Texas collective is getting wind+solar+whatever you have for 3¢/kWh – or less
As part of the Texas’ State Energy Conservation Office procurement process, a group of public companies have received bids for wind and solar power for less than 3¢/kWh for 150 MW+ of load in 12-year power contracts.
Panasonic leaves U.S. solar development with Coronal sale
Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted has acquired Coronal Energy’s solar development business, in a move that strengthens one company’s presence in the U.S. utility-scale solar and storage market, and all but eliminates the other’s.
Enphase can’t keep up with demand
The microinverter maker reported its second consecutive quarter of profit and is sold out into the second half of the year, as it continues to battle tariffs and component shortages.
Quality and profit are not mutually exclusive
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Vivint Solar CEO David Bywater discusses the commitment needed by solar installers to think of quality and profits in an ‘and’ relationship, rather than an ‘or’ one.
Ball Corp. goes 100% renewable in the blink of an eye
Ball Corporation signed power contracts for 161 MW of wind and 227 MW of solar, which will effectively offset the company’s entire North American electricity demand by 2021.
A big day for Massachusetts community solar, Generac acquires PIKA Energy: pvMB 4/29/19
Hello and thank you for starting your week with the pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out a PacifiCorp report that retiring 4 coal plants could save customers hundreds of millions, Renewable Envoy’s solar art installation, Yaskawa Solectria Solar achieving rapid shutdown and more, so buckle up!
Infrastructure fund snatches up Clean Energy Collective
One of the largest community solar companies in the industry has been bought up by North American Infrastructure Partners, as patient capital continues its solar buying spree.
Tennessee’s largest project goes online, $1.4 billion coming to renewables in N.Y.: pvMB 4/24/19
Hello and welcome one and all to the pvMB. Today we’ll be taking a look at Duke buying big to the tune of a 150 MW solar project, Excelsior Energy also buying, with a 25 MW acquisition and Alta Device’s flexible solar cell for unmanned aircraft.
New York’s Green New Deal demands power from big solar, wind
New York has launched its third annual solicitation to acquire renewable energy credits in 10- to 20-year terms, adding qualifying points to projects with energy storage and load-following abilities, as well those that avoid disturbing agriculture.
NextEra: wind+solar+storage the “next phase” with 21 GW available
NextEra continues to show growth in both projects deployed and its pipeline of solar, wind and energy storage, with solar projects alone growing by 485 MWac.
