North America

SunPower to buy platform upgrades as domestic solar customer backlog gets to new record
US household solar installer SunPower's backlog soared to a record 13,800 customers entering Q2 2022 with the installer validating a series of financial investments it is making to meet surging demand.
May 9, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, SunPower, financial results, North America, Battery Energy Storage, Peter Faricy, sunvault
Amazon agrees 450-MW solar purchase in California with AES
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dedicated to acquiring electrical power from 450 MW of solar parks to power its data centres in California under a handle power supplier AES Corp (NYSE: AES).
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Amazon, North America, AES
Energy Vault, 2 Others Construct Gravity-Based Energy Storage in China
The 100 MWh EVx system is being developed beside a wind farm as well as nationwide grid site in Rudong situated outside of Shanghai. Energy Vault and Atlas Renewable signed a $50 million licensing contract for making use of Energy Vault's proprietary gravity-based energy storage space technology.
May 6, 2022 // Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, North America, Energy Vault, Atlas Renewable, robert piconi, China Tianying, Eric Fang, EVx, Rudong, Yan
BayWa Q1 revenue enhanced by solar module trading 'boom'.
German empire BayWa took advantage of high need for solar modules throughout the very first quarter of 2022, with its revenues reinforced by the sale of an operational PV plant in the US.
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Spain, PPA, Texas, Europe, financial results, North America, baywa r.e., BayWa, company results, project sale, distributors, nestle, solar wholesale, suppliers
Sunrun includes 30,000 customers, 213MW of solar in Q1 2022 as it seeks to protect itself versus United States headwinds
Leading United States solar installer Sunrun added 29,463 customers in Q1 2022, a 20% get on the exact same period last year, with monitoring now anticipating mounted solar capacity to be 25% or better for the full year 2022, up from the previously forecast 20%.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, Sunrun, financial results, North America, AD/CVD, customer acquisition
Ameresco to include 6-MW battery to United States Army solar farm in Maryland
US energy performance and also renewables firm Ameresco Inc (NYSE: AMRC) has protected an agreement from the United States Army to add a 6-MW/6-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to an existing solar farm at the Fort Detrick Army Garrison in Frederick, Maryland.
May 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Maryland, ameresco, solar farm
AES examining cause of thermal runaway at Arizona site
Power company AES Corporation is investigating the cause of thermal runaway at a 10MW battery power storage system (BESS) site it owns and operates in Chandler, Arizona.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, Arizona, North America, AES, Salt River Project, thermal runaway
Powin Energy to supply Idaho's very first utility-scale storage project
System integrator Powin Energy has actually been chosen by Idaho Power to supply 120MW/524MW of battery energy storage space system (BESS) projects, the state's first utility-scale storage space advancements.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, investment, North America, CATL, Idaho, Powin Energy, renewables integration
CenterPoint Energy safeguards 335MW United States solar PPAs
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission accepts offtake agreement for 2 PV projects in Indiana
May 5, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, centerpoint energy, Steve Greenley
SEIA develops non-profit for solar and also storage technology, preliminary focus on land usage concerns
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually introduced a non-profit to help with the energy transition through clean energy research and evaluation.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, Policy, USA, SEIA, North America, research, Innovation, research and development, land use, non-profit
Origis Energy protects US$ 375m credit facility for solar, storage space pipeline
United States designer Origis Energy has actually secured a loan that will aid it progress with its pipe of greater than 20GW of PV, solar-plus-storage and standalone storage projects.
May 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Deutsche Bank, North America, hsbc, rabobank, Origis Energy, Santander, developer, nomura
Construction begins on largest floating solar project in the US
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) has begun construction on an 8.9-MW floating solar setup in Millburn, New Jersey, that will be the biggest floating array in the USA.
May 4, 2022 // Floating PV, USA, floating PV, North America, NJR Clean Energy Ventures, Steve Westhoven, CEV, Mark McDonough, Douglas Berry, Clayton Bubeck
Louisiana regulator authorizes PPA for 98-MW solar project
Persistent Energy LLC, part of Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ), stated today that the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) has actually cleared the power purchase contract (PPA) for a 98-MW solar project in the northeastern part of the state.
May 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, Solar Project, Louisiana, Craig Greene
Bipartisan group of US senators fall to solar AD/CVD disagreement, urging Biden to act
A bipartisan group of US senators has actually fallen to the contentious anti-dumping circumvention investigation, highly advising the Biden administration to speed up the review.
May 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, manufacturing, North America, import tariffs, department of commerce, anti dumping, AD/CVD, doc, gina raimondo, job losses
Insurer tackles United States mid-scale PV and also storage threats
Marsh's facility provides expedited policy issuance and also consistent terms and conditions for sub-50MW projects
May 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Marsh