Solar PV manufacturer Qcells has signed a deal with Microsoft to supply at least 2.5GW of its modules to projects from which the tech giant will purchase renewable energy.
US hydrogen production company Element Resources has announced a plan to build and operate a new facility in Lancaster, California, producing 20,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually.
San Francisco-based data analytics and insurtech firm kWh Analytics has partnered with Aspen Insurance to launch property insurance for renewable energy assets.
Colorado-based electricity distributor CORE Electric Cooperative has penned a wholesale power supply agreement with power generation developer Invenergy, which will give CORE access to an additional 1.2TWh of renewable energy a year.
Power infrastructure developer Advanced Power's Cutlass Solar project has commenced full commercial operations to offer renewable power to the Greater Houston area after completing several months of testing.
A 500kV, 125-mile transmission line between California and Arizona broke ground last week, promising to bring over 3GW of renewable energy capacity to the US Desert Southwest region.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is set to boost investment into US renewable energy deployment and manufacturing from US$64 billion in 2022 to US$114 billion by 2031, according to research from Wood Mackenzie, though a mismatch between solar deployment demand and domestic manufacturing capacity may see the sector’s domestic profile lag behind.
