The cost of solar power has dropped 90% over the last two decades and will likely fall another 15% to 25% in the decade to come, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie. By 2030, the company says, solar will become the cheapest source of new power in every U.S. state, plus Canada, China […]
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Europe recorded its greenest electricity year ever in 2020. For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewables than from fossil fuels. Renewables accounted for 38% of Europe’s electricity mix in 2020 – compared with only 37% for fossil fuels – according to a joint analysis by Agora Energiewende and Ember, a U.K.-based think […]
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Borrego, a developer, EPC and O&M provider for large-scale renewable energy projects throughout the U.S., has unveiled its new brand identity, a reorganized corporate structure and a strategy focused on utility-scale solar and storage opportunities. “Our refreshed brand reflects an evolution in our company,” says Mike Hall, CEO of Borrego. “We’ve been around for 40 […]
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In the next decade, rural communities have a significant opportunity to strengthen and diversify their local economies by embracing and actively engaging in the ongoing renewable energy transition, according to a recently released report from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). According to RMI’s Seeds of Opportunity report, by 2030, renewable energy capacity in the U.S. […]
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Ingeteam Inc., an international technology group that specializes in electric power conversion, has supplied and commissioned 53 of its solar PV power stations for the 160 MW Rancho Seco II solar plant. The photovoltaic (PV) facility, built by Rosendin Electric for DE Shaw Renewable Investments, is the largest fixed-tilt solar plant in Sacramento County, Calif. […]
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NovaSource Power Services and SunSystem Technology LLC (SST), providers of operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the renewable energy industry, say the two companies have merged. The merger is effective immediately, and the companies will bring together operations in the coming months. Upon completion of the merger, the combined group will operate under the NovaSource […]
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Xcel Energy Minnesota has been fined $1 million by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for exceeding a set number of customer service complaints due to delays in the interconnection process, according to a blog post recently published by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The article notes that in 2019 the Minnesota PUC passed […]
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First Solar Inc., a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Leeward Renewable Energy Development LLC pursuant to which Leeward will acquire from First Solar a utility-scale solar project platform of approximately 10 GW AC. Headquartered in Dallas, Leeward is a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, […]
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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 been named the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company of choice for the newly formed Black Sunrise Half Century Fund (BSF). OSS is partnering with Akon, Akon Lighting America and the BSF […]
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Europe has recorded its greenest electricity year ever in 2020. For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewables than from fossil fuels. Renewables accounted for 38% of Europe’s electricity mix in 2020 – compared with only 37% for fossil fuels – according to a joint analysis by Agora Energiewende and Ember, a U.K.-based […]
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EDF Renewables North America, a company that specializes in renewable energy production, has achieved commercial operation of its Maverick 1 (173.4 MW DC) and Maverick 4 (135.9 MW DC) solar projects. Maverick 1 provides 125 MW AC of electricity to Southern California Edison under a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA), while Maverick 4 supplies 100 […]
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Enphase Energy Inc., a global energy management technology company and supplier of solar+storage systems, says Enphase storage systems are now compatible with Enphase M215 and M250 microinverter-based solar systems. The expanded compatibility provides approximately 300,000 additional Enphase system owners with the possibility of achieving grid-agnostic energy resilience through the Enphase Upgrade Program. “The Enphase Upgrade […]
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