Welcome to the club: New York reaches 3 GW of installed solar
The state becomes the 10th to reach the milestone, with installed capacity expected to double in the next four years.
Solar at a Utah landfill joins a growing number of projects on brownfield sites
Landfills are increasingly playing host to solar facilities, with the EPA reporting an 80% rise in such projects across the U.S. over the last five years. A 4.7 MW Utah project is one of the latest additions.
Summit Ridge acquires 19.5 MW Maine community solar portfolio, plans to construct another 120 MW
The company has burst onto the scene in Maine, signing agreements with Osaka Gas USA Corporation and Cianbro.
Sunrise brief: Arevon opens 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage facility in California
Also on the rise: Partners Group takes a controlling stake in Dimension Renewable as FTC Solar exits, Koch unit buys into a battery company, AltaSea plans a 2.2 MW solar array at the Port of Los Angeles, Captona adds to its fuel cell portfolio, and Canadian Solar wins 86 MW in solar energy auction.
Sunrise brief: Lithion is building a battery manufacturing plant in Nevada
Also on the rise: a wind farm is acquired near San Francisco, and a community solar project is purchased in New York.
OYA Solar closes deal to develop 600 MW of community solar in the Northeast
The company signed an exclusive co-development agreement with Omni Navitas, bringing its North American development pipeline well over 2 GW.
Sunrise brief: Recurrent Energy announces energy storage contracts for California projects
Also on the rise: NextEnergy Capital adds investors for project acquisition fund, partners plan 50 MW of solar in Minnesota, and Hydro-Québec brings its first solar capacity online to test the water, so to speak.
Sunrise brief: U.S. solar industry passes 100 GW of installed capacity, SEIA report says
Also on the rise: Stem and CleanCapital extend their business ties and eye C&I energy storage, Heliogen raises $108 million from industrial heavyweights for its CSP refinery, and Ameresco will deploy a solar array at Cannon AFB.
Supply chain constraints are starting to hit the solar industry, SEIA says
A Q1 market report said the biggest impact has been on utility-scale projects, with some developers trying to rework PPAs. It warned that “compounding cost increases across all materials are just beginning to affect installers.”
Michigan regulators approve DTE low-income solar program settlement
The agreement will lower program costs, simplify enrollment, and bring three community solar projects to historically underserved communities.
