Enel Green Power has completed the 245MW second phase of the Roadrunner solar plant, which now increased its capacity to 497MW to become the largest PV facility in Texas.
US wholesale electricity supplier NextEra Energy Resources has said 700MW of contracted battery energy storage resources it will deploy California within two years could be followed by a further 2,000MW pipeline of battery projects under development in the state.
A round-up of the latest solar industry news from the US market, where there’s yet more M&A in the installer domain, more solar PPAs for Facebook and D. E. Shaw turns to Nextracker for fleet upgrades.
American Electric Power is seeking proposals for off-take from new solar plants located in the PJM powerpool area, a regional transmission organisation for US 13 states and the District of Columbia.
Pexapark has launched a ‘freemium’ version of its ‘PexaQuote’ software, which systemises quotes, builds forward curves, and analyses PPA prices to create certainty for developers, utilities, and corporates looking to close PPA deals.
Azure Power has seen its pipeline of interstate transmission solar in India swell by another 2GW after a greenshoe option in an existing contract with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was exercised.
South Africa-based steel producer ArcelorMittal SA (AMSA) is inviting proposals from independent power producers (IPPs) to build two utility-scale solar projects as it seeks to reduce its energy costs.
