The Austin City Council has approved a new agreement with Austin Energy that will see the utility company deliver enough renewable energy to the grid to meet the needs of more than half of its customers by 2020.
BP has said the promising “fundamentals” behind the current global solar market triggered it to re-enter and the petrol giant now has ambitious plans for worldwide growth.
Duke Energy Florida has completed an 8.8MW PV project in Suwannee County, Florida — with the project featuring nearly 44,000 solar panels developed over 28 hectares of land.
South Carolina utility SCE&G has already met the state-mandated utility-scale solar goal set by the South Carolina Distributed Resource Program Act, with the company producing 42MW of utility-scale PV power years ahead of its 2020 deadline.
Duke Energy has acquired full ownership of California-based REC Solar — a provider of renewable energy solutions for commercial customers throughout the US.
US utility firm NextEra Energy has questioned the motives of the two Section 201 petitioners, Suniva and SolarWorld, and warned the foreign-owned US-based manufacturers could not hope to meet domestic demand.
First Solar has signed off on a pair of deals with Origis Energy and D.E. Shaw that will see the company provide 795MW of its modules for a variety of projects.
Altus Power America has increased its investment capital by US$150 million for large scale commercial, community and small utility scale solar projects.
