Americas

US residential solar company Complete Solaria will change its name to SunPower, resurrecting the name of one of the US' longest-running solar companies which folded last year.

Renewable energy will need policy support to reach “economically optimal” levels for the global energy transition, according to BloomberNEF.

Summit Ridge Energy and Apollo have invested US$400 million to own and operate a portfolio of commercial solar assets in Illinois.

US renewable energy company Sunraycer Renewables has closed a US$475 million project financing facility for two solar-plus-storage projects in Texas.

Texas-based renewables developer Vesper Energy has begun commercial operations on its 600MW Hornet Solar project.

Bert Thin Films has used a copper paste on a tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) M10 solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 24%.

Artificial Intelligence will “transform” the energy sector over the next decade, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.

Four Republican US senators have signed an open letter urging a “stable and predictable” approach to US energy tax credits.

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree Energies has planned to expand its US module assembly plant by 1.6GW to 3.2GW of annual nameplate capacity.

A round-up of news from the US community solar sector this week, including Altus Power, Castillo Energy, NSE and CCSA.