Americas

Enel Green Power Chile has started construction of an 80MW solar-plus-storage project in the Metropolitan Region of the country.

As solar power projects mature, panels increasingly lose efficiency. What do operators do with solar panels once they have reached the end of their lifespan? Will Norman finds out.

Clēnera has started operations at its 105MW Apex Solar facility in the US state of Montana, one of the largest solar projects in the state.

The California Energy Commission has revealed that solar generation in California has increased more than twentyfold between 2012 and 2022.

US energy utility Duke Energy has outlined plans to add 6GW of solar PV and 2.7GW of energy storage assets in North Carolina by 2031.

US solar developer Leeward Renewable Energy has completed construction and started commercial operations at its 100MW Oak Trail solar project in North Carolina.

US solar technology company Great Lakes Solex has announced a plan to open a solar module facility with a 6GW capacity in Puerto Rico.

A recent report covered by PV Tech suggested that solar power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in North America have dropped for the first time since the first quarter of 2020, but this could hardly be a long term trend as multiple challenges will prevent the prices from falling. 

Origis Energy has established a US$750 million funding facility to develop 2GW of large-scale solar and energy storage facilities in the US.

Siemens will begin production of string inverters for use in solar modules at a facility in the US state of Wisconsin in early 2024.