Solar and battery

Virtual power plants

Texans Can Now Join a VPP and Get 2 Sonnen Batteries at No Upfront Cost

A new sonnen storage + solar VPP for TexansSOLRITE Energy, which finances solar and battery storage, and global battery storage manufacturer sonnen today announ…

Photovoltaic （PV）

RES Seeks Input on 600MW UK Hybrid Project

RES is undertaking further consultation on proposals for a 600MW solar and battery project in Nottinghamshire, in the UK.Following the early informal consultati…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Convergent Bags $585M for PV, BESS Schemes

US energy storage developer Convergent has closed a $585m guaranteed loan facility from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build solar and battery capacity ac…

Virtual power plants

RACV Launches Solar and Battery VPP, Asks Commercial Customers to Join

Australia’s original motoring club continues its move into renewable energy with the launch of its own solar and battery backed virtual power plant &ndash…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Masdar, Ewec Announce 5 GW/19 GWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Abu Dhabi

Emirati state-owned renewable investment company Masdar is partnering with EWEC to build a giant solar and battery energy storage (BESS) facility. The project w…

Photovoltaic （PV）

South Africa Picks Bidders for 1.76 GW of Solar, Battery Projects

The South African government has named preferred bidders for 16 renewable energy projects, totaling ZAR 44.2 billion ($2.4 billion) in investments, to drive sol…

Battery

Reliance Power Arm Secures LoA for 930 MW Solar With 465 MW/1,860 MWh Battery Storage

This is India’s single largest project of solar and battery storage system.Reliance Power announced today its arm Reliance NU Suntech has received the Letter o…

Energy Storage System

RES Awards Solar Asset Management Contract

RES has been awarded the asset management contract for the landmark Larks Green project, the UK’s first co-located solar and battery energy storage system…

Solar project

Gas Generation Plant in New Zealand to Be Replaced by Lightsource bp Solar Farm

A 170 MW Aotearoa, New Zealand solar and battery project developed through a joint venture between Lightsource bp and Kiwi gentailer Contact Energy, will be co-…

Solar Technology

Enphase Energy Rolls Out Software to Prevent Busbar Overload

Enphase Energy has released new software to help homeowners install larger solar and battery systems without major electrical panel upgrades. It uses real-time …

Virtual power plants

Energy Department Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee for Widespread VPPs

The conditional loan guarantee will help deploy up to 1,000 solar and battery energy storage systems in a virtual power plant that spans as many as 27 states.Th…

Solar Power Plant

Contractor Selected for World’s Largest Solar Plant

China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd (Energy China) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the world’s largest cont…

Wind Power Project

Equitix Finds Funds for 326MW Spanish Sites

Image: Robert Anasch/UnsplashEquitix has been granted €271m of financing by Banco Santander for the refinancing, construction and development of a portfoli…

Energy Storage Project

Cero Generation Launches First Transmission Connected Co-located Solar and Battery Storage Facility

Cero Generation’s Larks Green has become the first co-located solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) project to connect to the U…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Quinbrook Signs UK Power Offtake Agreements With Tesco and Shell

The solar park will supply renewable energy to 102,000 homes annually.Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has secured two significant offtake agreements for its 3…