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Construction starts on 9-MW solar project under new TVA distributed generation program
BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch and also the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) broke ground Tuesday morning on a brand-new solar farm in western Washington County, Tennessee. The 9-MWac center will certainly be called the Martin Solar Farm in honor of the late Ralph Martin, that served for years as supervisor of the neighborhood power firm.
Jun 9, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Silicon Ranch, tva, Solar Project, Doug Perry, Tennessee Valley Authority, BrightRidge, Jeff Dykes, Matt Kisber, Diana Harshbarger
Teraco to Expand African Data Centers with $680 Million Investment in Renewable Energy
Teraco Data Environments, Africa's largest data center firm, secures $680 million in debt funding to build a 100 MW utility-scale solar farm and expand its data centers with clean energy.
Feb 1, 2023 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Teraco, Samuel Erwin
Canadian Solar brings online 100-MW solar park in Japan's Fukushima
Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) on Thursday announced it has achieved commercial operations at its 100-MWp Azuma Kofuji solar park in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture.
Nov 18, 2022 // Plants, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Fukushima, Solar Park
Farmers increasingly putting solar panels on their land
Farmers who want to sell electricity to utilities generally lease land to power companies to build the panels.
Sep 27, 2019 // Solar, USA, China, Asia, North America, Kirk Maltais, American Farm Bureau Federation
Wärtsilä and SSE introduce 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage development
Wärtsilä is to offer a 50MW/100MWh energy storage space system for SSE's initial grid-scale battery project in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Jun 28, 2022 // Storage, Wärtsilä, SSE, Richard Cave-Bigley, Kenneth Engblom
Saris Brewery Goes Solar: Secures Renewable Power from Enery
Saris Brewery partners with Enery to secure renewable energy for its operations, becoming the first company in Slovakia to support a local solar power plant.
Feb 9, 2024 // Plants, Europe, PV Power Plant, Slovakia, Saris Brewery
Major solar projects change hands in Colorado, California
The US renewables business of Japanese oil and gas major Idemitsu Kosan has bought a 100MW solar project in Colorado from GCL New Energy, a subsidiary of China's GCL New Energy Holdings.
Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Grids, California, USA, Colorado, North America, GCL New Energy, acquisitions,, project acquisitions, 8minute, allianz global investors, solar frontier americas, Charles Pimentel, 8minute Solar Energy
Neoen obtains permission for 450MW solar-storage project in New South Wales
Local authorities in New South Wales, Australia, have provided French independent power manufacturer Neoen the thumbs-up to create a large scale solar-plus-storage production center in the region regardless of getting 50 complaints from members of the public.
Mar 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, solar pv, neoen, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales
Taiwan's Changbin 3 & 4: Floating Solar Success
Hexa Renewables and Ciel & Terre Taiwan expand floating solar farm in Taiwan, overcoming challenges of tidal changes and typhoons. A groundbreaking 192MW project in Changbin Industrial Park.
Feb 20, 2024 // Plants, Floating PV, Taiwan, PV Power Plant, Hexa Renewables, Ciel & Terre Taiwan
Anesco approved planning authorization for 20-MW solar project in Derbyshire
UK renewables developer Anesco Ltd is readied to release a 20-MW solar project in Derbyshire, England, the company stated today after getting preparation approval from Amber Valley Borough Council and North East Derbyshire Area.
Nov 2, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Anesco, Solar Project
Uniper, Innova Launch 100-MW UK Solar, Storage
Uniper teams with Innova on a 100‑MWp UK solar trio, two AR6 and one AR7 CfD-backed, plus 30‑MW battery—targeting 2027 builds as Uniper assumes full ownership.
Feb 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BATTERIES, UK, Solar, Europe, Innova, UNIPER
Ib Vogt and Aura Power Start Building 27MWp Solar Project in Portugal
Aura Power and Ib Vogt are constructing a 27MWp solar farm near Leiria, Portugal. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, providing clean energy to over 13,500 homes.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, ib vogt, Solar Project, Aura Power
Building begins on California's largest community solar project for deprived homeowners
Building has started on the Fresno Disadvantaged Community (DAC) Solar Farm, the largest shared solar project for deprived communities in California and the first utility-scale solar farm within Fresno.
Jun 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, North America, Solar Project
Savion signs PPA for 100-MW solar project in Indiana
Savion LLC, a Shell Plc (LON: SHEL) portfolio company, has authorized a power purchase agreement (PPA) to offload the output from its proposed 100-MWac solar farm in Elkhart County, Indiana.
Apr 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, Indiana, Solar Project, Savion
“Largest” Dutch PV project taps blueberries to nail landscape integration
UK solar developer Solarcentury and Dutch counterpart PowerField have unveiled plans to build the “largest” solar project in the Netherlands on behalf of Impax, the British asset manager that owns the site.
Sep 19, 2019 // Plants, Grids, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, UK, Europe, Netherlands, solarcentury, powerfield, dutch solar, impax








