Insuring against hail is all about risk management for solar project developers
In the second installment of this series, pv magazine talks with Michael Kolodner of Marsh to learn about the evolution of hail risk management and how insuring a solar project is about more than just the policy.
Duke Energy Renewables looks to build 175 MW of solar in Indiana
The $180 million project would spread across two counties just southwest of Indianapolis.
Black Hills signs 15-year PPA for energy from $200 million solar facility
The 200 MW facility will be built and owned by 174 Power Global at a site in Colorado.
Sunrise brief: Maxeon will ramp up solar shingle module production, scout U.S. site
Also on the rise: Canadian Solar starts work on $230 million worth of solar projects in Japan, and the Canadian government backs efforts to move Arctic communities off of diesel and onto renewables.
Using optical film to concentrate light, Alberta Solar One enters service
The approach taken at the 13.7 MW site redirects and concentrates otherwise discarded light onto the PV cells.
Pine Gate develops agrivoltaics plus storage at Massachusetts cranberry bogs
A total of 9 MW of solar and 36 MWh of storage will be deployed via two solar arrays perched above the commercial cranberry bogs.
Sunrise brief: Wärtsilä to supply solar-plus-storage tech to RWE Renewables project
Also on the rise: Aurora notches a design milestone, investment group closes on a portfolio of community solar projects, and iSun expands its utility-scale project market reach.
Gas South sets $50 million investment goal for solar energy
The company has also completed its first utility-scale installation, as well as invested millions into community solar projects.
Rosendin and Tokyo Gas plan to deploy 500 MW of solar for ERCOT market
The project is located southwest of Houston and would be brought on in blocks starting later this year.
Sunrise brief: Partners launch fund to invest in clean hydrogen projects
Also on the rise: J-Power Development plans to deploy solar+storage at a coal plant site, pv magazine launches a Hydrogen Hub site, KKR buys into Sempra Infra, and NREL ponders what it will take to boost PV module reuse and recycling.
