Acquisitions

The Gaskell West 2 and 3 project is located in Kern County, California, and is fully contracted holding five long-term power purchase agreements with cities and utilities in California.

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In Wood Mackenzie’s solar installer Leaderboard, Freedom Forever overtakes Tesla in the top three spot for the first time.

The move will allow KORE to launch KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator that will operate as a division of the US-based battery manufacturer.

Hanwha Solutions becomes the largest shareholder of REC Silicon and, pending passage of SEMA, commits to a multi-phase, multi-billion-dollar expansion across the full solar energy supply chain.

This is Enphase Energy’s fourth recent acquisition, all of which enhance Enphase Energy’s planned digital platform for installers.

In one of the company’s largest transactions to date, Greenbacker has acquired a significant financial interest in the 150MW operating Aurora solar portfolio

The company brings EPC, O&M, EMS, LTSA to utility-scale solar plus storage or standalone storage projects.

The acquisitions bring Standard Solar’s owned assets above 20MW in Massachusetts and above 50MW in Maine.

The 266MWdc/200MWac Corazon I Solar plant began operations in August 2021 and the 200MW/400 MWh Guajillo storage project is expected to reach an operational stage before the end of 2023.