USA

Acciona acquires 3-GW pipeline of U.S. solar projects from Tenaska
Global renewable energy developer Acciona has signed an agreement with energy developer Tenaska to acquire a portfolio of greenfield solar and energy storage projects in the United States. The development portfolio comprises approximately 3 GW of utility-scale solar and 1 GW of co-located solar and energy storage.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Acciona, Rafael Esteban, Tenaska, Steve Johnson, Concentrated solar power
Commercial rooftops will lead renewables growth in the next five years
Although the International Energy Agency’s latest renewables report forecasts impressive solar growth there is still a nagging feeling it has produced conservative estimates and the emphasis on sharing costs with grid operators is predictable.
Oct 21, 2019 // Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, Australia, Europe, rooftop PV, Oceania, Netherlands, Belgium, North America, Austria, IEA
Virginia inks 345MW PV deal with Dominion Energy
The government of Virginia has signed a deal with local utility Dominion Energy for 345MW of solar and 75MW of onshore wind energy to power government buildings and facilities
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, Dominion Energy, power purchase agreement, North America, Ralph Northam
Dept. of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to resign at end of year
Secretary Perry informed President Trump yesterday that he will resign from his position, effective later this year. Perry released a message to DOE employees stating that he had “the coolest job in the world” as Secretary of the department.
Oct 20, 2019 // Policy, USA, Trump, North America, Rick Perry, Dan Brouillette
Pittsburgh International Airport’s microgrid will use 20-MW solar array
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is planning to be wholly powered by solar power and natural gas microgrid. For the first time in the United States, a major airport will be completely powered by its own microgrid with the use of its own on-site natural gas wells and a solar array.
Oct 20, 2019 // Grids, USA, North America, microgrid, Pittsburgh International Airport, Rich Fitzgerald, Christina Cassotis, Nick DeIuliis, CNX Resources
Wells Fargo will power its 400 Texas locations with solar
Wells Fargo has signed a 10-year structured power purchase agreement (PPA) with Reliant, an NRG Energy, to power the bank’s 400 Texas locations with PV solar.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, Wells Fargo, NRG Energy, Richard Henderson, Robert Gaudette
Greenbacker acquires 31.33MW of C&I assets from Sky Solar and IGS Solar
Greenbacker Renewable Energy has unveiled a flurry of new acquisitions that includes 31.33MW of contracted C&I solar assets from Sky Solar and IGS Solar across the US, alongside a partnership with Scenic Hill Solar in Arkansas.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Greenbacker Renewable Energy, North America, project acquisitions, greenbacker, us solar fund, sky solar, igs solar, c&i solar, Arkansas
Leyline secures US$150m for early-stage solar and biogas investments
Renewables investor Leyline Renewable Capital has secured US$150 million financing deal from Newlight Partners, a Soros Fund spin-off, to invest in early-stage solar and other clean energy projects.
Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, newlight partners, leyline renewable capital, project financing, Eric Rubinstein, Mark Longstreth
Google announces US$150m renewables investment package
Google says it will spend US$150 million on renewable energy in regions where its products are manufactured, in a move it hopes will galvanise a further US$1.5 billion of investment.
Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Apple, solar pv, North America, Google, corporate solar, hecate
Cubico closes finance on 162MW Texas solar project to power Starbucks
London-headquartered investor Cubico Sustainable Investments has achieved financial close on the 162MW Wagyu solar PV project in Brazoria County, Texas, the US.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, cubico, corporate ppa, hsbc, starbucks, bp, res, nord lb, rabobank, Oliver Alexander
Nobel chemistry prize: Lithium-ion battery scientists honoured
Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
Oct 16, 2019 // Storage, USA, UK, Europe, North America, lithium-ion battery, Akira Yoshino, Nobel chemistry prize, John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham, Sara Snogerup Linse, Bonnie Charpentier, Dame Carol Robinson
Tesla solar panels have become a nightmare for some homeowners, especially for one Colorado woman whose roof went up in flames
Some homeowners with Tesla solar panels said they had been left frustrated as they wait for the company to fixed damaged panels on their roof.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Arizona, Colorado, North America, Briana Greer, Xcel, Christina Caron, Jeffrey Sutherland, Boston
FPL SolarTogether community solar program expanded to include low-income families
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and Vote Solar have joined with Florida Power & Light to refine the company’s SolarTogether program design to include a low-income component and request Florida Public Service Commission approval.
Oct 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Florida, North America, SACE, Vote Solar, Florida Power & Light, SolarTogether program, Eric Silagy, Stephen Smith, Katie Chiles Ottenweller
SEI facilitates the installation of 1.2 MW of solar in rural Colorado communities
Solar Energy International (SEI)’s technical consulting program for solar market development in rural communities, Solar Forward, has officially surpassed the 1-MW mark of new, installed solar across rural Colorado. The program has yielded 1.2 MW of installed solar to-date and numbers continue to climb.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Colorado, North America, Solar Energy International, Mary Marshall
Can Solar and Batteries Outlast an Extended Power Outage?
Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean-energy customers in California's Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one.
Oct 16, 2019 // Solar, California, USA, storage, Sunrun, SunPower, Sunnova, John Berger, woodmac, North America, Tesla Powerwall, Bay Area, Todd Karin, Michelle Davis, Ravi Manghani, storage-plus-solar