texas

Tuesday 13 February was a record-breaking day for Texas solar, with ERCOT generating a peak of 16.7GW of electricity from solar sources.

Small-scale solar generation grew rapidly from 5,959GWh in 2012 to 61,281GWh in 2022, driven by the rapid uptake of installations on homes.

US solar developer Vesper Energy has closed US$590 million in financing for its 600MW Hornet solar project in Swisher County, Texas.

Under the deal, SFK will purchase a portion of the RECs from the power developed at Clearway’s 452MW solar PV project in Texas, US.

Danish renewables developer Ørsted has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 80MW of solar PV power in the US to media company Bloomberg.

US renewables company Intersect Power has started commercial operations of a 828MWp/640MWac solar project in the US state of Texas.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €100 million to into Taaleri Energia's renewables fund SolarWind III.

Sabanci Renewables has raised US$185 million in tax equity funding to complete the financing of its Cutlass Solar II project.

Global oil & gas giant Shell has sold a partial ownership stake in two renewable energy projects in the US.

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree has shipped 850MW of PERC modules to Spanish developer Acciona Energia for use at its solar sites in the US.