Private equity firm KKR and Hero Group have invested US$450 million in Indian independent power producer (IPP) Hero Future Energies (HFE) to support its renewables expansion.
Accessing adders under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) relating to domestic content requirements and local labour usage are now receiving far more attention than issues around imports or concerns about anti-dumping investigations
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a proposed community solar programme into law that will help low income communities benefit more from solar PV.
Renewables developer Prospect14 has partnered with a group of investors to launch a joint venture that will develop, build and operate utility-scale PV and solar-plus-storage projects in the US.
The proliferation of solar requires PV projects to adapt to their grid surroundings, which increasingly entails connecting alongside adjacent technologies, be it energy storage, other renewables or green hydrogen. Amid the growing threat of curtailment, Jules Scully looks at the rise of the ‘solar-plus’ market and the financial models underpinning it.
