Media releases

Solar farms

  • Meridian begins construction on Tongan solar farm

    Monday 14 November 2011

    Yesterday, a ground-breaking ceremony, opened by the Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga Honourable Samiu Vaipulu, marked the beginning of construction on the 1-megawatt photovoltaic Popua Solar Farm in Tonga.

  • Meridian commissions US solar power plant

    Thursday 13 May 2010

    Meridian Energy has commissioned its first solar power plant, with its US subsidiary’s five megawatts (MW) CalRENEW-1 facility connected to the California electric grid.