Americas

Stuti Gupta, Solar Lead at Prescinto, an AI-powered asset performance management platform for solar, wind and energy storage assets, and Prescinto Performance Excellence Head Abhishek Puttanna on the role of artificial intelligence in monitoring and optimising photovoltaic assets.

Nextracker and electronics component manufacturer Asteelflash, a subsidiary of electronics design and manufacturing company Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), have opened a manufacturing line to produce Nextracker’s patented components for solar tracking technology in California.

The US solar industry added 2.7GW of capacity during the second quarter of the year, more than half of all clean power installations, according to American Clean Power Association (ACP).

Nucor has signed a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy to acquire 250MW from the latter’s upcoming Sebree Solar project in Kentucky.

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a loan agreement with the government of Belize to build a 60MW solar power plant in Central American country.

Renewables asset owner Brookfield Renewable is planning to commission at least 18GW of clean energy projects in the next three years.

Atlas Renewable Energy and Isagen have partnered to develop, build and operate 1GW of solar projects in Colombia.

UK investment and asset management company Low Carbon has announced plans for a 600MW solar PV portfolio in Alberta, Canada, through a new joint venture (JV)  with renewable energy developer NU-E Corp.

Spanish developer Matrix Renewables has acquired a controlling interest in the 261 MWdc/200 MWac Pleasant Valley Solar Project from US renewables developer rPlus Energies.

AES has posted net losses of US$19 million in Q2 2023, alongside a US$59 million loss EBITDA compared to Q1 2023.