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,…

Photo: Nextracker Nextracker just set a milestone in US clean energy manufacturing: It has delivered the first-ever solar trackers expected to meet 100% domestic content requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These US-made trackers are now on their way to power SB Energy’s Pelican’s Jaw solar project in Kern County, California. (Solar trackers, typically…

Photo: BayWa r.e. Cambridge, Massachusetts, has signed the largest-ever virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) by a US city to help build a utility-scale solar farm in Illinois. The 135 megawatt (MW) project on 800 acres in Champaign County, called Prairie Solar, will add clean energy to the grid, and Cambridge will earn renewable energy…

Mingyang Smart Energy’s huge 16.6 megawatt (MW) OceanX, with its double-turbine, “V”-shaped floating wind platform, has begun operations. Mingyang announced late last week that it had come online on LinkedIn. The single-capacity floating wind platform was launched from Guangzhou, China, in August and is now installed at Mingyang’s Yangjiang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm…

Published: November 23, 2024 Digital platform security company Irdeto, and ChargeHub, a interoperability electric vehicle (EV) charging hub for the North American market, announced the next phase of their strategic partnership. Following the initial collaboration announced in November 2023, the partners said this enhanced offering introduces a new value proposition for EV manufacturers and service…

Photo: Vista Sand Solar Farm The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) has approved Vista Sands Solar Farm, which will become the most powerful solar farm in the state. Doral Renewables’ Portage County project will be the most powerful solar farm in Wisconsin and among the most powerful in the US, generating nearly 1.3 gigawatts…

Published: November 19, 2024 Reliant and GM Energy have introduced a new electricity plan aimed at Chevrolet electric vehicle (EV) owners, which will provide Chevrolet EV drivers who enroll in the new Reliant Free Charge Nights plan free nighttime charging. More than 150 Chevrolet dealerships across Texas can now offer the plan to EV…

Photo: Cyclic Materials Cyclic Materials, a cleantech company focused on metals recycling, has struck a multi-year deal with Swiss mining giant Glencore to supply recycled copper. The collaboration is a step forward in making copper production more sustainable and meeting the skyrocketing demand for materials essential to clean energy technologies. Cyclic Materials extracts copper…