utility-scale solar

Today at the Intersolar trade show in Munich, PV Tech Premium sat down with Bill Mulligan, CEO of Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Maxeon.

Google has signed virtual power purchase agreements (PPAs) with two Japanese companies to build 60MW of new solar capacity in Japan.

The Italian government has banned solar PV installations on agricultural land in a move that the nation’s solar trade association said would cost Italy €60 billion (US$64.5 billion).

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published its latest figures for clean power capacity additions in the country, which show that the country added 15GW of new solar capacity in the 12 months to the end of March 2024.

Solar developers Atlas Renewable Energy and Hydro Rein have started commercial operation of a 438MW solar PV project in Brazil.

Malaysia has launched a tender seeking 2GW of large-scale solar PV capacity for projects between 1MW and 500MW capacity.

Pahal Solar has broken ground on a new fully-automated facility, which will expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to 1.8GW.

JMK Research has found that India installed 6.5GW of new utility-scale capacity in 2023, alongside 3GW of new rooftop capacity.

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) reports that the US added 33.8GW of new utility-scale renewable projects in 2023.

Continued growth in rooftop solar and “record-breaking” investment into utility-scale energy storage led renewable energy to fulfil almost 40% of Australia’s electricity supply in 2023.