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EDPR Secures PPA for 180-MW Texas Solar
EDPR has signed a 15-year PPA with an unnamed multinational retailer, covering 162MW of a 180MW solar park in Texas. The project will contribute to EDPR's 17GW capacity target for 2023-2026 and is expected to enter into operation in 2025.
Oct 16, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, EDPR
Sonnedix Acquires 416MWp Solar in Chile
Sonnedix acquires 416MWp solar PV portfolio in Chile from Enel Chile, producing green energy for over 530,000 homes and avoiding 460,000 metric tonnes of CO2 annually. Refinancing of Sonnedix's largest project in Chile funded by US$624m acquisition financing.
Oct 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Sonnedix, Chile, South america
BP to Fully Acquire Lightsource BP: Solar Scaling Ahead
BP acquires 50.03% of Lightsource BP, enabling it to scale up its business, finance and trading. Closing mid-2024, it will help BP meet its demand for low carbon power and transition growth targets. Unlocking a new level of profitable growth and performance.
Nov 30, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe
Genneia Secures Landmark Yuan Loan for Renewable Projects
Genneia secures groundbreaking yuan loan for renewable energy expansion, marking a new era in Argentina's green power sector.
Sep 3, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Argentina, South america, Genneia
Largest solar power stations in Chile
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Chile. (Updated March 2026)   Solar power stations, PV farms 2026 in
Mar 23, 2026
France assigns 129.4 MW in commercial and industrial PV tender
The final average price for power generated by solar systems with a capacity of 100-500 kW came in at €97.48/MWh. The price for 500 kW-8 MW installations was €86.54/MWh. Only the latter category saw a fall in price compared to the previous commercial solar tender.
Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Élisabeth Borne, François De Rugy
Endesa is completing deployment of solar projects gained at the auction in 2017
Endesa, a subsidiary of the biggest electric utility in Spain, has finished 252 megawatts of PV projects in Extremadura, which means all of the 339 megawatts the company gained at the governmental auction 2017 are now tied to electrical grid.
Nov 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Spain, Europe, auction, Endesa
Foresight bags maiden EDF PPA deal for Spanish project
Solar investor Foresight has penned a 10-year power purchase agreement with EDF Trading for a 50MW project in Spain.
Dec 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, EDF, Europe, subsidy-free, foresight froup, Carlos Rey, Philipp Büssenschütt
Boikanyo solar power plant (50 MWp) begins business operations
The Boikanyo solar photovoltaic or pv power plant is beginning its business procedures in South Africa. The plant in the Northern Cape Province has a capability of 50 MWp. This power is fed into the grid of the state-owned business Eskom.
Aug 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, Boikanyo solar plant
Spanish firm Aresol proposes 360 MW of solar projects in Spain's wine region
Spanish renewables designer Aresol is promoting 9 solar farm projects with an incorporated capacity of around 360 MW in La Rioja, a famed wine area in northern Spain.
Nov 23, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Solar Project, Aresol
France's set up solar, wind capacity grows to 31.7 GW
France brought online roughly 2.76 GW of brand-new solar as well as wind turbine capacity in the very first 3 quarters of 2021 as well as reached 13.23 GW of solar and also 18.54 GW of cumulative wind installments, the current government stats show.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, wind, solar farm
Trina Solar provides 86MW of modules for Italy's biggest subsidy-free solar park
Trina Solar has given 86MW of solar modules to the Torre Antonacci project, the biggest solar farm in Italy that is operating without federal government subsidies or motivations of any type of kind.
Jul 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV module, Trina Solar, grid parity, Luca Carosielli, Gonzalo de la Viña
Boralex commissions 2nd French battery
Energy storage plant is set up on the site of the Plouguin wind farm in Brittany
May 2, 2023 // Storage, France, Europe, Boralex
DESRI gains approval for United States solar-storage PPA
Carne project in New Mexico has offtake contracts with El Paso Electric (EPE) and also schedules online in 2025
Jun 8, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, PPA, North America, DESRI
Breakthrough in Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Discover the breakthrough findings of two new studies about highly efficient tandem solar cells using perovskite-silicon: a phosphonic acid additive to improve crystallization and an ionic liquid to enhance charge extraction, reaching up to 31.2% and 32.5% power conversion efficiencies.
Jul 7, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, solar efficiency, Xin Yu Chin