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Four large solar power projects, including two that will feature battery energy storage systems (BESS), are moving forward after the closing of financing commitments for the installations. Intersect Power, an Oregon-headquartered development and engineering group for renewable energy, on Sept. 29 announced it has closed $3.1 billion in financing to complete a near-term portfolio of […]

The leader of India’s power sector has said the country is preparing to add as much as 56 GW of coal-fired generation capacity by 2030 in order for the country to meet growing demand for electricity. He also said India must invest in energy storage, in concert with supporting more wind and solar power development, […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Sept. 21, 2022) — CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned electric and natural gas utility in the United States, has reached an agreement with Kenlov Ashtrom Renewable Energy LLC (KARE), a subsidiary of Kenlov Renewable Energy and Ashtrom Renewable Energy, for the purchase of 180 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. The project, […]

PHOENIX, AZ and ANAHEIM, CA – September 19, 2022 – OMCO Solar, a premier U.S. solar racking and tracker manufacturer, today announced at the RE+ 2022 trade show the completion of a 650-megawatt dc (MW dc) utility-scale solar portfolio in Florida. OMCO Solar partnered with Florida-based Moss, a leading national solar EPC, to complete one of the […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Sept. 20, 2022) – Aurora Solar, a cloud-based platform creating a future of solar for all by powering industry professionals to make solar simple and predictable, today announced Dividend, Mosaic, and Sungage Financial as key integrations for the Aurora platform. The addition of these new partners will provide solar installers and their homeowner […]

LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO, California (Sept. 19, 2022) — Avantus (formerly 8minute), a leader in the clean energy transition, today announced that it has doubled its development pipeline over the last two years. Now exceeding 50 gigawatts (GW) of system capacity, including 42 GW of solar and 78 GWh of energy storage, the company’s […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Sept. 19, 2022) — As the U.S. solar and storage industry gathers for the first time in three years at RE+ 2022, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is laying out a renewed vision for the next decade of clean energy advocacy after a chain of policy successes, from President Biden’s solar tariff […]

September 14, 2022 — POWER, the leading global publication for the power generation sector, again this year has published information and is providing insight about the clean energy transition that includes the proceedings abstracts for the RE+ conference, the largest and most comprehensive event in North America for the clean energy industry. This supplement, titled […]

Ardmore, PA — September 14, 2022 — Prospect14, a leading solar energy developer, today announced it has partnered with a group of experienced energy investors and operators with deep expertise in power generation and quantitative trading to launch Ampliform, a joint venture that will originate, develop, build, operate and optimize utility-scale solar and solar + […]

NEW YORK and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (September 13, 2022) – Arevon Energy, Inc. has secured tax equity financing and construction-to-term debt to finance the Eland 1 solar-plus-storage power plant in Kern County, California. Eland 1 is a 310 MW solar power plant with 150 MW/600 MWh of storage. Under a long-term power purchase agreement, this project […]

A Texas-based company involved with data analytics for the energy industry is acquiring a Spanish group as part of a continuing effort to expand its offerings in the power generation sector. Enverus, formerly known as DrillingInfo and a longtime player in the oil and gas industry, on Sept. 14 said it is acquiring RatedPower, a […]

A new study from business and environmental researchers at Oxford University disputes the notion that a strategy to transition global power generation toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels is too expensive to pursue. The study, released Sept. 13 and published in the journal Joule, reports that decarbonizing the world’s energy systems would save […]

The forecast for U.S. solar energy installations in 2022 have been revised downward in a report published by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on Sept. 8, due in large part to supply chain constraints and an industry-wide slowdown caused by the initiation of an anticircumvention investigation earlier this year. The U.S. […]

Billions of dollars are supporting renewable energy development in the U.S. The International Energy Agency has said record amounts of spending on clean energy will increase global energy investment by 8% in 2022. Julie McLaughlin, a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal’s U.S. Energy practice in San Francisco, California, has extensive experience in the energy space, working with […]

Siemens Gamesa said it has sold its renewable energy assets in southern Europe to SSE Renewables, a division of Scottish multinational energy company SSE. The deal announced Sept. 1 is for a 3.8-GW portfolio of projects, including onshore wind facilities in Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. The agreement also includes potential opportunities for Siemens Gamesa […]

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

A terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the world’s first to receive a new and important design recognition from a green building group. Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at SFO is being recognized

FRAMINGHAM, MA AND DANVILLE, IL – AUGUST 31, 2022 – Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Inovateus Solar, a top U.S. solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, today announced the completion of their “brightfield” solar project in Danville, Illinois, which was built on a […]

AUGUST 31, 2022 — National renewable energy provider Pivot Energy is pleased to announce a 1.45 megawatt (MW) community solar subscription with Continuum Partners, a prominent Denver-based real estate developer. The agreement will offset 100% of the electricity usage at one of Continuum’s mixed-use commercial properties with locally-produced, clean energy, and will reduce electricity costs for eight of […]

TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 30, 2022 — First Solar, Inc. today announced that it plans to invest up to $1.2 billion in scaling production of American-made, responsibly-produced photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, directly supporting the country’s transition to a decarbonized future and enabling the fight against climate change. The investment is forecast to expand the company’s ability […]

PONTIAC, ILLINOIS – August 30, 2022: Leading independent power producer Soltage today announced its completion of the construction and commissioning of a 2.7 MW community solar project in Pontiac, Illinois. The project is built on land owned by the City of Pontiac and its energy sales are managed by Chicago-based MC Squared Energy Services. The […]

PHOENIX, Ariz. – August 30, 2022 – Following the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), OMCO Solar announced it has expanded its Pierceton, Indiana manufacturing plant and has reached a significant milestone, having shipped 9.5GW of solar mounting and racking solutions. In light of the company’s latest $5 million solar manufacturing investment, announced […]

Hybrid power plants continue to be deployed across the U.S., with almost 300 such facilities (all with 1 MW or more of generation capacity) operating at the end of last year. An August 2022 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, based on research funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) and […]

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8. The mayor, along with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, on Monday said the city has an agreement with Chicago utility Constellation Energy, along with Massachusetts-based Swift Current Energy, a renewable energy developer. The two spoke […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – August 2, 2022 — Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, is establishing itself as a New York community solar leader with a portfolio of 70 MW in various stages of development, construction, and operation. Two of the company’s first community solar projects came online […]

Atlanta-based energy giant Southern Co. has rapidly evolved to keep in step with the evolution of power. As part of its corporate growth, the company has notably pioneered technologies that have reshaped

Emerson Involved in Coal-to-Biomass Switch. Albioma, a French independent energy provider, is working with Emerson, a global technology and software company, on the transition of the Bois Rouge 108-MW

Solar technology is advancing at a rapid rate, making solar easier to adopt. However, there is still a large potential of growth when it comes to the solar market. Looking at global data, solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has steadily increased for the past several years, and showed the second-largest absolute generation growth of all renewable technologies […]

DENVER, CO – July 20, 2022 – Pivot Energy, a national renewable energy provider, is pleased to announce the start of construction of ten new community solar projects in Illinois that will provide low cost electricity to households and businesses across the state. The portfolio of projects represents 17.1 megawatts of capacity through the Illinois […]

INLET BEACH, Fla., July 19, 2022 — Following a competitive solicitation, the Southwest Public Power Agency, Inc. (SPPA) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a BrightNight joint venture (JV) for the delivery of 300-megawatts of solar energy and 600 megawatt-hours of battery storage power. This is the largest renewable power purchase in SPPA’s […]