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Standard Solar expands Illinois footprint with 9-MW community projects acquisition
Standard Solar bought two Illinois community solar projects totaling about 9 MW, opening subscriptions for households and businesses to receive bill credits.
Nov 19, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Standard Solar, Illinois, Community Solar, distributed generation, subscriptions
Econergy energises Apple-backed 52-MW Polish solar farm, Resko now operational
Econergy has connected the 52-MW Resko solar farm to Poland’s grid, an Apple-backed project that adds clean daytime capacity and supports corporate decarbonisation.
Nov 19, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Poland, Apple, Europe, corporate ppa, Econergy
Elawan wins funding for co-located batteries at Spanish renewables sites
Elawan secured €3.8 million in state support to add 31.3 MWh of batteries at operating wind and solar plants in Albacete, Spain.
Nov 20, 2025 // Storage, Spain, Battery Storage, Europe, elawan energy, hybrid renewables, Albacete
Alight inaugurates 215-MWp Lidso solar park on Denmark’s Lolland island
Alight has opened the 215-MWp Lidso solar park on Lolland, Denmark—one of the country’s largest PV sites, designed for grid-friendly, year-round output.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Europe, Denmark, Alight, grid integration, Lolland
Energea Backs Start of 140-MW Texas Solar
Energea will finance construction of a 140-MWdc West Texas solar park, boosting near-term capacity growth in America’s most established, liquid utility-scale solar market.
May 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, PV Power Plant, energea
MCA Opens Africa’s Largest Off-Grid Solar-BESS Park in Angola
MCA just unveiled Africa’s biggest off-grid solar-plus-storage project: a 31.9MW solar plant with batteries in Angola’s Lobito Corridor—bringing steadier power where the grid can’t.
May 7, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Africa, Angola, PV Power Plant, MCA
Greenvolt Next Wins 32 MW Solar Build in Ireland
Greenvolt Next wins a contract for three 32MW utility-scale Irish solar farms for Amarenco—delivering clean power, strengthening energy security, and expanding Greenvolt’s European renewables footprint.
Jun 24, 2026 // Plants, Ireland, Europe, PV Power Plant, Greenvolt
Frontier Lands AUD 280m Debt for Waroona Solar+Storage
Frontier Energy locks in up to AUD 280m in credit-approved debt for Waroona—gigawatt-scale hybrid solar-plus-storage—fueling construction and boosting WA’s clean, reliable power.
Jul 17, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Frontier Energy
Helexia Secures €20m Financing for 73 Solar Projects
Helexia secures EUR 20M to fund 73 distributed solar projects in Europe—backed by La Banque Postale and Bpifrance—helping businesses cut grid reliance, costs, and carbon emissions.
Aug 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Europe, Helexia, PV Power Plant
Eolus Secures Milestone Payments for Arizona Solar+Storage
Eolus’ Centennial Flats reaches key milestones in Arizona—500 MW solar plus 267 MW storage—after a 2022 sale, triggering progress-based payments tied to its landmark solar-plus-storage deal.
Aug 14, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Eolus
Ultrathin solar cells get a boost
Rice University engineers have accomplished a new standard in the style of atomically thin solar cells made from semiconducting perovskites, increasing their performance while keeping their capacity to withstand the atmosphere.
Nov 24, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Rice University, efficiency, Aditya Mohite
Designers show next-generation solar cells can take the heat, keep effectiveness
Perovskites with their crystal frameworks as well as encouraging electro-optical homes could be the energetic component that makes the future generation of low-cost, effective, flexible as well as light-weight solar cells.
May 5, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, perovskites, Iowa, Vikram Dalal, Harshavardhan Gaonkar
Researchers produce smaller, more affordable flow batteries for clean power
Clean energy is the leading option for climate change. But solar and wind power are irregular at producing adequate power for a trusted power grid. Alternatively, lithium-ion batteries can save power yet are a restricted resource.
Jan 16, 2023 // Storage, Georgia Institute of Technology, flow battery, Nian Liu
Researchers develop a lot more reliable perovskite solar cell
A team of scientists from the University of Toronto has developed a triple-junction perovskite solar cell with record performance by getting over an essential restriction of previous layouts.
Apr 13, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, Ted Sargent, University of Toronto
Construction underway for Panama’s self-styled largest solar plant
The utility-scale solar momentum slowly coursing through Latin America looks set to extend to one of the region’s smallest countries, with a large project now progressing through construction.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Enel, Europe, North America, esslatam, solarcentury, panama, inelsa, hedomin, Manuel Domínguez