community solar

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.

California is currently evaluating several community solar programmes, among them the NVBT which could boost solar-plus-storage projects.

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”.