community solar

The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has donated US$3 million to California-headquartered non-profit GRID Alternatives to support the provision of low-to-no cost solar PV, storage and clean mobility programmes to “underserved families” in the Western US.

Interest in agrivoltaics (agriPV) in the US has started to grow among several developers PV Tech spoke to at the RE+ solar and storage trade event in Las Vegas last week.

As the world's population distribution changes, so too does its energy needs. One solution could be the emerging field of urban agrivoltaics.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

The SEIA and Wood Mackenzie have released their latest report into US solar, and expect the industry to add 32GW of new capacity this year.

US community solar developer Nexamp has signed a 1.5GW module supply deal with Canadian PV manufacturer Heliene to deploy at its community solar sites over the next five years.

Summit Ridge Energy and HASI have agreed to build, own and operate a 250MW community solar portfolio in the states of Illinois and Maryland.

This week, Microsoft, Clearloop, Greenbacker and SolarBank have made notable investments into small-scale and community solar projects.

Community solar projects in Wisconsin could generate up to 1.75GW of renewable power, according to a study conducted by the Wisconsin Community Solar Economic Alliance.