US utility Hawaiian Electric will turn to thousands of home solar-plus-storage systems for capacity and grid services under a new contract with a virtual power plant provider.
In this round-up of project news, Lightsource BP unveils the completion of 260MW of solar in Texas, plans for 203MW in Poland are revealed by Respect Energy and Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives is selected as EPC for a Silicon Ranch asset.
Spanish utility Naturgy has made its debut in the US' renewables sector through the US$57 million acquisition of solar and storage developer Hamel Renewables.
A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including financing for Invenergy's 1,310MW project and CIT leads the financing for a 130MW Strata Solar portfolio.
New York state will this year contract for 23 large-scale solar farms and one hydroelectric facility with a combined capacity of more than 2.2GW, as Governor Andrew Cuomo outlines efforts to spur on private investment in clean energy and drive job creation.
Single-axis tracker supplier Sunfolding has announced the appointment of former Renewable Energy Systems Americas chief executive Glen Davis as its new CEO.
The US clean energy industry ended last year with the fewest number of workers since 2015, as impacts of the coronavirus pandemic mean 12% of the sector’s workforce is unemployed.
Utilities operating in the US state of Washington must eliminate coal-fired generation by the end of 2025 and source 100% of their electricity from renewable or non-carbon-emitting sources by 2045, according to new rules announced by regulators.
