Policy

Details of nearly 4,000 utility solar projects in the US have been compiled in what is being hailed as the most comprehensive public database of large-scale PV systems to date.

US renewables asset manager Arevon Energy has reached financial close on its 157MW/150MW (600MWh) Vikings solar-plus-storage project in Imperial County, California.

Two utilities in Kentucky, US, have received approval from the Kentucky Public Service Commission (KPSC) to add 1GW of solar PV and energy storage to replace a 600MW coal plant by 2027.

Microgrids in the US still face several challenges - speed and standardisation chief among them - in order to help alleviate and decentralise the grid.

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of Interior, has advanced on 15 clean energy projects across the West, with two solar PV and storage plants operational in California.

A look into several utilities updated IRP in Arizona, as they target to increase solar and storage operational capacity in next 15 years.

Indonesia aims to reach net-zero and expand the country’s installed solar capacity to 264.6GW by the middle of the century.

A coalition of School Board representatives, healthcare advocates and “climate leaders” in the North Bay area of California has spoken out against the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) proposal to alter the virtual net energy metering scheme (VNEM) in the state.

Solar curtailments in California, the US, have never been higher in 2023, as solar generation outpaces transmission capacity upgrades, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

A new report into the world’s clean energy transition, has called for an expansion of global solar capacity to 5.4TW by 2030.