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Iberdrola’s Broadsound Solar Farm Hits Golden Row Milestone in Queensland
Iberdrola has crossed a key checkpoint on its first Queensland venture, sliding the “Golden Row” of photovoltaic panels into place at the 377-MWdc Broadsound Solar Farm near Clarke Creek, roughly 150 km northwest of Rockhampton. The inaugural string acts as a quality benchmark for every component that follows, signalling that full-scale construction is officially under way.  Spread across 900 hectares in Central Queensland’s Renewable Energy Zone, Broadsound will eventually host about 610,000 bifacial modules capable of tracking the sun across the outback sky. The array sits on the traditional lands of the Barada Kabalbara Yetimarala people and will connect to Powerlink’s nearby 275-kV substation, feeding clean power straight into Australia’s National Electricity Market. A 180-MW/360-MWh battery energy-storage system will be built alongside the panels, soaking up excess daytime generation and releasing it after sunset. Once fully commissioned—targeted for mid-2026—the combined solar-plus-storage plant should supply enough electricity for about 145,000 households and help firm Queensland’s rapidly expanding renewables fleet. Construction is expected to create up to 350 jobs during a two-year build programme, providing a boost to local contractors and service providers. Iberdrola has also set up a Community Benefit Fund to channel long-term support toward regional projects chosen by residents. Environmental initiatives baked into the plan include creek-bed regeneration, soil-health improvements, and research on the endemic cycad Cycas terryana, illustrating Iberdrola’s pledge to leave the landscape in better shape than it found it. For Iberdrola, Broadsound marks both a geographic expansion and a scale-up in ambition. The Spanish utility already operates 1.7 GW of wind, solar and battery assets across Australia; adding a flagship project in Queensland strengthens its foothold in a state racing to source 70 % of electricity from renewables by 2032. With the Golden Row now in place, the company says the rest of Broadsound’s panels will follow quickly—moving the landmark plant from blueprint to reality in the space of 18 months. 
May 12, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Iberdrola, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Broadsound
Neoenergia introduces 600-MW wind, solar complex in Brazil
Galan, chairman of Neoenergia's moms and dad, Spanish electrical utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE). During the event, Iberdrola dedicated to investing BRL
Mar 23, 2023 // Plants, South america, Brazil, Neoenergia
European Investment Bank to finance Nuñez de Balboa mega-facility
it with a €285 million (US$319 million) loan.   Spanish utility Iberdrola began construction on the Núñez de Balboa plant in the
Jul 18, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Extremadura, Insituto de Crédito Oficia, Galán, Emma Navorro, ICO
French tender for innovative solar projects awards 173 MW
France-based Technique Solaire Invest, Albioma SA (EPA: ABIO), Qair and Iberdrola Renovables, a regional unit of Spanish energy Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE).
Jan 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, solar projects
Avangrid to acquire United States power holding business PNM Resources
Iberdrola with its US-based utility company Avangrid has actually introduced the purchase of New Mexico's power holding firm PNM Resources. PNM Resources with its controlled energies, PNM and also TNMP, PNM Resources supplies electricity to homes and organizations in New Mexico as well as Texas. The offer was approved by the board of supervisors of Avangrid as well as the deal is suggested to PNM investors by its board of supervisors. If the offer is authorized, PNM's investors will receive $4.3 bn in money. The purchase indicates an enterprise worth of approximately $8.3 bn. Iberdrola chairman and CEO as well as Avangrid chairman Ignacio Galán said: "The operation straightens to the strategy we have followed for more than 20 years. " Friendly transactions, focused on regulated businesses as well as renewable resource, in nations with excellent credit score scores and also legal and also regulatory stability, providing possibilities for future development." The merger of both business with a controlled property base (RAB) of $14.4 bn, greater than 168,000 kilometres of networks and nearly 10.9 GW of installed capacity and over 4.1 million supply factors is anticipated to speed up Iberdrola's development in the United States. The combined firm will have assets of greater than $40bn. Furthermore, the bargain will certainly assist Avangrid in becoming one of the largest business in the US utility section with ten controlled power business operating across six states consisting of New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico and also Texas. It will likewise help the firm to end up being the third-largest renewable resource operator in the country with an overall existence in 24 states. Completion of the bargain goes through approval by PNM investors and also regulatory authorities and is expected to happen next year. Currently, Iberdrola has 1,900 MW of renewables and 1,400 MW in its pipe in New Mexico as well as Texas.
Oct 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Iberdrola, North America, avangrid, Ignacio Galán
Portugal reveals winners of record-breaking solar auction
as a worldwide milestone. French firm Akuo Energy and Spanish giant Iberdrola reaped together nearly half of the 1.15GW total awarded through the July
Aug 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Portugal, Iberdrola, tender, Europe, iberia, solar auction, akuo
Scottish Power enters solar business
of PV into its portfolio. The firm, a part of Spanish energy business Iberdrola, said it's likely to add a solar production element to its operational English
Dec 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, UK, Iberdrola, Europe, Scottish Power
Grenergy considering stake sale in 1-GW solar portfolio in Spain - report
Grenergy's supposed sale was timed so that it does not accompany Iberdrola's offer to market a 49% stake in a 1,265-MW wind and also solar portfolio in
Jan 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Grenergy
Large solar+ storage space project connected to hydrogen manufacturing in Spain
power team Iberdrola intends to establish a large environment-friendly hydrogen manufacturing project based upon renewable resource resources in Puertollano, a
Mar 17, 2020 // Solar to Fuel, Spain, Europe, hydrogen
Spain honors simply 866MW of solar in renewables public auction as prices jump
eco-friendly plants." Among the companies that didn't take part was utility Iberdrola, which protected 243MW of solar in January's auction as well as just recently
Oct 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Iberdrola, tender, Europe, auction, Naturgy, Bruc
6 Consortiums Pre-Qualified for Morocco's 400 MW Atlas Solar Plant
from Spain, EDF Renouvelables from France, Enel Green Power from Italy, Iberdrola Renovables International from Spain, International Power from Belgium, and
Jul 12, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Morocco, PV Power Plant
Masdar Boosts US Presence with Terra-Gen Stake Acquisition
of energy storage.Masdar's interest in acquiring a share of existing Iberdrola onshore clean-energy assets further demonstrates its commitment to expanding
Mar 20, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Masdar, North America
Scottish Power to bring parent's hydrogen proficiency to north Europe
Spanish electrical utility Iberdrola intending Europe's biggest eco-friendly hydrogen manufacturing facility in its homeland, its Scottish Power subsidiary is
Sep 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, UK, Europe, hydrogen, Glasgow, ITM Power
Grenergy, Amazon Ink PPA For 469 MWp Solar Energy in Spain
Grenergy comes just after Amazon authorized a PPA with Spanish energy firm Iberdrola under which, 2 offshore projects of Iberdrola-- Baltic Eagle and
Apr 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Iberdrola, Amazon, power purchase agreement, solar ppa, LyondellBasell, Ayora, Grenergy Renovables SL, Jose Cabrera, long term PPA, Tabernas
Slovakian staff launch PV data analysis platform
has been sustained by the solar resource analysis team at pilot customer Iberdrola, Solargis stated. The platform enables individuals to deal with quality
Apr 1, 2022 // Software, Europe, Solargis, Slovakia, Marcel Suri, Elena Rodríguez