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2020 Solar Generation Sets Utility-Scale Records
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, electrical generation by the nation's utility-scale wind and solar plants continues to set new records - it was 35.1% greater...
RMI: Renewables Poised to Bolster Rural Economies
In the next decade, rural communities have a significant opportunity to strengthen and diversify their local economies by embracing and actively engaging in the...
Amidst COVID, European Renewables Notch Record Year
Europe recorded its greenest electricity year ever in 2020. For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewables than from fossil fuels. Renewables...
BSF Names Orbital EPC in Coal Plant Conversion Projects
Orbital Energy Group Inc. says its wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Solar Services (OSS), a company that specializes in utility-scale solar power generation facilities, has...
Wood Mackenzie: Solar on Course to Become Cheapest Source of New Power
The cost of solar power has dropped 90% over the last two decades and will likely fall another 15% to 25% in the decade...
BNEF: 2020 Investment in Decarbonization Sets Global Record
The world has committed a record $501.3 billion to decarbonization in 2020, beating the previous year by 9% despite the economic disruption caused by...
Siting Renewables: One Trump-Era Proposal Worth Preserving
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposal intended to make it easier to develop renewable energy projects on BLM-administered lands...
Swell Energy Secures Grid Services Contract with Hawaiian Electric
Swell Energy Inc., a California-based energy and smart grid solutions provider, says the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved its $25 million contract...
ENGIE Adds 2 GW of Renewables to North American Portfolio
ENGIE North America says it added nearly 2 GW of renewable energy to the U.S. in 2020 as part of its commitment to deliver...
Silicon Ranch Awards IEA Lumpkin Solar Farm Construction Contract
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, has been awarded a 100 MW AC...
Recurrent Breaks Ground on One of California’s Largest Solar+Storage Projects
Canadian Solar Inc., a global solar technology company, says its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, has completed the sale of the Slate project to Goldman...
Clearway Powers On Rosamond Central Solar Project
Clearway Energy Group, an owner and operator of renewable assets, has completed construction and reached commercial operations on the 192 MW Rosamond Central solar...
Nebraska Representatives to Issue RFP Seeking Renewable Generation
Gov. Pete Ricketts has made a joint announcement with representatives of Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), Monolith Materials and Norris Public Power District regarding...
PG&E Seeks CPUC Approval to Expand California Battery Storage Portfolio
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has requested California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of six additional battery energy storage projects totaling 387 MW...
EDF Renewables North America Signs Solar PPA with BASF
EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, says the Space City Solar Project is progressing with development milestones with the recent...
SEIA: Solar Rebounds from Pandemic in Q3
U.S. solar companies installed 3.8 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q3 - a 9% increase from Q2 installations - as the...
Dominion, BrightSuite Partner to Install Solar at Virginia Schools
Twenty-one schools across Virginia are reducing their carbon footprints by powering their operations with solar energy through a partnership between BrightSuite Solar, a subsidiary...
Terra-Gen, Mortenson Team Up on Record-Breaking Solar+Storage Project
Terra-Gen, a renewable energy developer and operator, has entered an agreement with Mortenson, a builder, developer and engineering services provider, to proceed on the...
sPower Adds Nine New York Solar Projects to Portfolio
sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has acquired nine solar projects in New York from National Grid Renewables. The portfolio includes projects...
SCE: California Grid Needs to Adapt to Realize Clean Energy Future
Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges. These challenges are created...