North America

SOLV Energy breaks ground on 196-MW Ohio solar project
Leeward Renewable Energy revealed that it has commenced onsite building on the 196-MW Big Plain Solar project situated near London, Ohio. The renewable energy produced by the project will be provided to Verizon Communications under a lasting power purchase agreement.
Aug 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, SOLV Energy, John Wieland
Duke Energy begins strategic review of commercial renewables service
United States utilities firm Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) introduced a strategic review of its commercial renewables organization as it reported second-quarter outcomes last week.
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Duke Energy, North America, Lynn Good
US hydrogen firm signs Greek MoU
Advent Technologies and DEPA Commercial to collaborate on projects with other 'major industrial partners'
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Greece, Europe, hydrogen, North America, Konstantinos Xifaras, Vasilis Gregoriou, ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES
Brookfield Renewable invested US$ 3 billion in growth initiatives in Q2 alone
Renewables owner and operator Brookfield Renewable has actually recorded a strong 2nd quarter, spending more than US$ 3 billion on development initiatives in Q2 alone.
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, South america, Brazil, North America, brookfield asset management, distributed generation, Brookfield, energy transition fund
Inflation Reduction Act passes US Senate, enact House of Representatives anticipated this week
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), that includes US$ 369 billion in energy security and climate modification programmes over the next ten years, passed in the senate on Sunday, leading the way for its motion to the House of Representatives and also succeeding signing by President Joe Biden.
Aug 8, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, ITC, North America, investment tax credit, solar manufacturing, Inflation Reduction Act, investment tax credits, production tax credit
US community solar to grow 7GW by 2027 as even more states want to expand access
At least 7GW of US community solar is anticipated ahead online in the next 5 years, according to new research study from Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac).
Aug 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Community Solar, ccsa, coalition for community solar access
Biden management to invest US$ 26 million in renewable grid demonstration projects
United States President Joe Biden has actually launched a US$ 26 million-funded project that will certainly demonstrate the US electrical energy grid can accurately run totally on renewables as well as energy storage space.
Aug 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, university of toledo, North America, Joe Biden, grid stability, Jennifer Granholm, cadmium
Babcock & Wilcox selected to construct 20 MW of Illinois community solar
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) introduced its B&W Renewable segment has been granted contracts totaling more than $20 million by Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) to supply design, procurement and also building and construction solutions for seven community solar projects in Illinois.
Aug 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Babcock & Wilcox
250-MW Arizona solar project 1 step closer to construction
The Bureau of Land Management has approved the right-of-way as well as variation land application for the 250-MW Parker Solar and also Storage Project situated in La Paz County, Arizona.
Aug 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Arizona solar project
Sunrun adds 34,000 customers in Q2, expects net subscriber value to grow to greater than US$ 10,000 in H2
Complying with solid demand in the United States market for residential solar, United States solar installer Sunrun raised its customer enhancements by greater than in Q1 as well as uploaded better-than-expected monetary results, while still making a loss.
Aug 4, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, Sunrun, Installers, North America, Inflation Reduction Act, net subscriber value
Continued demand for residential solar sees SunPower bag record 19,700 new customers
Continued demand from Americans for rooftop solar has led residential solar installer SunPower to include a record all time high of 19,700 customers in Q2 2022, a 51% year-on-year increase.
Aug 4, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, financial results, North America, company results, residential rooftop
Inverted perovskite solar cell with 16.94% effectiveness
A US-Chinese research group has actually developed a perovskite solar cell with a hole-transporting material (HTM) based upon carrying out polyaniline (PANI) polymer. The tool showed substantially greater performance than a referral solar cell relying on an HTM made from commonly used PEDOT: PSS.
Aug 3, 2022 // Technology, USA, North America, efficiency, perovskite solar cell
BASF signs 250MW of US wind, solar PPAs
Agreements with Dawn Solar and EDF Energy Services should help power 20 manufacturing sites
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, BASF
US designer Longroad Energy gets US$ 500m financial investment to support company model shift
United States programmer, proprietor as well as asset manager Longroad Energy has protected a US$ 500 million equity financial investment to support its business version shift from a "create to sale" strategy to the possession of renewable projects in the US.
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, First Solar, North America, longroad energy, MUNICH RE, project pipeline, Infratil, equity finance, Powin, MEAG, nz super fund
ENGIE's tender-winning Guam solar-plus-storage project cancelled
ENGIE has pulled out of a large-scale solar-plus-storage project contract in the Western Pacific US island territory of Guam.
Aug 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Engie, financial results, solar-plus-storage, power purchase agreement, North America, project news, NHOA, cancellation, island grids, pacific islands, system integrator