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The three solar farms will be built in County Cork on behalf of Amarenco, a European renewable energy company founded in Ireland. Greenvolt Next will manage the pipeline from development through construction and delivery, with delivery expected in 2027.When operational, the three solar farms will have a total installed capacity of 32 MW in total.The contract demonstrates a growth milestone for Greenvolt Next’s EPC capabilities in the UK and Ireland as it adds the sites to its portfolio of utility-scale commercial and industrial sustainable projects. For Amarenco, the agreement strengthens its position in the sustainable energy sector. Owen Power, CEO…

The SB 13-2 community solar project is now online in New York State. The 7 MWdirect current array was developed and built by Power Bank for Honeywell International. The project is built on an industrial brownfield owned by Honeywell and regulated by the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. PowerBank developed SB 13-2 as part of a portfolio of three projects in addition to SB 13-1 and SB-14 for a total capacity of 21 MW. In September 2023, the company completed the sale of the projects to Honeywell and entered into an EPC agreement to develop the projects into…

Romania will surpass last year’s record in solar deployment after installing around 1.5 GW of new solar capacity in the first five months of 2026, according to Irene Mihai, policy director of the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA). Speak with pv magazine Speaking at the Smarter E event in Munich, Mihai said Romania added around 800 MW of utility-scale solar and a similar volume of prosumer installations between January and early June. Further growth expected Mihai expects annual deployment to continue to increase through 2027, supported by a significant pipeline of large-scale projects. One of these is the Ogrezeni hybrid…

Independent energy producer (IPP) ContourGlobal has acquired a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage project in Ayr, south-west Scotland.This project, acquired from, among others, British developer New Energy Partnership, marks the IPP’s first foray into the British market with one of the largest BESS projects under development in the country.The Wallace project has already obtained a building permit, a land option and been assigned Gate 2 status under the Reform process of the British grid connection.According to the IPP, Scotland represents one of Europe’s most active regions for the development of hyperscale data centers.The Wallace project will also be the company’s largest…

The solar sector in Türkiye continues to grow rapidly, with almost 2 GW of new capacity in the first four months of the year. While momentum for implementation remains strong, the market appears to be transitioning from a rapid boom to a more structured and policy-making phase. Speak with pv magazine At the Smarter E event in Munich, Germany, Mehmet İzzet Özaydın, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish PV Association Günder, said the market is mainly driven by private sector demand for cost reduction and energy security through unlicensed solar power plants, with solar energy increasingly seen as…

By Charles W. Thurston June 24, 2026 Photo credit: Powerlily A recent Canadian entrant into the highly contested North American solar software market aims to provide Canadian solar installers with a complete solution that fills the ‘gaps’ left by several US solar software companies. Power Lilywhich has been around in a commercial version for two years, was developed by the founders of Watts Up Solar, an installation company based in Wilmot, Nova Scotia. The software is priced at a low fixed cost, unlike competitors with endless add-on costs, said Tom Rendle, the founder and director of Watts Up, in an…

Solar and energy storage developer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured a €100m (£86m) convertible bond investment that will accelerate the ongoing construction of UK clean energy assets.This investment is being secured through INFRAGREEN V, an infrastructure fund managed by investment management company RGREEN INVEST, and builds on a previous partnership between the two companies in June 2025.The investment will support PACE’s transition to becoming an owner and operator of clean infrastructure and help finance the construction of a portfolio of nearly 400 MW of solar PV and more than 200 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS), while advancing…

By Martin McConnell June 23, 2026 Salt Lake City energy developer rPlus energies has announced the start of commercial operations for the Green River Energy Center in central Utah’s Emery County. The 400 MW project is the largest solar and storage facility in the country PacificCorps service area in six states, and comes complete with a 1.6 GWh battery project. The project highlights the Beehive State’s growing role in the American solar landscape, following the introduction of the Operation Gigawatt initiative by Governor Spencer Cox in 2024. “Operation Gigawatt is about ensuring Utah has the reliable, homegrown energy it needs…

Add South Korea to the list of countries where U.S. solar panel manufacturers are asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate for anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) circumvention. Heliene of Minnesota, SEG Solar of Texas and Canadian Solar’s cell manufacturing company in Indiana have joined together under the banner “American Manufacturers for Energy Resilience” to submit the research request. The three companies claim that South Korea has become the largest import source of solar cells into the United States, driven largely by conglomerate Hanwha and its solar subsidiary Qcells. They say Hanwha is circumventing Chinese AD/CVD orders by doing “minimal work”…

British energy supplier Octopus Energy has launched a new range of battery storage systems for the home, including a plug-in unit aimed at renters and apartment dwellers. The battery range was launched at the company’s Energy Tech Summit and will be available in five European markets from 2027, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The launch includes the Octopus Nook Cube, a 2 kWh plug-in battery that plugs into a standard household socket and can be expanded up to 10.5 kWh via additional units. The company is also introducing the Octopus Nook Colossus, a 5 kWh wall-mounted battery…