Americas

US energy utility AES has signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with technology giant Meta for two solar PV projects in the US states of Texas and Kansas.

The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) has contracted 2.2GW of solar PV across 18 projects.

SMA Solar will begin local assembly of power systems for large-scale solar and energy storage systems in the US.

US PV module manufacturer Silfab Solar has acquired a patent portfolio for back-contact (BC) solar cells from solar research firm EnPV.

The US International Trade Commission has voted unanimously to impose AD/CVD tariffs on solar cells from Southeast Asia.

The Chilean subsidiary of French utility Engie has started construction on a 151MW solar-plus-storage project in the Metropolitan Region of Chile.

ANALYSIS: The language of the Ways & Means Committee tax bill leaves massive uncertainty for US solar manufacturing.

SOLV Energy has announced plans to build more than 6GW of new utility-scale solar and storage capacity in the US.

The three projects, Mammoth South, Mammoth Central I, and Mammoth Central II, have a generation capacity of 300 MW each.

Third-party ownership (TPO) of non-residential projects in the US has led commercial and industrial (C&I) and community solar financing in 2024.