Lightsource bp has signed up a New Zealand partner to its global giga-scale solar plans, inking a deal with local utility Contact Energy to collaborate on a series of grid-scale PV projects between now and 2026. The details of the deal at this stage are light on, with the ink on the contract barely dry, […]
Lightsource bp unveils plans for 400MW NSW solar farm and battery – EQ Mag Pro
Lightsource bp – the global renewables joint venture between UK solar company Lightsource and the global oil giant BP – has revealed new plans for a 400MW PV project, plus big battery, near Goulburn in New South Wales. The proposed Gundary Solar Farm, which Lightsource bp describes as being in the “early stages,” is one […]
Envision Digital and Lightsource bp Partner to Catalyse Solar Power Optimisation Globally – EQ Mag Pro
The new multi-year partnership will see Lightsource bp leveraging Envision Digital’s AIoT platform for Net Zero Singapore/United Kingdom : Envision Digital International Pte Ltd (“Envision Digital”), a Singapore-headquartered global Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT) software leader for Net Zero, and global solar developer Lightsource bp, have announced a multi-year, global partnership to accelerate […]
Lightsource bp to build 520 MW agrivoltaic project in Australia – EQ Mag Pro
The photo voltaic arm of oil main BP is proposing to build an agri voltaic project in the Upper Hunter area large enough to present 4% of New South Wales’ (NSW) electrical energy demand. The project will embrace 296 MW of storage capability. Lighthouse bp’s 520 MWp Goulburn River Solar Farm with its 296 MWp […]
Lightsource Bp to Invest $566 Mln in Spanish Solar Projects
MADRID : Lightsource bp will invest 475 million euros ($566 million) in power projects it is buying in northern Spain, the solar developer half-owned by energy giant BP (BP.L) said on Friday. The deal to buy projects that will be able to generate 703 megawatts (MW) of power from local food and energy firm Grupo […]
BP Solar Venture Makes Gigawatt-Scale Portugal Move and Eyes Green Hydrogen
Developer co-owned by oil supermajor joins local partner for five projects and studies renewable H2 potential. Lightsource BP made another big move in European solar with a 1.35GW co-development deal in Portugal, where it also looking at opportunities in green hydrogen. The solar PV group, 50%-owned by the UK oil & gas supermajor, will co-develop […]
Lightsource Bp Granted Approval for 400 MW Solar Farm in Australia
The Wellington North solar farm will consist of 1.2m bi-facial solar panels and contribute to New South Wales’ ambition to increase its share of renewable energy to more than 60% by 2030. Lightsource bp has been granted planning permission for the development of a solar farm with a capacity of 400MW in New South Wales […]
Lightsource BP Buys 156 MWp of Solar Projects in Italy
Lightsource BP, which is backed by oil-and-gas major BP Plc (LON:BP), has acquired from Horizon Firm S.r.l. three solar projects in Italy with a combined capacity exceeding 156 MWp. By doing so, the company has increased its Italian solar development pipeline to more than 1.5 GWp, it said on Thursday, noting that it also has […]
LIGHTSOURCE BP ANNOUNCES A 1.4GW GLOBAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES
Advanced Solar Tracker Technology + Software to be deployed across Lightsource bp’s newly developed worldwide solar portfolio London – 10 November 2020 – Lightsource bp has entered into a purchase agreement with Array Technologies that will supply Lightsource bp’s newly developed solar portfolio of 1.4GW across the world with DuraTrack® HZ v3 single-axis solar […]
Solar projects already meet BP’s profit goals, Lightsource BP says
It is a key element in BP CEO Bernard Looney’s plan to grow BP’s renewable power generation capacity 20-fold by 2030 to 50 GW from solar and wind power LONDON: Solar power developer Lightsource BP has generated returns of 10% and more on projects, its chief executive told Reuters as investors fret over joint owner […]