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By Martin McConnell July 10, 2026 Energy company and Iberdrola group member Avangrid Inc. has announced that it has begun installing panels at its Oregon Trail Solar project in Gilliam County, Oregon. The 57 MWdc/41 MWac energy project will support a total of 200 construction jobs over the life of the panel installation process, according to Avangrid officials. In total, the project will include more than 100,000 panels, representatives added, producing enough electricity to power about 10,000 average U.S. homes annually. Energy from the project will power Amazon’s data centers across the region, Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda said. “The…

Chinese solar energy manufacturer TCL Zhonghuan said the board has approved a capacity upgrade project worth CNY2.6 billion ($382 million) to expand production capabilities for back-contact (BC) solar cells and modules. Upgrade work is expected to begin in July 2026, with the upgraded facilities expected to reach full production by the end of the first quarter of 2027. The company plans to invest CNY 1.4 billion to convert 20 GW of existing TOPCon cell capacity into BC cell production lines. The conversion will include a capacity of 6 GW at the Quzhou plant and 14 GW at the Xinzhou plant.…

In this article, Suriya Edwards, construction and engineering partner at law firm Freeths, examines how construction and supply risks in battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects are allocated through contractual mechanisms, particularly the limitation of liability clauses, and why proper risk allocation is critical to securing project financing.As BESS projects continue to expand, the defining question for developers, investors and lenders is increasingly less whether projects can be built, but whether delivery risks are properly understood, allocated and priced.Financing decisions are made on the assumption that program security, contractual performance and project risk have been appropriately assessed. When this assumption…

Southeast Asia is expected to see the strongest positive solar anomaly in the second half of 2026, according to an analysis using the Solcast APIwhile a strengthening El Niño and unusually warm oceans are shifting cloud and rain patterns in the tropics. The analysis of seasonal forecast models also indicates above-normal insolation in Europe, northern South America and eastern Australia, while parts of South America and North America at higher latitudes remain more uncertain. The projection was compiled by comparing seasonal forecasts for the last six months of 2026 from four major meteorological centres: the European Center for Medium-Range Weather…

Energy producer Cero Generation and energy trader Danske Commodities have announced the signing of an optimization agreement for a new British battery energy storage system (BESS).Cero Generation and its UK development partner Enso Energy have chosen Danske Commodities to optimize their 70MW/140MWh Lower Larks BESS.Lower Larks has an expected operational date of the second quarter of 2027 and will be based in Bristol, England. The BESS will be based at the Larks Green solar project, Britain’s first transmission-connected solar farm, which was completed in April 2023.Danske Commodities will optimize the BESS through a seven-year toll agreement. For this, Danske will…

The Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Safety (MASE) has approved the agreement list of applications admitted to the evaluation phase of a national incentive program to support photovoltaic energy self-consumption projects developed by companies in the southern regions of the country. According to the ministry’s latest decision, 566 applications have been successfully submitted, with a total requested incentive value of approximately €59 million ($67.4 million). This amount is significantly lower than the total financial allocation of €262 million for the programme, leaving more than €200 million available. The scheme was initially launched in October 2025 under Ministerial Decree 424/2025.…

Quinbrook, an investment company focused on the energy transition, has announced the final closing of its second Quinbrook Renewables Impact Fund (QRIF II).According to Quinbrook’s announcement, the UK-focused Fund raised £587 million in investor commitments, exceeding the investment company’s target of £500 million.If Quinbrook’s fifth managed fundQRIF II advances the strategy of the investor’s Renewables Impact Fund (QRIF), which closed in 2023.The motivation behind QRIF II is to support the infrastructure needed to meet the UK’s Clean Power 2030 targets, and Ireland’s target to meet 80% of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2023.As a UK-focused fund, Quinbrook only marketed…

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has granted development consent for the 740MW One Earth Solar Farm project.It is the second largest solar PV project to receive DCO after the 800 MW Springwell Solar power station in April this year.The project, located in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, is being developed in partnership between renewable energy developers Perigus and PS Renewables.It is also the third Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) – due to its capacity of more than 100 MW – to be approved in the past week, following the Peartree Hill solar park And Dean Moor solar projectwhich received approval in recent…

The Ukrainian National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NEURC) has approved new feed-in tariffs (FiT) for solar installations of households, small businesses and energy cooperatives. The FiT, known in Ukraine as the green tariff, is a guaranteed state payment available to households and companies that sell excess electricity from their renewable energy installations back to the national electricity grid. The new tariff for residential solar installations, which must have a capacity of no more than 30 kW, is set at UAH 6.13 ($0.14)/kWh, replacing the previous tariff of UAH 6.79/kWh. For small businesses and energy cooperatives…

Perth and Kinross Council, Scotland, has unanimously approved a new solar and BESS project after vigorous consultation by planners.The Binn Solar and BESS farm will consist of 60,000 solar panels and produce 39 MW of electricity. The BESS on location will store excess energy and then pass it on to the national electricity grid.The Binn Solar and BESS farm will be developed by BLC Energy, a Perthshire-based sustainable company supported by the Octopus Renewable Infrastructure Trust – a fund run by British energy supplier Octopus Energy.The new project contributes to the expansion of BLC Energy’s solar portfolio, as the developer…