Photo: Ampion Renewable Energy Ampion Renewable Energy has brought five community solar farms in Maine online, adding nearly 25 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to the grid annually and generating over 28 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. Located in Franklin (main photo), Aroostook, Penobscot, and Washington Counties, these solar farms serve customers in Versant…

Photo: Toyota Toyota just got a $4.5 million boost from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to make EV batteries more sustainable. The funding comes from ARPA-E’s CIRCULAR program, which focuses on creating a sustainable, domestic supply chain for EV batteries. The project, led by Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), aims to…

Photo: Nexamp Walmart is working with community solar developer and operator Nexamp to build 31 community solar farms across the US. The community solar farms are expected to generate over 120 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, create 1,500 construction and operation jobs, and help thousands of households and businesses save money on their energy…

Photo: Toyota Toyota just got a $4.5 million boost from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to make EV batteries more sustainable. The funding comes from ARPA-E’s CIRCULAR program, which focuses on creating a sustainable, domestic supply chain for EV batteries. The project, led by Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), aims to…

Photo: RWE US coal giant Peabody and Germany’s RWE are teaming up to develop 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar and energy storage projects on former mining land in the Midwest. It’s an unlikely but strategic partnership: RWE is one of the world’s leading renewable energy developers, while Peabody was once the largest private-sector coal company…

Map: Attentive Energy After Donald Trump’s US election win, French energy giant TotalEnergies has hit the pause button on Attentive Energy, its planned offshore wind farm off the New York coast. “Offshore wind, I have decided to put the [Attentive Energy] project on pause” with Trump’s return, said Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne on Tuesday at…

Image: Maxeon Solar Technologies Singapore-headquartered Maxeon Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: MAXN) is restructuring to focus exclusively on the US market, but it’s put its $1 billion Albuquerque solar cell factory on ice. Maxeon Solar bets on the US Maxeon is selling off its global sales and marketing assets in EMEA, Latin America, and Asia Pacific to…

Photo: Shutterstock/Pine Gate Renewables The US’s largest proposed solar and storage project, the 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Sunstone Solar, just got the go-ahead from Oregon regulators. The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council gave its final approval, allowing solar and storage developer Pine Gate Renewables to move ahead with building the massive 1200 MW solar farm paired…

Photo: Arevon One of the US’s largest solar + battery storage projects is now online in Mojave, California. Arevon Energy’s Eland 1 Solar-plus-Storage Project combines a 384-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a 150-MW/600 MWh battery storage system. Its second phase, Eland 2, is under construction and set to go live in early 2025. Once completed,…

Photo: Solar Landscape Commercial rooftop solar developer Solar Landscape secured a record-breaking $847 million in 2024 to fund its largest-ever portfolio of commercial rooftop solar projects. This windfall will finance over 200 US installations and bring clean energy to the equivalent of more than 50,000 homes. Solar Landscape’s record-breaking 2024 Prologis, a global logistics giant,…