Navajo Nation solicits additional solar development
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) is asking for utility-scale solar developers to submit bids by February 28 to add more solar to its solar farm, though details of the scale of the work wasn’t released.
Switch announces 1 GW solar project in Nevada
The data center company is partnering with Capital Dynamics to build the largest single solar project in the country, Gigawatt 1.
Rhode Island to issue 400 MW renewable energy solicitation
The procurement will put the state closer to Governor Raimondo’s goal to reach 1 GW of renewable energy by the end of 2020.
U.S. installs nearly 4 GW of solar in Q4 2017
GTM Research has given its preliminary estimate for installations over the full year 2017 at 11.8 GW, a 22% decline from 2016 levels.
Richmond hosts largest publicly owned solar project in SF Bay Area
A group including Cenergy Power, sPower, RP Construction Services and Array Technologies helped commission the 10 MW facility, named MCE Solar One.
Section 201 solar tariffs to be felt across market segments (w/chart)
GTM Research has issued new details that show that distributed solar installations will also see a more than 10% decline from the base case through 2022.
Duke connects 500 MW of solar in 2017
Between its own projects and partnerships with independent power producers, North Carolina’s largest utility has 2.5 GW of solar in its portfolio – and they’re not done yet.
NRG breaks ground on 110 MW-AC of large-scale solar in Hawaii
Three solar projects which were caught up in the fire sale of SunEdison assets are finally seeing the light of day.
174 Power Global breaks ground on 178 MW-AC project in West Texas
The massive project is one of several that is selling electricity to Austin Energy under 450 MW of long-term power contracts signed in 2015.
GTM Research predicts 11% reduction in the U.S. solar market from tariffs
President Trump’s tariff decision was not the worst-case scenario for the U.S. market, but GTM Research says that it will still have effects, particularly in marginal and emerging regional markets.
