The Government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has shortlisted 16 projects in its first renewables tender auction. The projects have more than 4.3GW of combined power generation and long-duration storage capacity. 

They were selected under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which aims to build at least 12GW of renewable capacity and 2GW of duration storage in the state by 2030.

Swedish renewable project developer OX2 has started building the Tyrsky offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Bothnia near Finland. 

The 1.4GW offshore project will be located south-west of Vaasa in the Finnish economic zone, around 30km north-west of Kaskinen. It will feature 100 wind turbines and have the capacity to generate 6TWh of renewable energy a year.

German independent power producer Encavis has signed a framework agreement with ilos New Energy Italy for a 300MW solar project pipeline in Italy. 

The partnership gives Encavis access to ten late-stage solar park projects, whose capacities range from 20MW to 55MW. The solar projects are located in central and southern Italy, as well as Sardinia and Sicily.

Nordic wind power developer Eolus has formed a joint venture with German firm PNE to develop a 1GW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. 

The Kurzéme offshore wind facility is located off the west coast of Latvia and is expected to come online before 2030. Once operational, the project will have the capacity to generate 4.5TWh of renewable electricity a year.