Americas

US renewable energy company RWE Clean Energy has acquired 400MW of Solar PV and 199MW of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) assets from Galehead Development.

US utility Appalachian Power is seeking project proposals for 1.1GW of new solar PV, energy storage or wind power capacity.

US solar developer Origis Energy has secured a US$300 million corporate financing facility from investment firm KKR.

Major Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar has released a 2,000 volt solar module after receiving technological qualifications from tech certification firm UL Solutions.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest US$71 million into specific solar manufacturing projects across the value chain.

Spanish energy utility Iberdrola has taken full ownership of its US subsidiary Avangrid for a total of US$2.551 billion.

The 480MW CEME1 PV project in Chile has started commercial operation, and is the country’s largest solar project by capacity.

US renewable energy developer Arevon Energy has broken ground on a 228MW solar PV project in Indiana.

A win by the US Republican Party in this year’s election could decelerate the country’s energy transition and reverse decarbonisation policies.

Currently, over 50% of US solar installations, including residential, C&I and large scale ground mounted solar, have come online since 2020.