Americas

Intersect Power has started commercial operations at its Oberon solar and storage project in the US state of California.

Everything seems to be pointing to the solar PV manufacturing sector going into a downturn in 2024, with loss-making potentially rife across much of the upstream sector.

Michigan has announced plans to meet 100% of its energy demand with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, by 2040.

Canadian Solar's total module shipments in Q3 this year increased by 39% to 8.3GW year-on-year, and 1% quarter-on-quarter.

Latin America and the Caribbean need to double financing for clean energy projects to US$150 billion by 2030 to fulfil the Announced Pledges Scenario (APS), according to the International Energy Agency’s Latin America Energy Outlook.

US EPC company McCarthy Building Companies has begun construction on four solar PV projects in Texas and Arizona, with a view to achieving compliance with IRA incentives.

Global alternative asset manager Blackstone is lending US$200 million towards the construction of new solar PV projects in the US by Altus Power.

SMA Group has posted an improved financial results for the first nine months of 2023, with sales increasing by more than 84% year-on-year.

Yezin Taha, Founder and CEO of Nevados Engineering, on how solar tracking technology can help eradicate the still common practice of levelling sites prior to installing solar panels – and thus avoid the problems, environmental impact and cost associated with site grading. This is an executive summary of a recent white paper by Nevados.

US distributed solar asset owner Spruce Power has posted increased sequential revenues and adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2023, as its total portfolio of residential solar assets and contracts increased to over 75,000.