Utility Scale PV

Even while increasings its numbers, the agency has again shown that it cannot be relied upon to produce reliable forecasts of the electricity future in the United States.

ESA Renewables will construct the project, which is projected to produce 23,100 MWh annually, enough to power 2,400 single-family homes per year.

The full release of the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report gives a number of surprises, including Utah and Georgia rising to the #2 and #3 largest state markets with over 1 GW installed each.

Isolux Corsan is installing the first utility scale PV plant on the Navajo Reservation at Kayenta, AZ, a 38 MW-DC plant worth over $50 million.

Brookfield has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in yieldco TerraForm Power and plans to become the company’s sponsor, as well as acquiring TerraForm Global outright.

The troubled yieldco has managed to raise additional capital for four solar projects in Canada, as the industry waits on word of its settlement with SunEdison and potential sale to Brookfield.

The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy show that all renewables together made up 15.3% of generation.

GameChange Solar announced that it is shipping a 96 MW PV system to a site in the “Mid-Atlantic” region that will utilize over 275,000 solar panels supported by the company’s Max-Span and Max-Span Plus pile driven systems.

The company’s acquisition of SunEdison’s wind and solar are helping to bring its balance sheet back towards the black.

The Gala project in Crook County will utilize SunPower E-Series PV modules and its Oasis power plant solution including tracking technology.