Americas

A partnership led by Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI) alongside the Ocean Man First Nation community – Iyuhána Solar – has been awarded a contract by regional Canadian utility SaskPower to build and operate a 100MW solar PV facility

Aside from the immediate, visible damage, extreme weather events have a longer lasting impact on PV systems. NREL’s Dirk C. Jordan, Kirsten Perry, Robert White, Josh Parker, Byron McDanold and Chris Deline report on research revealing the long-term consequences of hail, wind and other weather phenomena on PV production.

Silicon Ranch initiates site acquisition and interconnection processes for owned and operated utility-scale solar and battery projects with a capacity of over 500MW

Recurrent Energy, the solar project development subsidiary of global solar manufacturer Canadian Solar, has secured a US$500 million equity investment from Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager.

Electricity generation from low-emission sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear will cover all global demand growth to 2026.

US tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has opened a 2.5GW solar tracker facility in the eastern region of Bahia, Brazil.

Empact Technologies will manage Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance for Ampliform's current and future projects.

The growth of global annual solar PV installations will start to slow this year, including the US, according to Woodmac.

Over the last six months, two major US utilities – American Electric Power (AEP) and Duke Energy – have been selling off their commercial solar PV assets to private investment groups and consolidating their operations in regulated markets.

US renewable energy developer Deriva Energy has acquired a 140MW solar PV project in Colorado from German solar developer JUWI.