibility study into modernizing the plant by using imported coal with higher calorific value. The study concluded such a move would cost €145 million and require a four-year construction timeframe. “According to the estimations, the production price of electricity after the eventual modernization of TPP [thermal power plant] Oslomej is estimated to be above €61/MWh,” the ESM said in a document about the feasibility study. Thermal power plants account for 842 MW of North Macedonia’s total power generation capacity of 1.41 GW, with hydroelectricity and wind accounting for 553.6 MW and 36.8 MW, respectively. Solar has a minimal share in the power mix with only 18 MW of installed distributed PV at the end of last year. The government, however, tendered two projects totaling 35 MW in June. This month economy minister Kreshnik Bektashi revealed 82 investors have submitted bids for construction of the two plants.

Aura Power anticipates to start building of the Litchardon Cross project in Springtime 2022

Bulgaria. The greatest power plant of the kind in the Western Balkans is in North Macedonia. It is owned by Slovenian company GEN-I. It has 17 MW. French firm Voltalia

Existing solar power policies in North Carolina will go under review as part of the state’s draft Clean Energy Plan. Published last week, it includes the retirement of 4GW of coal and the proposal of measures to drive renewable energy more broadly as well as boosting EV adoption in the US state.

German business General Practitioner Joule intends to develop hydrogen transportation facilities in North Friesland. The electrical energy created by 5 wind ranches in the area will certainly be transformed to eco-friendly hydrogen to be supplied to filling up terminals in Husum as well as Niebüll as well as made use of by 2 fuel-cell buses and also 5 autos.

The CIT Group's Power and Energy system acted as lead arranger on a USD 126 million financing for the 108 MW Trent River Solar project in North Carolina.

H2B2 launches SoHyCal, North America's largest green hydrogen plant, paving the way for a sustainable future with renewable energy.

Solar parks with a complete capacity of 2.3 GW will be developed in Greece as part of a EUR5 billion (US$ 5.94 billion) roadmap to sustain the phase-out of coal generation by 2028.

The cancellation of an 80-megawatt project with no financial penalty raises questions about a monopoly utility competing against private developers.

Electricity distributor HERON and also Meton Energy have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for three solar energy projects in Greece

Enel Green Power has broken ground on its 2nd North American solar-plus-storage project as it remains to increase its US renewables fleet and intends to strike 1GW of released battery storage space in two years.

Quest Holdings Group furthers its renewable energy investment with the acquisition of a 4.48MW solar PV park in Greece, adding to its total 39.3MW capacity and cementing its position as a leader in the Greek energy market.

Greek oil company Helleniq Energy Holdings secures environmental approval for a 260-MW solar park in Western Macedonia, as part of its ambitious plan to reach 2 GW of renewables by 2030.