Americas

Hawaii regulators have approved a tariff for Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO) to establish interim time-of-use (TOU) rates in the utility’s biggest base rate increase in almost six years.

Popular US residential installer Vivint Solar has expanded into Texas, with services beginning in the Austin area.

Apple has unveiled a new 50MW solar plant in Florence, Arizona, in collaboration with local utility Salt River project.

Los Angeles is the latest US city committed to achieving 100% clean energy after its city council approved a motion to chart a roadmap for its zero emissions future.

US-based PV module mounting systems specialist SnapNrack said it had eclipsed the 1 gigawatt (GW) milestone for total deployed solar mounting systems.

The US arm of the international cosmetics giant L'Oréal has announced plans for two large-scale solar projects in Arkansas and Kentucky.

A 150MW solar PV plant in Southern California has become fully operational, according to independent power producer (IPP) Tenaska.

Ideal Power, a power conversion expert, has partnered with EnerDel and its lithium-ion batteries to create a mobile solar-plus-storage microgrid for the US Air Force.

SolarCity purchase under threat as Tesla shareholders file four lawsuits in two weeks, alleging the company's board breached fiduciary duties.

Tech conglomerate Apple has committed to go 100% renewable with its international operations as part of joining the global renewable energy initiative RE100.