Renewables
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Solar
India’s Largest Utility Signs PPA With Virginia-Based Solar Group, Will Use Advanced CSP Technology
NTPC Limited, India’s largest electric utility, has signed a power purchase agreement with 247 Solar and will deploy that company’s Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology as part of its energy strategy. The companies on October 15 said it will mark the first commercial project for 247 Solar and its solar thermal tech. The Virginia-based company […]
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Solar
Captona Closes Equity Investment With Nexamp in Large Community Solar Portfolio
Captona LLC, a North American investment firm, has announced its latest preferred equity investment in partnership with Nexamp, a fully-integrated distributed generation and community solar company. The investment announced October 13 support the financing of 55 MW of solar generation and 5 MWh of battery storage capacity across 10 projects in four states (Illinois, Maine, […]
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O&M
Reducing Performance Losses in Utility-Scale Solar Plants: An O&M Approach
Utility-scale solar plants can lose energy without experiencing a complete equipment failure. Dust accumulation can reduce module output, inverter derating can constrain power conversion, tracker faults can leave arrays at suboptimal angles, and communication problems can prevent operators from recognizing underperformance promptly. Some losses are unavoidable, but others can be identified, quantified, and corrected through […]
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Renewables
Clearway Starts Construction of 650-MW Solar Facility in Missouri
California-headquartered Clearway Energy Group said it has closed financing and begun construction of the Swan Energy Center, a 650-MW solar facility located on portions of formerly strip-mined land in northwestern Bates County, Missouri. The project is San Francisco-based Clearway’s first in Missouri. Its output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Swan array, […]
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Commentary
How Data Center-Driven Load Growth Is Reshaping the Renewable Energy Market
U.S. grid planners are preparing for annual electricity demand growth of about 0.9% to 1.6% through 2050, with data centers emerging as a major driver, and EPRI—the Electric Power Research Institute—suggesting they could account for as much as 17% of U.S. electricity demand by 2030. For the wind, solar, and energy storage industry, this represents […]
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Top Plant
Reinvention Award Finalist: Moneypoint Synchronous Condenser
The integration of intermittent renewable energy to power grids worldwide has meant there’s a need for technologies designed to support grid stability.
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Press Releases
ArcLight Completes Acquisition of 50% Stake in 5.4-GW Diversified Power Infrastructure Portfolio
ArcLight Capital Partners, an investor in power and energy infrastructure, said its fund has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in IATP, a large-scale, 5.4-GW power portfolio comprising 11 power infrastructure assets located across North America. Invenergy will retain its existing 50% ownership interest and operational role in IATP. IATP combines a substantial base […]
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Management
Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Sherman Knight of Competitive Power Ventures
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a developer, owner, and operator of thermal and renewable generation projects, with headquarters in Maryland and offices in Massachusetts and Texas, lauded CEO Sherman Knight for his leadership skills.
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T&D
Building the Connections Australia’s Energy Transition Needs
Moving Tasmania’s abundant renewable power to the mainland means threading a subsea and underground cable through farmland, coastline, and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley—each stretch carrying its own
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Press Releases
Renewable Energy Group Acquires 715-MW Solar Power Portfolio
ibV Energy Partners, a developer of integrated solar and storage power plants across the U.S., and Exus Renewables North America, an independent owner, developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects, on September 29 announced that Exus has acquired four solar projects totaling 715 MWp from ibV. The deal builds on years […]
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Renewables
POWER’s 2026 Rising Star Award Winner: Jack Southard
When Arevon Energy needed someone to lead financing on Nighthawk, a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery storage project the company had been working on when Nimmi Kavasery came onboard as the managing director of Project Finance, she made “a battlefield promotion,” handing the lead role to Jack Southard—someone she’d only observed peripherally and who had never run a […]
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International
POWER Digest [October 2026]
Infinigen, a Puerto Rico-based independent power producer, in late August announced the closing of a $33-million tax equity investment in the Yabucoa Solar Project.
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Renewables
Investment Grows for Storage, Renewable Energy Projects in Chile
Chile is among the countries that has undergone an energy transformation over the past several years.
