Why 2021 could be the perfect year to deploy your solar portfolio
Now that pandemic-related obstacles are lessening in many areas, what are the prospects for portfolio solar in 2021?
Solar industry employment dropped 6.7% in 2020, new report shows
The U.S. solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% drop from 2019 due to pandemic restrictions and increased labor productivity, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2020 released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), The Solar Foundation, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), and BW Research. On the flip side, total solar installed […]
Enel’s portfolio of renewable projects under construction tops 2 GW
Enel Green Power North America currently has over 2.3 GW of renewable generation under construction and by mid-year will have 606 MW of battery storage capacity under construction
Mitsubishi, Powin to provide battery storage retrofits to California solar projects
The two-site utility-scale battery project is designed to enhance California’s grid reliability with additional and flexible resource capacity paired with renewable energies.
Massive solar + storage project receives federal approval to be built on US public lands
The approval gives developer Sonoran West a green light to go forward with the construction of the Crimson Solar Project, a 350-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic facility with a 350-MW energy storage system.
APS expands RFP to seek up to 150-MW of additional solar capacity
The addendum seeks an additional 100- to 150-MW photovoltaic solar resource to be owned by APS and in service by early 2023.
Chinese conglomerate surges to top spot on global utility-scale solar developer list
This week Wiki-solar released its latest ranking of the top 32 utility-scale solar EPCs. The company ranks the developers by number of projects developed and cumulative capacity brought online. This year, a new company tops that list. China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) rose to number one thanks to the 2.2-GWAC project its subsidiary Huanghe Hydropower […]
Upstate New York’s first utility-scale solar projects set to come online this year
This week developer CS Energy said it is working in partnership with the Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group (GSRP) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), to develop and begin construction on a 216-MWdc portfolio of new utility-scale solar projects across New York. The projects are expected to achieve commercial operations […]
Vietnamese 500-MW floating solar and storage attracts investment from SEACEF
This week, Clime Capital, a Singapore-based investment management company that manages funds from SEACEF, announced that it has invested in an innovative floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, currently under development by Blueleaf Energy. Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF) is a collaboration between leading international foundations, including Microsoft, who seek […]
ACWA Power secures $114M to fund 200-MW Egyptian solar project
Saudi Arabia-based energy company ACWA Power has signed a deal with multiple international investors for the provision of funds to implement what is claimed to be the largest private-sector solar energy project in Egypt.