Americas

Utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched a Request For Offers (RFO) to acquire renewable energy, capacity and load reduction from new sources.

There were ten solar power plants with a combined capacity of 238MW connected to the grid in the US in August, according the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2015.

Families on low incomes in California will be able to benefit from a new drive by PV install and leasing company SolarCity, enabled by a programme set up by the state’s regulator.

The US state of North Carolina has passed the 1GW milestone for installed solar capacity, according to figures from the NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA).

Global interconnection and data centre company Equinix has agreed to a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 105MW of PV power with renewable energy company SunEdison.

US-based utility AES Distributed Energy has filed for an asset-backed security (ABS) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PV module assembly equipment specialist Spire Corporation has reached out to Massachusetts-based investment bank Mirus Capital Advisors in order to explore alternative measures for the company — including measures such as the potential sale of Spire or some of its assets.

Chile had 597MW of operational solar PV capacity at the end of August, up 46MW in the two months since the end of June when operational capacity stood at 553MW.

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has introduced a new solar PV target of 7GW capacity by 2024, almost doubling its previous target.

ConEdison Development, a subsidiary of mammoth US utility company ConEdison developing and operating solar and wind power projects, has acquired a 50% stake in a 335MW DC solar farm in California.