Duke Energy Florida says it will begin construction later this month on two new solar projects in Bay and Madison counties that will be a part of the company’s community solar program, Clean Energy Connection. Mule Creek Renewable Energy Center will be built on approximately 700 acres in Bay County. Once operational, the 74.9 MW […]
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Meyer Burger Technology AG says it plans to introduce a unified product platform for its solar modules that will allow the company to build up manufacturing capacity faster and with less risk. According to Meyer Burger, the planned products will combine the best of glass-glass and glass-backsheet modules, providing durability, bifaciality, low weight, sustainably high […]
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CleanCapital, a renewables investor focused on the middle-market solar and storage industry, has acquired a 34.5 MW portfolio of operating solar assets in New Jersey. The projects, each of which commenced operations in 2019, serve various commercial and industrial off-takers, including Six Flags theme park, a manufacturing facility, the CentraState medical system, and the Borough […]
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OYA Renewables says it has secured $216 million in financial backing for the construction of 15 community solar projects throughout New York. Of the total financing, $145 million has been secured as a construction-to-term loan. CIT Power and Energy acted as lead, coordinating a syndicate of participating banks comprising Amalgamated Bank, Siemens Financial Services Inc., […]
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RWE AG has closed its acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses Inc., making RWE the number-four renewable energy company in the U.S. and the country’s second largest solar owner and operator, the company says. The newly created company is called RWE Clean Energy LLC (RWE Clean Energy). The company operates a portfolio of 8 […]
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Lightsource bp has placed an order for 4 GW of thin-film solar modules from First Solar, scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2028 and power Lightsource bp projects in the U.S. This latest deal follows a prior order by Lightsource bp for up to 4.3 GW signed in 2021 and places the company on […]
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AVANGRID says it has achieved commercial operation at its 150 MW Lund Hill solar farm in Klickitat County, Wash. The new PV plant – the largest in Washington – will supply Puget Sound Energy’s Green Direct program, which gives large commercial and governmental participants the ability to purchase 100% of their energy from dedicated, local […]
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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch has procured an additional 1.5 GW of Series 6 Plus thin-film solar modules from First Solar Inc. The deal expands upon the master supply agreement between the two solar businesses that includes a 4 GW transaction announced in April 2022 and, more recently, a 700 MW commitment announced in October […]
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Raptor Maps, a provider of solar lifecycle management software, has published the fifth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data that illustrates the underperformance of solar assets. The report finds that the amount of power loss due to anomalies nearly doubled from 1.61% in 2019 to 3.13% in 2022. The revenue loss is estimated […]
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Lightsource bp and AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, have signed a power purchase agreement for the 188 MW DC Honeysuckle Solar project, located in New Carlisle, about 10 miles west of South Bend, Indiana. Lightsource bp will finance, build, own and operate the facility and sell the solar energy it generates […]
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Trina Solar has debuted a new generation of rooftop photovoltaic modules: the Vertex S+ n-type dual-glass product line with output power reaching 445 W. Trina says Vertex S+ is available in two specifications. The monofacial NEG9R.28 comes with a white rear encapsulant for maximum output power, boasting up to 445 Wp and efficiency reaching 22.3%. […]
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OCI Solar Power and Mitsui USA have signed an agreement to collaborate on utility-scale solar energy projects in Texas. Under the agreement, OCI Solar Power will develop the projects and offer them to Mitsui Tokyo for investment. “With its parent company in Japan, Mitsui Tokyo is one of the largest general trading companies in the […]
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