PV

McDonald’s and eBay Partner with Lightsource bp to Power US Operations with Solar

Thursday, 05 August 2021 REM McDonald’s Corporation and eBay Inc. have announced agreements with Lightsource bp to purchase power from what will be Louisiana’s largest solar project, located 30 miles northwest of Baton Rouge in ...

AES Indiana to Acquire Petersburg Solar Project

Tuesday, 03 August 2021 REM AES Indiana, a subsidiary of AES Corporation, announced plans to acquire and construct a 250 MW solar + 180MWh energy storage facility in Pike County, Ind., 125 miles southwest of downtown Indianapolis. ...

All-Women Rangers in Zimbabwe Empowered by Donated Solar + Storage

Monday, 02 August 2021 REM The International Anti-Poaching Foundation’s (IAPF) Akashinga Ranger Program is now fully powered by renewable energy, in part from a generous donation of batteries by California-based SimpliPhi Power, IDEA ...

Avangrid Renewables And Primergy Solar Advance Nevada Solar + Storage Development

Friday, 30 July 2021 REM Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Primergy Solar of Oakland, California, today confirmed a sale agreement that will advance a 600-megawatt AC (780 MWdc) portfolio of solar generation ...

Soltage close $130 million debt facility to finance solar portfolio investment

Friday, 30 July 2021 Robin Whitlock Independent renewable power producer Soltage LLC and Silicon Valley Bank have announced a $130 million debt facility which will finance a 110 MW national portfolio of projects across six states: North ...

First Solar announces intention to expand global manufacturing footprint with new facility in India

Friday, 30 July 2021 Robin Whitlock Solar PV company First Solar has announced it intends to invest $684 million in a new, fully vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar module manufacturing facility in India, pending the ...

Australia

Fimer helps to power Australian university’s Net Zero ambition

Thursday, 29 July 2021 Robin Whitlock Global solar inverter supplier Fimer has supplied its technology to 519kW solar system at La Trobe University in Melbourne, helping the university generate 724MW of solar energy annually and supporting ...

Spain

Sonnedix starts construction of 50MW Sonnedix Los Frailes solar PV plant in Spain

Wednesday, 28 July 2021 Robin Whitlock

Global solar independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has started the construction of a 50MW solar PV plant called Sonnedix Los Frailes, located in Badajoz, in southwest Spain.

City of Walla Walla, Washington, orders EV ARC off-grid charging system

Tuesday, 27 July 2021 Robin Whitlock Provider of sustainable technology for EV charging, Beam Global, has received an order from the City of Walla Walla in Washington State for its first EV ARC solar-powered EV charging system to power two ...

Opdenergy Signs REPA with AEP Energy Partners

Monday, 26 July 2021 REM Opdenergy, an independent sustainable energy producer focused on solar PV and onshore wind technologies, has announced the closing of a new Renewable Energy Purchase Agreement (REPA) in the United States ...