Companies

A new joint venture (JV) between renewables developer Invenergy and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners has closed the purchase of a 1.3GW solar and wind asset portfolio from American Electric Power (AEP).

Florida-headquartered NextEra Energy has signed a renewable product purchase agreement (RPPA) with chemical manufacturing company Ingevity Corporation, offering 85MW of capacity at a new solar site in Texas.

US Solar manufacturer CubicPV has contracted Arcadis, a design and consultancy firm, to provide architectural and engineering services for its 10GW silicon wafer manufacturing facility in the US.

US thin-film solar PV manufacturer First Solar has disclosed unethical labour practices at its factory in Malaysia.

Chinese mounting system provider Antaisolar has signed a contract with EPC contractor Enter Engineering to supply a 470MWp solar tracking system to a project in Uzbekistan.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has selected Masdar to build the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Off-grid solar product manufacturer d.light has secured US$30 million to purchase up to US$125 million of receivable assets.

Total module shipments were up 36.2%, from 13GW in Q1, and n-type shipments rose 74.1%, up from just under 6GW.

Xcel Energy is accepting bids for solar and battery storage projects to replace its Allen S. King coal-fired power plant in Minnesota.

Solar manufacturer Canadian Solar has signed a 7GW module supply agreement with EDF Renewables North America.