North America

Tokyo Century, Kyuden Tap 20-Year Philly Solar Deal

Tokyo Century and Kyuden split a 20‑MW Pennsylvania solar, secured by a 20‑year PPA; October go‑live underscores Japanese capital’s charge into contracted U.S. clean power, with storage optionality ahead.

Jan 8, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Kyuden, Tokyo Century

Pattern to Buy Cordelio, Bolstering North America

Pattern Energy buying Cordelio adds 1.55 GW and pipeline, lifting fleet near 10 GW across U.S./Canada, sharpening costs and firming output by pairing wind and solar with storage.

Jan 7, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, pattern energy, North America

Consumers Energy Lights Up Michigan’s 250-MW Muskegon Solar

Consumers Energy powers up 250‑MW Muskegon Solar—550,000 panels fueling 40,000 homes and 200+ jobs—battery-ready, grid-smart, and a keystone toward 8,000 MW of Michigan solar by 2040.

Jan 7, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Michigan, North America, PV Power Plant, Consumers Energy

SMUD Pulls Plug on Coyote Creek Solar PPA

SMUD scraps its 200‑MW Coyote Creek solar PPA amid costs, tariffs, delays and lawsuits, while reaffirming a 2030 zero‑carbon push as the battery‑paired project faces environmental challenges.

Jan 6, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, smud

Nofar Buys Pine Gate’s US Solar for $575M

Nofar Energy snaps up Pine Gate’s near-1GW solar portfolio for $575M via Chapter 11, expanding its US pipeline to 1.3GW solar/1GWh storage, pending court, FERC approvals.

Jan 5, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Nofar Energy

AI Demand Propels Record Green Debt Sales

AI-juiced power demand and clearer policies propel record $947B green debt; APAC, China lead, greenium widens, indexes soar—setting up $1.6T boom in 2025 despite Western rollbacks.

Dec 26, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Europe, North America

T1 Wins Treaty Oak’s 900MW U.S. Solar Order

T1 Energy secures 900 MW solar deal with Treaty Oak, leveraging G1 Dallas TOPCon modules and G2 Austin cells for 60%+ U.S. content, bankability, traceability, and schedule certainty.

Dec 24, 2025 // Manufacturing News, North America, United States, supply chain, solar manufacturing, T1 Energy, Treaty Oak

PNE Exits Panama, Refocuses on Core Markets

PNE exits Panama, selling its subsidiary to streamline and recycle capital—doubling down on wind, solar and storage in Europe/North America amid grid-access, PPA scale and financing advantages.

Dec 22, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, North America, panama, Renewable Energy, PNE, asset sale, portfolio strategy

Altus Power Buys 234 MW U.S. Solar-Storage Portfolio

Altus Power snaps up 234‑MW solar-plus-storage from Greenbacker, scaling distributed generation with SCADA-optimized fleets, 2–4 hour batteries, diversified offtakers—and momentum for VPPs, EV charging, and multi-site solutions.

Dec 19, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Altus Power, acquisition, distributed generation

Soltage raises $80m debt to expand U.S. solar and storage pipeline

IPP Soltage secures $80 million to advance a 2-GW-plus pipeline of distributed and utility-scale solar with batteries across the U.S.

Dec 17, 2025 // Storage, USA, BATTERIES, North America, pipeline, Soltage, project finance

Origis Seals $290 Million for West Texas Solar

Origis clinches $290M for Swift Air Solar in Ector County, powering a 600‑MW ERCOT buildout by Q4 2025, with bifacial tech and battery-ready design attracting bullish lenders.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, origis, ERCOT, utility solar, project finance

Itochu Joins ContourGlobal on Colorado Mega-Solar

Itochu backs Colorado’s 324‑MW Black Hollow Sun, expanding its U.S. solar push with battery‑ready tech and hybrid offtake as data centers and growth drive demand.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, investment, North America, Itochu, ContourGlobal

U.S. federal freeze stalls wind-solar permits on public lands

Federal approvals for major wind and solar on U.S. public lands have largely halted, with over 500 projects delayed and heightened political scrutiny.

Dec 11, 2025 // Policy, USA, North America, permitting, solar projects, BLM, public lands

Texas Solar Surpasses Coal as Batteries Rewire ERCOT

Sun beats coal in Texas: ERCOT’s 2025 grid turns solar-led, battery-boosted and evening-shaped—cheaper middays, sharper dusk ramps, and developers racing to deliver dependable nightfall megawatts.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, Grids, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, coal decline, solar milestone, grid storage

Samsung SDI Snags $1.36 Billion U.S. Storage Deal

Samsung SDI lands $1.36B U.S. deal for LFP batteries, shifting from EVs to booming grid and data-center storage with domestic production, boosting bankability, AI-era demand, and investor confidence.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, USA, Battery Storage, North America, lfp, Samsung SDI, data centers

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