community solar

The cumulative community solar capacity in the US will reach 14GW by 2028, according to Wood Mackenzie and and the Coalition for Community Solar Access.

Public Storage and Solar Landscape have started construction on an 87.53MW community solar project spanning three states in the US.

An initiative to help optimise the use of farmland is helping to steer hostile local stakeholders towards supporting renewables.

US community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) and Japanese energy firm Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA) have expanded their partnership to construct, own and operate more than 100MW of solar PV in Virginia, the US.

US community solar company Nautilus Solar Energy has bought a 270MW portfolio of projects from ESA, a US-based solar development platform.

Ohio House has introduced a solar bill that will accelerate the growth of community solar development under a state-wide pilot programme.

Crow Holdings has launched a renewable power arm, which will work to develop community solar projects and “mid-sized, utility-scale projects”.

Clean energy company Nexamp has secured US$400 million in debt and equity financing to develop up to 250MW of community solar and storage projects across the US.

On Thursday 18 May, New York State reached a new record for solar generation with 3.3GW at noon, according to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).

Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners, through its Energy Transition Fund (SETF), has invested and acquired a controlling stake in solar PV and storage developer Encore Renewable Energy in the US.