A round-up of solar stories from the US this week, including President Joe Biden's decision to re-join the Paris Agreement, and Dominion Energy's purchase of a solar project backed by Facebook.
Solar is now cheapest form of new electricity in a host of international markets, driven by cost reductions and growth of bifaciality, large-area solar modules and trackers.
In this project round-up, NextEnergy makes acquisitions in Portugal and Chile and BayWa r.e. sells two solar sites in Malaysia to local power producer reNIKOLA Sdn Bhd.
Shoals Technologies Group, an electrical balance of systems (BOS) solutions provider for solar and storage projects, has announced the launch of its Initial Public Offering (IPO).
EDF Renewables North America has announced the completion and commercial operation of the 173.4MWdc Maverick 1 and 135.9MWdc Maverick 4 solar projects in California.
US utility Hawaiian Electric will turn to thousands of home solar-plus-storage systems for capacity and grid services under a new contract with a virtual power plant provider.
In this round-up of project news, Lightsource BP unveils the completion of 260MW of solar in Texas, plans for 203MW in Poland are revealed by Respect Energy and Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives is selected as EPC for a Silicon Ranch asset.
Spanish utility Naturgy has made its debut in the US' renewables sector through the US$57 million acquisition of solar and storage developer Hamel Renewables.
