Americas

Specialty contracting company Primoris Services has been awarded 1.4GW of solar projects located in the Southwest US.

Hawthorne Renewables is planning to operate 2GW of solar assets and invest US$250 million in the US market next several years.

Global demand for solar PV could rise up to 40% in 2023 as favourable economics in the solar sector combine with broad policies like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and REPowerEU schemes.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has launched operations at its 160MW Sonnedix Meseta de los Andes solar plant in central Chile.

Matrix Renewables has acquired the 284MW Stillhouse solar project in the US state of Texas from solar farm developer OCI Solar Power.

Large-scale renewable energy developer Intersect Power has secured a revolving credit facility to the tune of US$800 million to support the deployment of its solar, energy storage and wind asset pipeline.

Solar module manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has completed the expansion and renovation of its PV manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.

US community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) and Japanese energy firm Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA) have expanded their partnership to construct, own and operate more than 100MW of solar PV in Virginia, the US.

US utility Duke Energy will purchase 199MW of solar power under a 20-year agreement with renewables developer Ranger Power in Indiana.

Sunnova aimed to tap into the opportunities in the market as its electricity prices are about US$0.43 per kWh, three times the average power price in the US.