Americas

Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA Solar is expanding its Large Scale and Project Solutions business to cater for the fast-growing data centre market.

Burns & McDonnell and Gritt partner to deploy AI-powered robotics for safer, more predictable utility-scale solar construction.

US-based solar cell manufacturer Nextnova Solar has unveiled plans to build a 2GW solar cell manufacturing facility in the US state of Oklahoma.

US eBOS manufacturer Shoals has been granted a successful verdict and US$96 million in damages by a court in North Carolina in its intellectual property dispute with fellow US manufacturer Voltage.

UL Solutions warns that US plug-in PV faces key safety challenges, with UL 3700 aiming to address fire, shock and circuit-overload risks.

California-based start-up Tandem PV has been awarded a US Department of Energy grant to accelerate the commercial scale-up of its perovskite PV technology.

California’s Assembly has unanimously voted in favour (73-0 and six no votes registered or NVR) of a balcony solar bill, Senate Bill 868.

ArcLight has launched Anchor Point Transmission, a new independent transmission company targeting investment in high-voltage infrastructure.

US IPP Invenergy has started construction work at its 120MW Quincy Solar Energy Center in Grant County in the US state of Washington.

US IPP Avantus has closed US$300 million in tax equity for a 150MW/452MWh solar-plus-storage project in California.