A collection of unrelated renewable energy sector announcements from July 2026 across multiple countries: rPlus commissioned Idaho solar projects totaling 525MW; Brookfield acquired battery storage developer Aypa Power for $7 billion; Caelux signed Indian solar manufacturing deals; and various European battery storage projects secured financing.
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U.S. renewable energy developer rPlus Energies commissioned the 125MWac Pleasant Valley Solar 2 project and started construction on the 400MWac Blacks Creek Energy Center in Ada County, Idaho. The two projects total 525MWac of solar capacity [pv-tech.org#1][energymonitor.ai#1][pv-magazine-usa.com#1][igrownews.com#1]. The company announced the milestones on July 21, 2026, and said its Idaho portfol
Brookfield Asset Management agreed to acquire battery storage developer Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners at an enterprise value of about $7 billion, expanding Brookfield’s position in North American energy storage [energynews.pro#1][pv-magazine-usa.com#1][solarpowerworldonline.com#1][energy-storage.news#1]. The transaction carries an equity value of $3 billion
U.S.-based Caelux signed separate five-year partnerships with Indian solar manufacturers Rayzon Solar and Navitas Solar to develop and manufacture a combined 10 GW of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules in India [pv-magazine.com#1][pv-magazine-india.com#1][pv-tech.org#1][powermag.com#1]. Each Indian company plans 5 GW of hybrid tandem module production using Caelux’s energy-producing solar gla
Panamint Capital has started construction on Big Rooter Power, a $1.7 billion solar photovoltaic project at its Twin Oaks power station in Robertson County, Texas, between Dallas and Houston [nsenergybusiness.com#1][energymonitor.ai#1][pv-tech.org#1][electrek.co#1][igrownews.com#1][chron.com#1]. The company says the project will have 1.2 GWdc of planned capacity and will be built on an existing co
Battery energy storage developers announced financing, contractor awards and new build plans across Europe on July 24, including projects in Romania, Poland, Germany, Spain and the UK. PPC Renewables Romania plans a 45.72 MW/91.44 MWh system at the Fântânele-Vest wind farm in Romania, while Aukera Energy secured €48.5 million from the International Finance Corporation to expand the Gura Ialomitei
Ark Energy secured a financial investment decision for its A$1.3 billion Richmond Valley solar farm and battery energy storage system, planned about 25 kilometres south of Casino in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales [power-technology.com#1][pv-magazine-australia.com#1][energyglobal.com#1]. Korea Zinc, Ark Energy's parent company, approved the resolution at an Extraordinary Board Meetin
CS PowerTech Inc., a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., opened the first phase of a photovoltaic cell manufacturing facility at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on July 24 [energy.asia#1][cleantechnica.com#1][solarpowerworldonline.com#1][solarquarter.com#1][pv-tech.org#1][pv-magazine-usa.com#1]. The company said the plant is the first U.S. facility designed to make heter
$1.3 billion 8-hour battery and solar farm gets construction green light - pv magazine Australia www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/07/24/1... Ark Energy's Richmond Valley solar and long-duraton battery storage system in the northern rivers region of New South Wales has secured financial investment decision, putting it on track to be operati...
Authorities investigated two separate Florida boating collisions Saturday, including a two-boat crash in Biscayne Bay off Bay Harbor Islands that sent three people to a hospital and another crash near Hernando Beach that injured one person [local10.com#1][wfla.com#1]. Bay Harbor Islands police confirmed the Miami-Dade crash to Local 10 News, while WFLA reported that first responders opened an inve
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/15/g... Developed with Cypress Creek Energy, the virtual power purchase agreement covers the Steel River Energy Center, which will add 2.5 GW of solar capacity and 2.9 GW/GWh of battery storage.
PV Tech described Meridian Energy as New Zealand’s largest electricity producer and said the company has received consent to build a 110MW solar PV plant near Morrinsville in the Waikato region on the North Island [pv-tech.org#1][google.com#1][google.com#2]. The Morrinsville Solar Farm is planned for a 134-hectare site about 2km east of Morrinsville and 600 metres south of the Piako substation, wh
Australian clean energy developers advanced several large renewable energy and grid projects, led by Ark Energy’s AU$1.3 billion final investment decision for the Richmond Valley solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales [energy-storage.news#1][google.com#1]. Western Australia also began construction on the Clean Energy Link – North project, intended to expand grid access in the state’s solar-