Americas

Korean-owned solar PV manufacturer Qcells has signed an agreement with technology company Microsoft, supplying 12GW of modules and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services through 2032.

Xcel Energy has retired one of three coal generation units in Minnesota, which it plans to replace with 710MW worth of solar PV capacity.

The renewable industry is facing a perfect storm of factors leading to tighter business interruption and equipment breakdown insurance terms.

Chilean solar developer Verano Energy has sold a 150MWp solar PV project in Argentina to an unnamed company.

“The formation of Solar Powers Illinois stems from the passage of critical legislation: the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.”

US energy company Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and WEC Energy Group's subsidiary We Energies have started operating a 300MW solar PV plant in Wisconsin, the US.

US climate investment firm HASI has invested an undisclosed sum into a 605MW solar and solar-plus-storage portfolio owned by US utility AES Corporation.

BrightNight has closed a US$375 million corporate credit facility, which it plans to use to build out a 31 GW pipeline of projects.

Solar PV projects’ operations and maintenance (O&M) are often overlooked during the development stage, according to Chris Stacy, director of business development at BayWa r.e. in the US.

BayWa r.e. speaks with PV Tech Premium on the use of satellite data and sheep grazing in the O&M stage to help save cost on a PV project.