A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, as Helios Infrastructure continues its acquisition spree and Duke Energy unveils plans for a floating solar facility paired with storage at Fort Bragg.
Texas-based Vistra will develop nearly 1GW of solar and storage projects in the next two years as the utility plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
US utility Ameren will invest nearly US$8 billion to develop renewable energy over the next 20 years as it targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 across all operations in Missouri and Illinois.
Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has entered into an agreement to acquire interests in three US solar PV projects with a total capacity of 316MW from developer LS Power.
A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, as Sunrun plans to install solar on affordable properties in California, while New York wraps up its first community solar-plus-storage project.
Investment firm Blackstone has formed a new portfolio company that will finance and own distributed energy assets focused on commercial, industrial and institutional customers.
US aerospace and defence company L3Harris Technologies has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with Lightsource BP for up to 100MW of capacity from a new solar farm in Texas.
The US unit of German developer and EPC provider juwi has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Colorado Springs Utilities for a 175MW solar project coupled with a 25MW battery storage system.
US wholesale energy markets will be opened up to distributed energy resources (DERs) such as small-scale solar units and battery storage systems under a new ruling that proponents say will enhance grid reliability and lower costs for consumers.
