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ECOwind completes Austrian floating solar farm
The 24MW project is among the biggest in Europe
Feb 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Europe, Austria, ECOwind, floating solar farm
BYD to boost solar kits storage capacity in Brazil by 50%.
Chinese batteries and also electric vehicles maker BYD Company Ltd (HKG:1211) announced on Wednesday it intends to open 3 new logistic centres in Brazil to raise its storage capacity for complete solar kits to 1.5 GW from 1 GW annually.
Apr 21, 2023 // Storage, China, South america, Brazil, Asia, BYD
Linea Energy obtains Texas solar farm
The 490MWdc project marks the business's first project in the state
Jun 5, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Linea Energy
BayWa r.e. Secures Approval for Derbyshire Solar Park
BayWa r.e. AG's 138-MW solar farm in Derbyshire powers UK's green future, boosting local energy and cutting carbon emissions.
Jun 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, BayWa r.e. AG
PS Renewables Greenlit for Essex Solar Power Project
PS Renewables' Skye Green Solar Farm to power 7,500 homes, blending clean energy with sustainable land use in Essex.
May 23, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, PS Renewables
Losing a few PV panels in space can cost millions of dollars
European satellite operator Eutelsat has revealed one of the two solar arrays on its recently launched 5 West B satellite has been lost. Only 45% of the craft’s generation capacity can be operated, hitting the company’s bottom line to the tune of $5-10 million.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Solar, PV technology, Eutelsat, satellite
What is Azimuth angle?
Angle between direction to the sun and direction to the south (for the northern hemisphere). For a PV installation, azimuth specifies how far the installation
Sep 11, 2023
Ameren puts forward plans for 30MW of solar-plus-storage in rural Missouri
Utility Ameren Missouri is planning three grid-scale solar facilities with energy storage, marking what is claimed will be the first ever instance of an energy company in the US Mid-West state powering its customers’ homes with batteries.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, Missouri, ameren, battery energy storage systems
UK battery project wins preparing appeal
Balance Power's Wolverhampton West BESS site lies on the edge of south Staffordshire
Oct 5, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Dan Levy
A$ 7.8 Bn Deal for Renewable Energy Transmission Infra in New South Wales
Specifically, the deal will sustain 8 renewable energy projects in the district besides Snowy 2.0 hydropower project in one of the most populated district of Australia.
The federal government will be spending A$ 4.7 billion and also NSW will certainly add A$ 3.1 billion through completion of this decade to eliminate the reliance on fossil fuels for power.
Dec 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, nsw, Anthony Albanese, Dominic Perrottet, HumeLink line, New South Wales transmission deal, Sydney Ring transmission link, transmission infrastructure, VNI West interconnector
Major Burkina Faso PV project secures €48.82m ‘Desert to Power’ loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend the government of Burkina Faso €48.82 million (US$54.04 million) to develop 208MWp of PV across the nation under its Desert to Power initiative.
Dec 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, solar pv, European Union, West Africa, AfDB, African Development Bank, Burkina Faso, French Development Agency
Spark Renewables proposes 2.5-GW hub in New South Wales
Spark Renewables today unveiled a proposition to establish a renewable energy generation and storage space center in New South Wales (NSW) for approximately 2.5 GW of overall capability.
Jul 15, 2021 // Plants, new south wales, Spark Renewables, Anthony Marriner
Ilmatar Secures Land for 350MW Swedish Solar
Ilmatar, a Nordic developer, has secured land for a proposed 350MW solar farm in Grums, Sweden. Working with local landowners, the farm will be one of the largest in Sweden, using timber forest damaged by bark beetles. Christian Gustafsson, Ilmatar's CEO, looks to expand renewable energy for Sweden with the project. Anders Bergenheim, a local landowner, is excited about the collaboration.
Jun 22, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Europe, PV Power Plant, Ilmatar
RWE Builds Solar-Storage at Hambach Mine
RWE AG is constructing an 8.4-MW solar farm with an 8-MWh battery storage system in Germany, consisting of 22,000 bifacial modules that will power 3,100 households. The project is part of a EUR 4 billion (USD 4.34bn) plan to build 1,000 MW of renewable energy in the Rhenish mining district by 2030.
Aug 25, 2023 // Plants, Storage, Germany, Europe, rwe
Voltalia has won EBRD-supported 100 MW solar tender in Albania
The French renewables company Voltalia has won the contract for the building and also operation of a 100 MW solar plant in Albania following its effective bid in a tender run by the Albanian Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy.
Mar 31, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Voltalia, Europe, PV Power Plant, Albania









