Markets & Finance

With C&I financing more complicated than residential, tax incentives in the IRA have boosted interest from businesses to install solar.

Solar developer Lightsource bp has signed a long-term PPA with tech giant Microsoft for a 40MW solar PV plant in Poland.

LONGi has signed a letter of intent to supply what it calls “advanced modules” for a number of solar projects in Indonesia.

Europe’s main barrier to decarbonising its power supply by 2045 is its aging grid infrastructure, 40% of which is over 40 years old, according to a new report by European electricity industry body Eurelectric.

Colorado will add 4GW of utility solar by 2030 while there was 1.96GW of solar projects under development as of mid-2023, according to a recent study from the American Clean Power Association (ACP).

TotalEnergies and European Energy will co-develop at least 4GW of onshore renewable projects in different locations.

California’s transmission and distribution grid networks will need to expand fourfold and tenfold, respectively, to meet net zero targets.

The Jamaican government has announced a tender to procure renewables of up to 100MW.

Enel North America has signed a power purchase agreement with Boston Properties, which will acquire power from its Estonian solar project.

US solar developer Recurrent Energy has closed financing for its upcoming 134MW Liberty solar project in the US state of Texas.