The Voice of Renewables presents our monthly global roundup of energy storage deals announced or closed in August 2026. Covering major PPAs and offtake agreements alongside financing, M&A, refinancings, bonds, tax equity and joint ventures, this is a concise view of the transactions driving energy storage investment and development around the world.
PPAs
Apex Clean Energy signed a power purchase agreement with Meta for 144 MW of additional Texas (ERCOT) solar capacity, extending an existing partnership that already includes Apex’s 195 MW Angelo Solar project and now totals over 1 GW combined. Signals continued hyperscaler appetite for Texas solar to feed data-centre load growth.
Other deals
Rezolv Energy reached financial close on a 561 million euro (approx. $637m) financing package from a 14-lender consortium (including EIB, EBRD, IFC and the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank) for the 1.3 GW Dama Solar project in Arad county, Romania — described as the largest onshore renewable project in the EU.
Gulermak Renewables secured a 35 million pound construction loan from NORD/LB for the 48 MW Hanningfield solar farm in Essex, UK, backed by a 20-year AR7 Contracts for Difference award and a 10-year PPA with ElectroRoute.
Cero Generation closed refinancing on its 190 MW Larks Green co-located solar-plus-battery project in Gloucestershire, UK, with ING, NORD/LB, Rabobank and Santander UK as lenders; solar is the dominant component of the asset.
Qualitas Energy agreed to acquire Macquarie’s Cero Generation platform — a 5.8 GW solar-and-battery development pipeline (roughly 2 GW operational or ready-to-build) spanning the UK, Italy and Spain, including Cero’s London, Milan and Madrid teams, in a major cross-border consolidation of a solar-led developer.
Enel closed its acquisition of the Faraday and Skyhawk solar plants (625 MW solar, part of an 810 MW combined wind-and-solar transaction) from Excelsior Energy Capital in the US for roughly $760m, aimed at serving Meta and Google data-centre demand.
Exus Renewables North America acquired a 715 MWp four-project solar portfolio (Maple Grove in Wisconsin; Bayou Teche and Bayou Chicot in Louisiana) from ibV Energy Partners, targeting US data-centre offtake demand.
Generate Capital and MUFG closed a $117m term-debt facility — their first joint community-solar deal — financing 18 community solar projects (114 MW) across Illinois and New York under Generate’s Community Solar Fund 11.
EDF Power Solutions reached financial close on the 394 MWdc (300 MWac) Utah Solar 1 project in Millard County, backed by a five-bank consortium (Credit Agricole CIB, MUFG, National Bank of Canada, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered) and underpinned by a 30-year PPA with the Southern California Public Power Authority.
Encavis completed 282 million euro (approx. $324m) of non-recourse project financing for a 351 MW, nine-project Italian solar portfolio (the 265 MW Giotto portfolio plus 86 MW of additional projects) in Lazio and Puglia, with Bank of America, BayernLB and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg as lenders.
