Renewable energy
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EDP has completed Sandrini’s four-hour battery storage project in California. The 92MW/368MWh installation sits alongside a 300MW solar site and is contracted to Redwood Coast Energy Authority for its full battery capacity.
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EDF has secured two long-term agreements for the Winston project. The Nevada scheme combines 400MWac of solar generation with a 400MW/1,600MWh four-hour battery and expects to begin electricity deliveries in October 2029.
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Foresight Solar is upgrading nine ageing UK photovoltaic sites nationwide. The 150MW-plus programme will replace panels and inverters, with annual generation expected to increase by as much as 14GWh.
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Jones Bros will deliver Carno 3 wind farm infrastructure works. The £46.5 million package includes a new substation, turbine foundations, and 20km of cable reinforcing the mid-Wales 132kV network.
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Unibep has secured preferred-bidder status for Grudziądz solar-thermal storage works. Its PLN103.7 million gross proposal combines a collector field with integrated heat storage at the city’s Łąkowa combined heat and power plant.
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Germany added 1.828GW of solar capacity during July 2026 alone. Wind approvals also exceeded 2GW during the month, extending a development pipeline that will place increasing demands on network connections and system flexibility.
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Perigus Energy has brought Garreenleen solar farm into full operation. The 81MW County Carlow project is now exporting to Ireland’s grid after construction began in June 2024.
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Germany awarded 2.135GW of solar capacity in July’s auction round. Developers submitted 3.17GW of bids, while the weighted average successful price fell to 4.79 euro cents per kilowatt-hour.
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CGES has signed Velestovo’s grid connection agreement with Nu Energy. The €50 million Montenegro project will combine solar generation with battery storage, while plant and BESS ratings remain undisclosed.
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Inch Cape has started turbine component assembly operations in Dundee. The 1.1GW project will marshal 576 Vestas components before 72 V236-15MW turbines are installed from November.