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IHS Markit: Trackers to account for a third of PV installations
New analysis predicts more than 150 GW of tracker capacity will be installed in the next five years – around a third of all ground mount projects up to 2024. Rapid growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and the better cost structures possible from combining trackers and bifacial modules are singled out as key trends.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, India, China, Australia, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, Convert, Oceania, Trina Solar, North America, Soltec, bifacial modules, PV Hardware, Ideematec, Nextracker, Array Technologies
UPC/AC Renewables invest in 550 MW of pumped hydro and solar in Australia
AC Renewables, the energy arm of Philippines’ Ayala Corp, and Australia’s UPC Renewables have agreed to buy 51% in a 250 MW pumped hydro project and a neighboring 300 MW solar project, both located in South Australia.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Australia, AC Renewables, UPC Renewables, pumped hydro project, Bridle Track Solar Farm, Rise Renewables, PHES plant, Anton Rohner, Brer Adams
Solarium Green Adds 1-GW Indian Solar Module Capacity
Solarium Green’s 1‑GW India factory powers self‑reliance—cutting imports, speeding deliveries and stabilizing prices—with bankable, tested modules EPCs trust for tight CODs, hybrid growth and nationwide scale.
Mar 19, 2026 // Manufacturing News, manufacturing, India, Asia, solar modules, supply chain, Solarium Green
IEA Sees Almost 4,800 GW of New Renewables by 2031, Solar Over 75%
The IEA forecasts almost 4,800 GW of new renewables in 2026–2031, with solar PV taking more than three-quarters as energy security drives demand.
Nov 6, 2026 // Policy, Solar, Market Research, India, China, Asia, rooftop solar, IEA, module manufacturing, energy security
Mainstream Renewable Power doubles down on Chilean renewables with new finance deal
Renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power has more than doubled a financing facility after striking an agreement with Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, financing, mainstream renewable power, hsbc, abn amro, Mary Quaney, Vincent Goedegebuure
Silicon Ranch completes 287MW of solar PV projects to power Meta's Georgia operations
Consumer-owned utility Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch have completed the building and construction of 3 utility-scale solar PV projects with a total capacity of 287MW that will certainly be made use of to power Meta's (previously Facebook) procedures in Georgia, United States.
Dec 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, IPP, Europe, North America, Facebook, shell, Silicon Ranch, Clearloop, meta, walton electric
TerniEnergia closes sale of 4.1 MW of Italian solar plants
TerniEnergia SpA (BIT:TER) has completed the divestment of four Italian solar power parks with a combined capacity of 4.1 MW to Mareccio Energia Srl in partnership with LCF Alliance.
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, TerniEnergia SpA, LCF Alliance, Mareccio Energia Srl
Kalyon completes its 1.35 GW solar park Karapınar in Turkey's Konya province
Kalyon Holding's renewable energy branch has actually finished the construction of its 1.35 GW solar energy plant in Karapınar in Central Anatolia. It is just one of the biggest in the world. The Turkish business likewise said it increased the capacity of its solar module factory near Ankara to 2 GW per year.
Apr 10, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Turkey, Solar Power, renewable energy sources, Karapinar
REC Files Lawsuit Versus Hanwha Q Cells In The US
REC Group, the Norway headquartered Solar manufacturer with its production in Singapore, has filed a patent Infringement Lawsuit against Hanwha Q Cells in an American District Court on 30th November 2020.
Dec 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, REC Group, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Hanwha, G.Sridhara, Q.Antum, shankar G Sridhara
Algerian 150 MW solar tender secures final price of $0.069/kWh – and only a third of the capacity
The Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission has concluded a tender launched in June. The one solar project selected will sell power at DZD8.28/kWh. The authority reportedly only published ceiling prices for energy bids on the day the exercise was completed.
Oct 30, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, tender, Africa, Algeria, Malek Drif, CREG, Al-Muchkat’s Drif
Africa’s ‘largest’ solar-plus-wind-plus-storage project unveiled
Japanese developer Eurus Energy and Australian-headquartered wind developer Windlab have signed a deal with Kenyan authorities to develop an 80MW solar-plus-wind-plus-storage facility in central Kenya.
Sep 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Windlab, solar-plus-wind-plus-storage, Africa, Eurus Energy
Aussie miner Frontier Energy bets on clean energy with 114-MWp solar strategy
Australian mining traveler Frontier Energy (ASX: FHE) is working on a 114-MW DC solar project in Western Australia under a broader strategy to become an integrated clean energy firm.
Mar 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Frontier Energy, Mike Young
EU and AfDB to fund Rural Electrification in Togo to a tune of €12million
The EU and AfDF to fund rural electrification program in Togo to a tune of 12 million Euros
Dec 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, off-grid solar, Africa, AfDB, Togo, EU, solar pump
Apple, providers to include 9 GW of tidy power ability internationally
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced on Wednesday that, over the last year, it has increased the variety of distributors committed to using 100% tidy energy and this would certainly result in the enhancement of more than 9 GW of capability internationally.
Oct 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Apple
Brazil's WNI Smart Energy to Turn On 15 Solar Plants
The plants will be established in the southerly states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, the firm revealed.
According to a statement by WNI Smart Energy, it already caters to over 100 customers in all the regions of Brazils, with the exception of the northern area.
Jan 10, 2023 // Plants, Absolar, GM Fibras, O&M solar plants, photovoltaic power generation systems, WNI Group, WNI Smart Energy










