Americas

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has registered a record quarterly net income and adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2026.

RWE has commissioned its 273.6MW Emily Solar project in Illinois, taking the developer’s operating renergy portfolio in the state to 1GW. 

Meta has signed PPAs totalling 850MW with IPP DESRI, covering solar and battery storage projects across Oklahoma, Texas and Mississippi. 

A coalition of US solar manufacturers has filed a formal request with the US Department of Commerce to initiate an anti-circumvention inquiry into c-Si PV cells and modules assembled in Ethiopia using Chinese-origin components.

Solar PV project performance in the US can be significantly impacted by the impacts of hailstorms, stowing methods and fire.

Nextpower is set to acquire the power conversion assets of Spain-based Zigor Corporation and its US subsidiary, Apex Power.

US-based tracker and balance of system provider GameChange Solar has released a new solar PV plant monitoring system alongside robotics and analytics firm Raptor Maps.

Colorado has legalised plug-in solar devices and permitted the use of meter collar adapters for customer-sited distributed energy resources.

Spanish IPP Grenergy has secured US$268 million towards a 342MW/1,034MWh solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

Getting the commercial structures right is a crucial part of a co-location strategy, writes Arenko's Daniel Moore-Oats.