us utility-scale solar

This is the first of a six solar PV park portfolio, from US energy company DTE Energy, which has a combined capacity of 800MW.

This is the first operational renewable project for the IPP in the US, and is part of a 1.8GW development portfolio in the country.

Details of nearly 4,000 utility solar projects in the US have been compiled in what is being hailed as the most comprehensive public database of large-scale PV systems to date.

Renewables developer EE North America has agreed to sell a 350MW solar PV plant in Texas to Japanese energy firm Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA).

Solar module supplier Maxeon has started evaluating the possibility of expanding its manufacturing capacity in the US with a cell and module assembly plant.

US utility Dominion Energy Virginia has received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for two dozen of new solar and energy storage projects.

Energy company Avangrid has started the construction of two solar farms in Texas and Ohio with a combined capacity of 523.5MW.

US utility Duke Energy’s subsidiary, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), has started operating a 250MW solar PV plant in Navarro County, Texas.

Solar module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies’ has forecast to register positive adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2023.

PV has outpaced wind as the preferred choice for corporate buyers in the US, with utility-scale solar accounting for 58% of the total contracted clean power to date, according to trade body the American Clean Power Association (ACP).