Americas

As solar PV continues its accelerated growth, 2023 is expected to be no exception with 270GW of capacity to be added, according to Wood Mackenzie.

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has announced a 6-month moratorium on renewable energy project developments above 1MW in size, primarily to review concerns around land use.

US renewable power developer Invenergy has secured US$1.5 billion revolving credit facility from financial company Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking.

US solar installer Sunrun's installed solar capacity in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 23% quarter-on-quarter, while it also significantly improved its net income to US$55.5 million in Q2.

Public Storage and Solar Landscape have started construction on an 87.53MW community solar project spanning three states in the US.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published the final draft of a new programme to reform interconnections in the US energy grid.

Israeli solar inverter manufacturer SolarEdge posted strong financial results for the second quarter of 2023 with record revenues from the solar segment of US$947.4 million.

Leeward and Nextracker have signed a deal to deliver 3GW of the latter’s trackers to the former’s under-construction solar projects.

Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) has secured a power purchase agreement (PPA) for an additional 475MWdc or 394MWac from utility-scale solar power plant operator Clēnera.

The US market shipped US$12.5 billion of modules in 2022, with the average dollar per watt value slightly increasing but still remains low, according to the country’s Energy Information Agency (EIA).