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Eagle Point Lends $28.5 Million for Texas VPP

Eagle Point’s $28.5M senior loan powers Heritage’s 40-site Texas solar+storage VPP, speeding permits, stacking revenues, and delivering ERCOT flexibility with structured, bankable cash flows.

Mar 17, 2026 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, virtual power plant, ERCOT, distributed storage, private credit

Idemitsu Starts 60-MW Azalea Solar-Battery in California

Idemitsu’s 60‑MW Azalea Solar+Storage flips sun to suppertime, powering 20,000 homes under a Sonoma Clean Power PPA, reinforcing CAISO evening peaks with 152‑MWh battery-backed reliability.

Mar 17, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, PPA, North America, Idemitsu

WE Energies Buys 150MW Wisconsin Solar, 50MW Battery

WE Energies powers up Wisconsin with 150MW solar plus 50MW battery, delivering firm, low-cost energy, peak relief and grid services as demand grows.

Mar 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar plus storage, We Energies, Wisconsin, North America, acquisition

Sol Systems Clinches $634 Million Texas Solar Duo

Sol Systems secures $634M to build 324 MW across PJM and ERCOT, powering up to 87,000 homes with Blossom and Nightfall solar.

Mar 9, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, sol systems

Meta Powers Zelestra’s 441 MW Texas Solar Push

Zelestra breaks ground on 441‑MWdc Texas solar duo with Meta, powering ERCOT growth. 704,000 modules, 400+ jobs, full operation by 2027 in Lamar and Hopkins counties.

Mar 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, EPC, Texas, North America, meta, Zelestra

Sabanci Taps Empact for IRA Solar Compliance

Sabanci taps Empact to master IRA compliance—turning documentation into deal fuel. Clean, audit-ready files speed transfers, cut risk, and sharpen U.S. solar’s cost of capital.

Mar 3, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, tax credits, IRA, Sabanci, compliance

First Solar Secures Oxford PV Perovskite IP

First Solar taps Oxford PV’s perovskite IP, opening U.S. paths to thin-film hybrids, bolstering R&D bets, Ohio pilot, and 18 GW capacity ambitions while preserving domestic manufacturing flexibility.

Feb 25, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, First Solar, oxford pv, perovskite, North America, licensing

OCI, Arava Seal 347-MW Texas Solar Financing

OCI Energy and Arava Power secure financing for a 347‑MW ERCOT solar build, turning permits into power with bankable EPC, secured supply, and PPA/hedge-ready, battery-ready execution.

Feb 24, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, project finance, OCI Energy, Arava Power

Enel Buys 830 MW of U.S. Wind, Solar

Enel snaps up 830 MW of operating US wind and solar, boosting EBITDA with no construction risk—poised for storage retrofits, repowering, and PPA upside amid data center-driven demand.

Feb 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Enel, North America, wind, acquisition

Origis Wraps Swift Air, Fuels Occidental’s Permian Decarbonization

Origis completes 500‑MWdc Swift Air in Texas; $650M project powers Occidental and STRATOS DAC, boosting ERCOT capacity and signaling soaring corporate appetite for long-duration clean energy.

Feb 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, origis, Occidental, Permian

Shell’s Savion Buys 2-GW Hanford Solar-Storage Project

Hecate sells up to 2‑GW Cereza solar-plus-storage at Washington’s Hanford Site to Shell’s Savion, which leads development; rare gigawatt project targets corporate offtake, grid services, and peak shifting.

Feb 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Washington, North America, hecate, Savion

Clearway Powers Up $685 Million ERCOT Solar-Storage Hub

Clearway’s $685M Texas solar-plus-storage shifts sunshine to evening peaks, stacking ERCOT revenues with EMS-optimized batteries, co-location efficiencies, and sharp O&M—delivering cleaner power, grid services, and bankable resilience.

Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Texas, solar plus storage, North America, clearway, ERCOT, ommissioning

Fermi Raises $500M for Texas Private Energy Campus

Fermi raises $500M for a Texas behind‑the‑meter power-and-data campus, blending solar, grid‑forming batteries and ERCOT arbitrage to guarantee AI/industrial uptime, price certainty—and co‑site power with compute.

Feb 11, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Texas, North America, project finance, data centers, private grid

EnergyRe Inks 360 MW South Carolina Solar PPAs

EnergyRe inks PPAs for 360 MW South Carolina solar, storage-ready and evening-shifting—locking price certainty, lender backing, and local jobs as demand surges from electrification, data centers, extreme weather.

Feb 6, 2026 // Plants, USA, PPAs, North America, South Carolina, utility solar, economic impact

Avangrid Brings 200MW of Oregon Solar Online

Avangrid powers up 200 MW of Oregon solar, battery-ready for evening peaks—cutting daytime prices, serving data centers, creating jobs, and boosting grid reliability with flexible, WECC-compliant control.

Feb 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Solar, North America, Oregon, avangrid, commissioning

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