Masdar has further expanded its presence in the U.S. renewables market after closing the acquisition of a 50% stake in a combined solar and battery storage project from EDF Renewables North America.  The Big Beau project, located in California, comprises a 128 MW AC photovoltaic solar plant and a 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage […]

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BAES Infrastructure and Black & Veatch today have completed the construction of two utility-scale solar projects – Crown and Sol – in central Texas’ Falls County. Commercial operations are expected to begin this month with a combined capacity of 270 MW DC. Both projects have executed a power purchase agreement with LyondellBasell to offtake 80% […]

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Lightsource bp has closed on a $327 million financing package and started construction on the 313 MW DC Driver Solar project, located near Osceola in Mississippi County, Ark. Lightsource bp completed development, permitted and financed the project and will construct the facility under a build-transfer agreement with Entergy Arkansas. Upon completion, Driver Solar will be […]

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RevoluSun Massachusetts, a company providing solar solutions and installations, has changed its name from RevoluSun Massachusetts to Solaris Renewables, effective immediately. The decision to change the company’s name comes after careful consideration and the end of a partnership with its former parent company, RevoluSun Smart Home. Though the company is changing its name, the operation […]

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Solar mounting systems company The Schletter Group is commissioning a new manufacturing site in Dilovasi, near Istanbul, Türkiye, this month, as well as expanding its logistics network with a new 12,000-square-meter logistics center. “With our new plant in Türkiye, we are not only significantly increasing our production capacity, but also placing our production on a […]

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Renewable energy developer, owner and operator Longroad Energy has has sold its 108 MW DC Foxhound Solar project to Dominion Energy. Foxhound, located in Halifax County, Va., has been in development for six years and recently begun construction. Foxhound is the first-utility scale project to be certified as Virginia Pollinator-Smart, a biodiversity program overseen by […]

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CIMC RAFFLES recently delivered a semi-submersible offshore floating solar power platform to CIMC Solar Marine Technology (Yantai) Co. Ltd., and it has been towed to the designated location for deployment. The platform has four single float arrays and a total installed capacity of 400 kW, as well as net deck area of approximately 1900 square […]

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Anhui Huasun Energy Co. Ltd. has signed a cooperation agreement with INERCOM Ltd., a European EPC company, for the supply of at least 1.5 GW of Himalaya series ultra-high-efficiency HJT modules by the end of 2025. Huasun first worked with INERCOM in 2021, supplying 86 MW of HJT solar modules to its utility solar project […]

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Solar power developer Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has signed an agreement with Qcells to purchase 1.2 GW of solar modules to support its development pipeline. SRE says it will use the panels to develop more than 350 solar projects – largely community solar installations – over the next four years, with the first 200 MW […]

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As a part of the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced five competitively selected higher education institutions to serve as Centers of Excellence for DOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Program and will receive a combined $18.7 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Also, DOE has announced a $54 million funding opportunity from […]

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The Global Sanitary Landfill in Old Bridge Township, N.J., moved another step closer to becoming a solar energy facility with AC Power’s sale of the solar project and its 25-year lease to NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV).  Meanwhile, Superfun LLC, an AC Power affiliate, took title to the real estate.  “With projects like Old Bridge […]

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United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) says a solar array at its Howell, N.J., distribution center is complete.  The 3.2 MW roof-mounted solar array is the company’s eighth solar installation and is nearly three times larger than any previous UNFI installation.  The rooftop array contains 7,171 solar panels and was developed to generate an amount of […]

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