A new study in the UK has found that floating solar installations may help to reduce the impact of climate change on rivers and lakes and help preserve water quality, but more research is needed.
A subsidiary of EDP Renewables has signed a build-transfer agreement with Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) for the development of a 200MWac solar park in the US state of Indiana.
EDP will focus on North America to ramp up its solar capacity in the next five years as part of a new strategic update that will see the Portuguese utility target more than 50GW of renewables additions by 2030.
There exists a significant opportunity for developers to capitalise on Portugal’s upcoming solar auction to deploy floating PV on the country’s reservoirs, according to panellists speaking at the Solar Finance and Investment Europe online event.
A round-up of the latest news from the US, where DTE Energy plans a major solar expansion, Duke publishes its latest IRP and EDP Renováveis divests a majority stake in 563MW of renewable projects.
São Gonçalo PV project is being billed as South America's largest and has a 133MW extension underway. Meanwhile, EDPR secures PPA for 66MW plant in Paraiba.
A partnership comprised of EDP Renewables and ConnectGen has signed off on a deal with First Solar to acquire three PV projects with a combined installed generation capacity of 278MW.
In other Golden State developments, LA City Council green lights 8minute's 400MW/1,200MWh solar-plus-storage hybrid, set to supply utility LADWP starting 2022.
