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Portugal’s regulator greenlights plan to expand grid capacity

The plan is necessary to the further development of big solar parks in the southern part of the country. Overall, €474 million will be invested in grid enhancement over the next four years.

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Scatec secures third large-scale PV project in Ukraine

The Norwegian developer, which is already developing two solar plants totaling 83 MW in the Eastern European country, has now secured an agreement to build a 47 MW facility in the Mykolaiv region in south Ukraine.

Oman to launch another 500 MW solar IPP tender by the end of 2018

The tender is part of a new plan by the Oman Power and Water Procurement company (OPWP), which envisages the deployment of 2 GW of solar through four 500 MW IPP tenders. One of these was launched by the Middle Eastern country in December of last year.

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Eni builds first solar park at Italian facilities

The Italian oil group is building a 26 MW plant at its industrial site, Assemini, on the island of Sardinia. The system is part of a 220 MW solar project pipeline that Eni aims to install at its Italian sites between 2018-2021.

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Solar to reach 1.2 GW in Poland by the end of 2020

With around 300 MW of installed PV power at the end of May, Poland still needs volume to become a major European PV market. More capacity is expected to come online over the next years, however, as a result of the auction mechanism for renewables. Around 360 MW was allocated by the two auctions held by the Polish government, although only 27 MW of this is currently online.

Hevel breaks ground on 15 MW solar plant in Siberia

With completion scheduled by November 2019, the Khorinskaya PV facility will be the second solar park to be built by the Russian solar module manufacturer in the Republic of Buryatia.

Solar set to cross 1 GW milestone in Ukraine

According to new provisional numbers released by the Ukrainian government, around 206 MW of new solar PV power stations were connected to the country’s grid in the first half of 2018. Cumulative installed PV power has now reached 948 MW.

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France unveils details of 300 MW solar tender for Fessenheim nuclear site

Through the tender, the French government intends to allocate 200 MW for ground-mounted PV plants up to 30 MW, and 100 MW for rooftop solar systems up to 8 MW. Projects financed through crowdfunding will be granted the €3/MWh bonus, which is also included in all of the national tenders.

Sweden increases 2018 solar budget, again

The annual budget for solar rebates has been raised from SEK 390 million to SEK 915 million (US$102.5 million). Additional funds are intended to spur more growth and reduce waiting period for applicants.

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Germany’s KfW finances South Africa’s grid enhancement with $100 million

The improvement to the country’s power infrastructure is planned to enable the integration of renewable energy IPP projects under the recently-signed PPAs, as part of the REIPPPP program.

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