Will Norman

The Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) faces reliability issues over the next 10 years as coal plants retire and investment in renewables generation and storage continues to lag, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Origis Energy is building a 200MW PV project in New Mexico on the site of a decommissioned 253MW coal plant.

US energy provider Avangrid has adopted a new transmission monitoring technology to increase its available renewable energy capacity in New York State.

Greek fossil fuels company HELLENiQ has signed a deal to purchase 180MW solar PV portfolio in its home country from the Greek arm of UK-based renewables developer Lightsource.

French energy provider Voltalia has begun full operations at its five-project solar PV cluster in Portugal.

Newly-launched solar manufacturer Bila Solar has revealed plans to build a 1GW PV module production facility in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Colorado-headquartered clean energy platform Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$700 million in credit, equity and debt financing to bring its project pipeline online.

The announcement comes days after the US Department of Commerce found that Trina had been circumventing its AD/CVD import tariffs via Southeast Asia.

The US Department of Commerce has found that five Chinese solar PV manufacturers have been circumventing its import tariffs by relocating minor portions of their supply chains to Southeast Asia.

US utility Avangrid – a subsidiary of energy multinational Iberdrola – will build its first solar PV project in California, building on the back of an existing wind farm fleet of over 500MW in the state.