The plant will reach 51 megawatts. It will be combined with a wind farm, which has various advantages but also poses some challenges in terms of project planning.
RWE increases its Iberian solar capacity to 300 MW and commissioned a 92-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaic plant in the province of Cádiz in Andalusia.
Global renewable energy developer and solutions provider BayWa r.e. has successfully completed three PV self-consumption projects for Merck and Tetra Pak.
Centrica has completed the acquisition of two clean energy projects in the southern United Kingdom, adding 32 megawatts of capacity to the company’s power portfolio.
A 128 MW solar park in Svedberga near Helsingborg in Southern Sweden may not be built. In a judgment, the Land and Environment Court of Appeal has endorsed the county administrative board's policy of prohibiting the construction of a solar park on the property.
Romania sees a growing number of large solar parks. In Giurgiu a 172 MW solar park is being developed, that is expected to get commissioned in 2024.
European Energy has started construction on a 56 MW solar farm in Australia, which is set to be the company’s first operating project in Australia.
Romania will become an energy transition hotspot in 2024. After CCE - Clean Capital Energy already started construction of the 42 MW solar power plant in Horia in the Arad region in 2023, the company has now obtained further building permits and grid commitments for 4 additional large projects.
Solar farms in the UK are getting bigger, research shows, as developers and investors look to maximise returns through economies of scale. Peter Curtain, Director of Allerton Communications, shares his insights.
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BayWa r.e. has sold the Spanish solar park "Lirios" to the independent power producer (IPP) Encavis AG. The solar park is expected to go into operation in 2025. With an output of 109 MW, Lirios is one of BayWa r.e.'s largest projects in the country.
The German company Tabtool from is presenting new functions of its cloud software Tabtool PV O&M. The solution supports operations managers and service technicians in the efficient organisation and documentation of maintenance and servicing work.
Developer IB Vogt announced the sale of Italy’s largest solar photovoltaic project to multinational utility Iberdrola. The 245 MW solar farm codenamed Fenix is located in Sicily, and scheduled to commence construction in March of 2024.
Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group continues to grow in the Italian market. In cooperation with the general contractor EnValue, Schletter has successfully installed two ground-mounted systems with a total output of 48 MW near the Italian city of Udine.
Nextracker was selected by ACWA Power and Larsen & Toubro to provide its all-terrain tracker NX Horizon-XTR for a 1.17 GW installation at Al Kahfah Solar Power Plant in Saudi Arabia.
A new nature agreement between the Danish Society for Nature Conservation and European Energy aims to ensure that new renewable energy projects positively contribute to Danish nature.
The four UK-based storage units will be integrated into existing solar parks. They will shift surplus electricity to times of low sunshine and provide additional grid services.
The construction of the ‘Kaba 2’ solar power plant in Eastern Hungary has started. Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a special role.
INTEC Energy Solutions, a solar EPC systems provider, has embarked on a service endeavor for a project in Jalmicco area (Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy). The project is run in cooperation with KELAG of Austria
Ib Vogt has achieved Financial Close of a project financing debt facility for a 418 MW solar PV portfolio comprising three projects clustered around Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.
R.Power has agreed to acquire a large portfolio of ground-mounted photovoltaic farms. See here for more details:
Juwi has brought the largest PV project in its company history online: a 223.6 MW solar park for the energy company Deriva (formerly Duke Energy) in Colorado/USA.
RWE and PPC continue to forge ahead with Greece’s energy transition through their joint venture company Meton Energy S.A. The company has taken the final investment decision for the construction of an additional 450 MW PV park in the country.
Operators of medium-sized and large photovoltaic systems in Italy used to have to pay a tax based on output. The Italian government has now suspended this.
Iqony Solar Energy Solutions (Sens) has started the development of a planned pipeline of up to 1 GW in Poland with a local partner. The first four PV projects have a combined output of 355 MW.
