Ampt tech to power solar-plus-storage system for Australian hydrogen plant
Ampt and Hiringa Energy plan to deploy a 27 MW (DC) solar array with 30 MWh battery storage to power green hydrogen and ammonia production for a low-carbon cotton operation in Australia.
Saudi Arabia awards 3 GW of solar in sixth renewables tender round
Saudi Power Procurement Co. (SPPC) has concluded the sixth phase of the country’s National Renewable Energy Program by awarding four solar projects and one wind farm. They include the 1.4 GW Najran solar site, which has the second-lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar energy to date.
Singapore, China to supply solar-plus-storage power from Indonesia
Singapore’s Equator Renewables Asia (ERA) and China’s CRE International Co. Ltd (CREI) will jointly develop a 900 MW solar and 1.2 GWh battery project in Indonesia, with 400 MW (AC) slated for export to Singapore.
Hybrid PPA model improves PV-BESS bankability, say researchers
Researchers have modeled a hybrid financing scheme combining contracted and merchant components to improve the bankability of PV-battery energy storage system (PV-BESS) assets, using a Bayesian LSTM forecast integrated with a MILP optimization model to assess performance.
PV power generation forecast technique for solar plants with missing data
Scientists in China have developed a novel missingness-aware power forecasting method that leverages signal decomposition, multi-scale covariate interaction, and multi-domain collaborative transfer learning. The approach reportedly improves average forecasting accuracy by 15.3%.
3D solar tower increases capacity factor 50%, triples solar surface area
Janta Power closed $5.5 million in seed funding to develop its vertical solar tower, with pilot programs already underway in major global airports like Dallas-Fort Worth and Munich International Airport.
The Hydrogen Stream: Woodside nears completion of Beaumont ammonia project
Woodside Energy says its Beaumont New Ammonia Project is nearly complete, while Australia and India have agreed to collaborate on green hydrogen tech, supply chains, and workforce development.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Energy China, PowerChina win Saudi EPC deals
Energy China and PowerChina have secured $4.3 billion of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for gigawatt-scale wind and solar projects in Saudi Arabia.
Masdar, EWEC break ground on 1 GW baseload solar-plus-storage project
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) have started building a solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi that will deliver 1 GW of continuous baseload energy from a 5.2 GW solar plant paired with a 19 GWh battery system.
Wood Mackenzie records solar LCOE of $37/MWh in MENA region
Wood Mackenzie researchers say single-axis PV offers the lowest utility-scale generation costs globally, with efficiency gains and stable supply chains expected to drive down solar’s levelized cost of electricity (LCOE).
