Renew

Australia

Amazon signs first solar-plus-storage PPAs in Australia to power AI expansion

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar gen…

Colombia

Colombia announces renewable energy auction

Colombian Energy ​Minister Edwin Palma on April 15 announced an upcoming renewable ‌energy auction, saying that he would travel to the United States next …

Botswana

Botswana signs energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman

Botswana's president has clinched multiple ​agreements with Oman, including on mineral exploration, oil storage infrastructure and renewable ‌power, d…

Italy

EU approves Italy’s $6.45B renewable hydrogen support scheme

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €6 billion Italian scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen for the transpo…

United Kingdom

Matrix Renewables partners with EDF to optimise flagship 500 MW BESS in Scotland

Matrix Renewables, the leading renewable energy company backed by TPG’s impact investing platform, has entered into a long-term battery optimisation agree…

Indonesia

Indonesia to go ahead with B50 biodiesel mix this year, president says

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said ‌on March 30 during an official visit to Japan that the Southeast Asian country ​will go ahead this year with …

Hydropower Plant

EU approves €144m state aid for French hydrogen plant

The European Commission has approved €144 million in French state aid to support HyforSeeds in producing renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for the fertilis…

Brazil

Atiaia Commissions 170 MW Solar Complex in Brazil, Strengthening Utility-Scale Renewable Capacity

Atiaia Renováveis has fully commissioned a 170 MW solar complex in Brazil, marking a significant addition to the country’s growing utility-scale re…

Chile

Grenergy Buys 2.6 GWh BYD Batteries For Chile Projects & More

Spanish renewable energy company Grenergy has signed an agreement with BYD Energy Storage to procure 2.6 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for its Ce…

Portugal

Akuo to build 220 MWh battery at Santas solar PV plant

Akuo, a global renewable energy player, is set to commence construction of SantasBAT, a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 80 MW of power a…

Solar project

Axpo Signs Solar PPA with McDonald’s Spain to Supply 83 GWh Annually

Axpo has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with McDonald’s franchises in Spain to supply renewable electricity from a newly developed solar power c…

Solar Power Plant

LG Electronics India inks 25-year solar deals to power two manufacturing plants

LG Electronics India signed long-term solar power purchase agreements with Hinduja Renewables Energy Private Limited (HREPL) and Sunsure Energy on March 25 to s…

Canada

Brookfield, La Caisse Acquire Clean Energy Platform Boralex for $6.5 Billion

Brookfield Asset Management and La Caisse have teamed up to acquire Canadian renewable energy company Boralex for around C$9bn ($6.5bn), including debt.The acqu…

Energy Investment

Zelestra secures $600 million for 440 MW Texas solar portfolio to supply solar portfolio

Renewable energy developer Zelestra has closed a $600 million green project financing package to fund the construction and development of two utility-scale sola…

India

Ceigall India Strengthens Renewable Portfolio with 337 MW Solar PPAs from MSEDCL

Ceigall India has executed two long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the development of solar photovoltaic power-generating stations with a combined ca…