Americas

Clēnera's affiliate Country Acres Clean Power has entered into a busbar PPA with SMUD for a 392MWdc/344MWac solar project in California.

Summit Ridge Energy and PureSky Energy have established financing facilities, while Mainstream has closed funding for a 97.5MW solar project.

Approvals granted earlier this month for utility plans to replace coal in Kentucky with solar PV and battery storage have been broadly welcomed

Thin-film manufacturer First Solar is well placed to weather any downturn in PV manufacturing going into 2024.

Nevados says the trackers can help developers and owner-operators qualify for bonus tax credits for domestic content under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Small-scale utility and community solar developer Renewable Properties has secured a US$25 million development capital investment to continue developing its 1GW US community solar project pipeline.

German quality assurance and testing centre TÜV Rheinland has finalised its investment into a new US base, the Technology and Innovation Centre in Boxborough, Massachusetts.

Norwegian energy company Statkraft has acquired Spanish renewables developer Enerfin for an estimated €1.8 billion (US$1.9 billion).

Independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight has broken ground on the300MW Box Canyon solar project in Pinal County, Arizona alongside its joint venture partner Cordelio power.

National Grid Renewables has signed two power purchase agreements for its Blevins solar project in the US state of Texas.