Solar & Wind News The Solar & Wind category covers robotics and AI applications in renewable energy, including drone-based inspection of wind turbines and solar farms, autonomous panel-cleaning systems, robotic installation and maintenance equipment, and AI-driven predictive maintenance and energy forecasting. Coverage includes product launches, deployment case studies, funding rounds, and research from companies and labs automating solar and wind operations.
NORD/LB Backs Gülermak's 48 MW Essex Solar Farm With £35M Loan — Sep 26, 2026 — Three-year-old developer secures senior debt for its AR7-backed Hanningfield PV project, with ElectroRoute as route-to-market partner.RWE Signs 433 MW VPPA With Oracle For Texas Wind Farms — Sep 18, 2026 — RWE will supply 433 MW of wind power to Oracle from its Panther Creek complex in West Texas under a new virtual power purchase agreement announced Sep...Star Trade Signs 800MW Corporate PPA For Taiwan's Formosa 6 Offshore Wind — Sep 11, 2026 — Taiwan's Star Trade signed a corporate power purchase agreement with Synera Renewable Energy Group for the entire 800MW Formosa 6 offshore wind projec...CrossBoundary Powers Kamoa Copper With Africa's First Solar-Battery Baseload Plant — Sep 8, 2026 — CrossBoundary Energy has switched on Africa's first solar-plus-storage baseload facility, delivering 30 MW of round-the-clock renewable power to Kamoa...CIP Reaches Financial Close On AUD 1.7bn Gawara Baya Wind + Battery Hybrid — Sep 7, 2026 — Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has bought Windlab's 408 MW Gawara Baya wind farm and 104 MW grid-forming battery in North Queensland, with AUD 1.7...ACME Solar Bags INR 1,571 Cr From IIFCL For 300 MW Peak Power + 1,350 MWh BESS — Aug 30, 2026 — India's ACME Solar Holdings has secured Rs. 1,571 crore of long-term project debt from IIFCL for its ACME Renewtech Sixth 300 MW assured peak power pr...Australia's First Offshore Wind Auction Opens With 2 GW On Offer — Aug 27, 2026 — Victoria has opened Australia's first offshore wind auction, inviting developers to bid for contracts covering the state's first 2 GW of offshore wind...AMPIN Energy Secures $195M Green Loan For 100 MW Andhra Pradesh Hybrid Project — Aug 24, 2026 — SMBC and Rabobank led a USD 195 million long-term green project-finance facility for AMPIN Energy Transition's 100 MW solar-wind-BESS hybrid in Andhra...EDF, NV Energy Sign 25-Year PPAs For 400 MW Winston Solar-Plus-Storage — Aug 22, 2026 — EDF power solutions has signed two 25-year power purchase agreements with NV Energy for the 400 MW/1,600 MWh Winston Energy solar-plus-storage project...UK Approves Low Carbon's 400 MW Beacon Fen Energy Park In Lincolnshire — Aug 22, 2026 — The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent on Aug 21, 2026 for Low Carbon's 400 MW Beacon Fen Energy Park in Linco...Sol Systems Buys 200 MW Lumberton Solar Project From DESRI — Aug 22, 2026 — Independent power producer Sol Systems acquired the 200 MW-ac Lumberton Solar Project in Hardin County, Texas from DESRI on August 21, 2026, its secon...RWE reaches $1.22 billion U.S. settlement to exit New York, California and Louisiana offshore wind leases — Aug 20, 2026 — RWE has settled with the U.S. Department of the Interior for $1.22 billion in exchange for relinquishing three federal offshore wind leases - the larg...Ørsted Proposes 2 GW Dadu II Offshore Wind Farm Off Taiwan — Aug 19, 2026 — Ørsted has filed a 2 GW proposal for the Dadu II offshore wind farm off Changhua County, opening environmental review as Taiwan reboots its offshore p...Vattenfall Wins Both Sites in Denmark's Rebooted 1.8 GW Offshore Wind Tender — Aug 19, 2026 — Vattenfall has swept Denmark's latest offshore wind tender, winning both the 800 MW Hesselø and 1,000 MW North Sea I Mid projects for a combined 1.8 G...Avantus Lands $1.05B To Fuel 24GW Solar-Plus-Storage Pipeline — Aug 14, 2026 — California-based IPP Avantus has closed an upsized $1.05B corporate credit facility to accelerate its 24GW solar-plus-storage pipeline as AI data cent...We Energies Breaks Ground On 385 MW Wisconsin Solar, Wind And Battery Trio — Aug 8, 2026 — We Energies started building 385 MW of new Wisconsin solar, wind and battery storage capacity - enough to power roughly 100,000 homes and support 450...rPlus Energies Crosses 1 GW In Idaho With Twin Solar Milestones — Jul 22, 2026 — Independent developer rPlus Energies commissioned the 125 MW Pleasant Valley Solar 2 and broke ground on the 400 MW Blacks Creek Energy Center, pushin...Philippines Fires Up World's Largest Integrated Solar-Plus-Battery Site — Jul 17, 2026 — MGEN, SP New Energy and Actis inaugurated MTerra Solar Phase 1 in Nueva Ecija — 1,373 MW of solar PV and 3,300 MWh of battery storage — making it the...Salt River Project Seals 600 MW SunZia Wind Offtake From Pattern Energy — Jul 10, 2026 — Arizona utility Salt River Project has signed a 600 MW offtake from Pattern Energy's newly commissioned 3.65 GW SunZia Wind Project, wiring New Mexico...Sunrun, Tesla, Renew Home Unveil 16.8 GW Virtual Power Plant For AI Data Centers — Jul 6, 2026 — Sunrun, Tesla and Renew Home said they will aggregate more than 16 GW of home batteries and thermostats into a virtual power plant that sells dispatch...