Americas

Glenn Davis at Kiwa PI Berlin writes about why quality assurance has become one of the foundations for a solar PV project's bankability.

A US court has upheld a FERC plan to speed up the permitting process for connecting energy projects to the grid.

FIC has acquired Perfect Power, developer and owner of the Jaguar Energy Centre, a planned 1.15GW solar and battery storage platform.

The Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy has awarded 995MW of solar PV and nearly 100MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) in a clean energy procurement auction.

Solar PV solutions provider Nextpower has registered a record quarterly eBOS bookings in the second quarter of 2026 and completed the acquisition of Zigor Corporation and its US-based subsidiary, Apex Power.

First Solar reported net sales of US$1.06 billion for Q2 2026, down 4% year-on-year, while reaffirming its full-year 2026 guidance.

German energy company RWE has sold its US distributed clean energy generation business to Goldman Sachs.

Anza figures show that the median price for a solar PV module assembled in the US held steady at US$0.3/W in July 2026.

Origis Energy has built the first 1GW of solar PV capacity at its planned massive 2GW Rockhound solar-plus-storage facility in Texas.

EDPR has agreed to sell an 80% equity stake in a 384MW solar-plus-storage portfolio in the US to a Private equity firm Ares Infrastructure.