Americas

US independent power producer Silicon Ranch Corporation has closed an investment round that attracted US$225 million in new equity capital.

Swiss confectionary group becomes sole tax equity investor for 7X Energy's Taygete I project in Pecos County, Texas.

Arizona Public Service (APS) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 300-400MW of renewables capacity and for energy storage to be retrofitted at its solar plants.

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar said that many of its senior management team have resigned positions in the NYSE listed JinkoSolar Holding Co ahead of the Chinese IPO of its main business unit, Jinko Solar Co (Jiangxi Jinko) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market).

Developer Terra-Gen and contractor Mortenson have agreed to go ahead with what they claim is the world's largest standalone solar-plus-storage project in Kern County, California, US.

New solar capacity installations in the US are expected to rise 43% this year as the industry recovers from the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

Global solar PV capacity is predicted to exceed wind for the first time, IEA reports

sPower has purchased nine solar parks in New York State from the US renewable energy business of UK transmission grid operator National Grid.

The latest edition of PV Tech Power – PV Tech Power 25 – is now available to download from the PV Tech Store.

Swiss energy storage company Leclanché has broken ground on a US$70 million solar and storage microgrid project on the Caribbean island of St Kitts and Nevis.