Altus Power has acquired a multistate operating portfolio of ground-mounted solar assets located in Massachusetts, North Carolina and New Mexico. The portfolio has a combined generation capacity of 19MW.
Investment company Fidante Capital has raised US$200 million on the London Stock Exchange for the US Solar Fund PLC — a PV infrastructure fund centred on the solar market in the Americas.
Maryland state lawmakers have passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which will put the state on track to achieve a 50% renewable-energy goal by 2030. The Clean Energy Jobs Act was passed with a 95-40 vote in the House and 31-15 in the Senate, and will now move on to the desk of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for approval.
According to Hanwha Q CELLS, the US International Trade Commission (US ITC) has voted to begin an investigation of alleged patent infringement by JinkoSolar, LONGi Solar, and REC Group, in relation to its US [215] patent on solar cell passivation layer structures.
APS has issued request for proposals (RFP) in order to seek partners for the addition of batteries to existing APS solar plants in rural Arizona, along with a second partner to develop a new solar plant paired with storage elsewhere within the state.
A large tranche of utility-scale solar – and storage – projects in Hawaii has been approved by the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC), each quoting a cost per kilowatt hour of US$0.10 or under.
Major US utility Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is planning to build the world’s largest battery energy storage system adjacent to an existing solar power plant, with plans to roll out multiple other storage systems across the state.
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired the PV and energy storage unit of Tradewind Energy, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America.
