Growing commercial crops on solar farms could increase solar panel performance and longevity, according to a recent study conducted by Cornell University.
Renewable energy platform Origis Energy has obtained a US$750 million credit facility for its solar and energy storage development project pipeline in the US.
Spanish solar developer Solarpack has firmed up a contract with the government of Ecuador to build a 258MWdc PV project in the coastal region of Manabí.
US clean energy platform Palmetto has raised US$150 million from private equity firm TPG's climate investment arm TPG Rise Climate to increase clean energy adoption and access to residential solar across the US.
The stage is set for the emergence of an ultra-low-cost PV industry based on epitaxial solar wafers and other highly scalable, high-efficiency technologies, writes Davor Sutija, CEO of NexWafe.
Energy company Avangrid, a US subsidiary of Spanish major Iberdrola, has partnered with solar tracker supplier Array Technologies with the intent to deploy more than US$30 million of its solar trackers.
A provision under the US Inflation Reduction Act allowing for federal tax credit transfers for solar projects is creating whole new market, giving developers flexibility to sell such credits to third parties to capture maximum value or reduce risk, says a legal and commercial advisor.
Portuguese utility EDP has announced its investment strategy for the coming years, establishing a €25 billion (US26.5 billion) plan to achieve 33GW of deployed renewables capacity by 2026.