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Biomass
The Overlooked Renewable Energy Resource: Why Construction Waste Should Be Part of America’s Energy Strategy
America is in the middle of one of the largest infrastructure buildouts in generations. Data centers are rising to support artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing. Battery plants and advanced manufacturing facilities are reshaping industrial regions. Renewable energy projects continue to expand, while new transmission infrastructure is being built to connect generation with growing demand. […]
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Commentary
The Grid’s Wasted-Power Problem Has a Sector-Coupling Fix
For most of the last century, electricity and heat have been planned and regulated as two separate systems, a design choice that made sense when both were produced by burning fuel on demand. However, that design is a poor match for how the grid actually runs today. Generation, transmission constraints, and price all shift by […]
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Solar
German Energy Developer Breaks Ground on Solar Project in Philippines
A Singapore-based subsidiary of a Germany-headquartered group said it has broken ground on a 99-MW solar power facility in the Philippines.
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Renewables
Econergy Expands European Base, Acquires French Wind Energy Platform
A European independent power producer is expanding its asset base on the continent. Israel-headquartered Econergy on September 15 said it is entering the French market with a €134-million ($155 million) acquisition of Escofi, a private wind energy platform of about 740 MW.
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Wind
Juniper Green Energy Commissions New Wind Farms Across India
Juniper Green Energy, an independent renewable energy power producer in India, said it has expanded its portfolio with a series of projects in the first two weeks of September.
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Solar
Planted Raises $31.8 Million to Accelerate Autonomous Solar Deployment
A company that specializes in autonomous power deployment said it has raised $31.8 million to scale its operations. California-based Planted said the new capital expands its robotic fleet.
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Renewables
GE Vernova Will Supply Turbines for Japanese Wind Farm
GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind division announced it has an agreement with Eurus Energy Holdings Corp. to supply seven 4.2-MW, 117-meter wind turbines for a wind farm in Japan.
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Geothermal
Hexagon, Weyerhaeuser Ink Geothermal Development Deal for Pacific Northwest
An independent energy development company and a long-time manufacturer of wood products have signed an agreement to develop geothermal projects in Washington and Oregon.
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Renewables
European Countries Boost Variety of Renewable Energy Projects
More solar power projects paired with energy storage are taking shape across Europe, with a variety of investors supporting assets in the UK and Italy, among other countries.
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Data Centers
POWER Digest [September 2026]
Australia Moves to Make Data Centers Bring Power. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has urged energy ministers to require large data centers connecting to the National Electricity Market to bring
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Press Releases
Revolve Renewable Power Secures $24 Million from Mexico Bank for Project Financing
Canada-headquartered Revolve Renewable Power Corp., a North American owner, operator and developer of power generation and digital infrastructure projects, announced it has entered into a MXN$450 million ($24 million) project-level, non-recourse-style financing facility with Banco Multiva, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Multiva. The facility is secured by project cash flows and contracted revenues […]
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Renewables
Dimension Energy Secures $857 Million to Support Distributed Solar
A U.S. developer, owner, and operator of distributed energy infrastructure announced it has received an $857-million capital infusion to accelerate growth of its distributed solar energy program.
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Commentary
The New Economics of AI Infrastructure: Why Tax Strategy Is Now Part of Energy Strategy
The conversation around data center development has changed dramatically over the past few years. Earlier, when developers needed to evaluate a new facility, the questions were relatively straightforward. Is the market attractive? Can we secure the land? Can we obtain reliable power? Can we raise the necessary capital? All those questions still matter. But a […]
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Data Centers
Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that Purcellville, Virginia-based Fundamental Data satisfied the site-control requirements associated with its August 2025 air quality permit for the Ridgeline Facility—a gas turbine power plant that Fundamental Data is planning as the first phase of a project intended to include […]
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Commentary
Energy Dominance Requires Commitments That Last
The Trump administration’s decision to unwind offshore wind leases through negotiated buybacks has predictably reignited the debate over renewable energy. Many welcome the move as a correction to policies that heavily favored offshore wind during the previous administration. That debate is perfectly legitimate. However, the recent agreements involving TotalEnergies, Bluepoint Wind, Golden State Wind, Duke, Invenergy, and […]
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Wind
The Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Wind Turbine Maintenance
Wind turbine blade health strategies must get smarter to adequately support rapid advancements in turbine engineering. Over the last decade, global wind capacity has almost tripled. One of the keys to this growth story has been the sector’s ability to manufacture and deploy ever-larger wind turbines at pace. Today’s onshore models are, on average, three […]
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Smart Grid
Resilience and Digital Transformation Spearhead the Energy Infrastructure Transition
The transition to sustainable energy infrastructure has been experiencing steady progress in recent years across the globe, while simultaneously undergoing constant fluctuation. Actual progress is influenced by a wide variety of factors, such as the drivers behind participants’ motivations and the technologies enabling the transition, as well as the status of supply chains and geopolitical […]