Renewable Energy Systems Germany (RES) has secured a permit for a ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) park from the municipal council of Öhningen. The company’s application to build the solar PV facility on Lake Constance in the district of Schienen was unanimously approved. 

RES received approval for a site on the border with Switzerland, which was one of four open spaces it had applied for.

Acciona Energía, a subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure company Acciona, has announced plans to build a wind farm in Queensland, Australia, with a $1.3bn (A$2bn) investment.

The project will increase the precinct’s renewable energy capacity to 2GW, which is enough to power 1.4 million Queensland homes.

Chinese solar panel manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding has secured a cell module contract via its principal operating subsidiary, Jinko Solar. 

The contract is from Rio Alto for the supply of nearly 522MW of cell modules for the Santa Luzia Complex project in Brazil. Under the contract, Jinko Solar will deliver Tiger Neo 78 Cell modules for the solar project’s first phase.

Ocean Winds has partnered with Irish firm Bord na Móna to develop offshore wind projects in Ireland. Under the long-term partnership, the two companies plan to co-own, identify and develop offshore opportunities around the Irish coast. 

The partners will initially focus on Réalt na Mara, a proposed wind project off the coast of Dublin and Wicklow, and Celtic Horizon, a planned facility offshore from Wexford and Waterford.