Americas

As solar projects become ever larger, sites with slopes and uneven terrain are becoming the norm for project development, leading tracker manufacturers to adapt their offerings accordingly. Molly Lempriere details the latest launches that aim to address this issue.

Guzman Energy has secured a power purchase agreement with renewable energy producer Sonnedix for a 110MW project in the US. 

Residential solar installer SunPower has invested in its California sales and marketing division to ensure that as many customers can apply for favourable net energy metering (NEM) 2.0 rates.

Cloud-based software company Salesforce has committed to purchasing 280,000MWh of renewable energy certificates in emerging markets.

The state of New Jersey has announced a set of new clean energy and climate change initiatives, including a commitment to 100% clean energy by 2035.

Utility company Enel Chile's renewable energy arm Enel Green Power Chile has begun commercial operation of its 375MW Campos del Sol PV power plant after receiving official authorisation.

US community solar deployment is expected to more than double over the next five years despite 2022 seeing a 16% decline year-on-year, as the sector is set to see benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) taking hold.

Dan Shreve of Clean Energy Associates discusses five major market trends for the solar and energy storage industries in 2023.

Certification services company UL Solutions has formed a partnership with the Modular Energy System Architecture (MESA) Standards Alliance to standardise distributed energy communications.

The US government has announced plans to enable states and non-profit entities to apply for US$27 billion in funding, financing projects that can help combat climate change.