Americas

Renewables are set to contribute 80% of new power capacity to 2030 in the stated policies scenario (STEPS), with solar PV alone accounting for more than half of it, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new tax incentive last week (19th October) for solar and wind projects in low-income and “underserved” communities, as well as Tribal lands.

Legislators in Texas face a balancing act when considering grid reliability and the ratio of different methods to generate power.

Clearway Energy has started commercial operations at its Daggett solar-plus-storage facility in the US state of California.

Solar developer Lightsource bp has completed construction of the 135MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Arkansas alongside state utility Conway Corp.

Qcells has completed expansion work at its module manufacturing facility in Dalton, bringing the total capacity of the facility to 5.1GW.

North American solar power purchase agreement prices increased 4% in Q3, following a decline in prices in Q2.

Flexrack has signed an agreement with Alltrade to assist the development of two under-construction solar projects in Canada.

US utility FirstEnergy Ohio has launched a request for proposals to purchase 570,000 renewable energy credits for its subsidiary Ohio Edison.

Over 1,183GW of solar PV plants have been installed as of the end of 2022, of which 65% were added in the last five years.