Americas

US energy company Southern Power has acquired the 200MW Millers Branch solar farm in the US state of Texas from EDF Renewables.

US community solar company Nautilus Solar Energy has secured US$202 million for a 186MW portfolio consisting of mainly community solar projects.

Enfinity Global has acquired 546MW of solar assets under development in the US state of Colorado from CS Energy.

US thin-film cadmium telluride (CadTel) solar PV manufacturer First Solar has broken ground on a new, 3.5GW fully integrated manufacturing plant in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

Ampt CEO Levent Gun speaks about the importance of optimising operations and the challenges and opportunities of working in the US.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has secured 4GWp of solar module contracts during the RE+ event in Las Vegas.

With C&I financing more complicated than residential, tax incentives in the IRA have boosted interest from businesses to install solar.

Solar PV manufacturer Silfab Solar has planned to invest US$150 million in a new solar cell plant in York County, South Carolina.

California’s transmission and distribution grid networks will need to expand fourfold and tenfold, respectively, to meet net zero targets.

Enel North America has signed a power purchase agreement with Boston Properties, which will acquire power from its Estonian solar project.