Americas

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).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced US$453.5 million from the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund to install up to 40,000 rooftop solar PV and battery storage systems for low-income single-family households.

The ANSI has allowed the SEIA to develop 11 new standards governing solar generation and battery storage in the US.