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Pennsylvania-based solar developer Glidepath Ventures told Greentech Media it has sold its first projects: a 278-megawatt, 12-project portfolio to Canada’s Grasshopper Solar, plus another four projects totaling 887-megawatts to an unnamed independent…

Bifacial solar modules are the new normal for developer Lightsource BP, the company tells GTM. Lightsource BP, among Europe's largest solar developers, installed a bifacial test system in Northern Ireland in 2018. Real-world data from that has made the…

The nation's top rooftop solar installer finished the year with a burst of home solar-plus-storage deals. Sunrun installed a record 117 megawatts of solar in Q4, within its most recent guidance for the quarter and up 9 percent from Q3. Sunrun also reported…

The 100 percent renewable energy future doesn’t start with a country, state or region. It starts with a city. One power plant in a city, in fact. In Glendale, California. Glendale is a city of 200,000 people just north of Los Angeles. And in 2014,…

Ameren Missouri, the largest investor-owned utility in the Midwestern state, has filed a $7.6 billion grid modernization plan that includes smart meters for its nearly 1.3 million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, and more solar and…

The solar-plus-storage market is evolving rapidly, and will look completely different a decade down the road. What can we expect on the way to 2030? Here are 10 predictions. All-in-one systems will be the new normal 1. Lots of storage.  Batteries will be…

Welcome to Decarb Madness! The policy bracket game for energy wonks who don’t want to play with our future.  With March Madness just around the corner and a climate crisis closing in, Political Climate challenged four energy experts to build their ideal…

Oil major Shell has started feasibility work on what would be the largest green hydrogen project in the world. The plans would see 3-4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity established in the North Sea by 2030 purely for the manufacture of green hydrogen.…

After years of lackluster growth, renewable energy yieldco stocks recovered in dramatic fashion in 2019 — and Avangrid, one of the largest U.S. renewables operators, is paying close attention. Avangrid is open to the idea of launching its own separately…

Panasonic confirmed Wednesday it will exit Tesla’s Gigafactory in Buffalo, New York, where it worked with the automaker to produce solar cells and modules. Panasonic will cease its operations in New York and completely leave the facility by September as…

A spate of recent acquisitions has left European oil and gas majors poised to become leaders in the solar market — with offshore wind also a growing focus. The top tier of solar asset owners worldwide could change dramatically over the next 12 months due to…

Residential solar company Sunnova experienced a surge in customers buying energy storage in the fourth quarter of 2019, CEO John Berger said on an earnings call Tuesday. The share of customers opting for batteries alongside solar, referred to as the…

Emerging solar markets will come of age in the 2020 as countries from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan to Malaysia join the “gigawatt club.” Outside of the OECD, there are now auctions planned in 44 countries, and a solar project pipeline of 180 gigawatts in…

Long duration grid storage company Highview Power announced Tuesday it had raised a major equity investment to support its journey to market. Global industrial conglomerate Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46 million in Highview, becoming the largest…

New York state is moving to add an Office of Renewable Energy Permitting to ease the approval process for new renewables projects in the state, under a proposal outlined by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Recently passed legislation requires New York to add 6…

Michigan's two big investor-owned utilities, Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, have both committed to meeting state-mandated clean energy targets and retiring coal plants by 2040. But according to state regulators, DTE’s plan doesn’t pass muster.  Last…

Solar technology is getting better and cheaper. That winning combination means that many of the oldest projects in the global solar fleet may be set for a facelift. Throw in sunsetting subsidies, worthless warranties and a smattering of poorly built projects,…

The global energy storage market quadrupled last year to 4 gigawatts of new installations, and will surge to a 15-gigawatt annual market in 2024, even as system price declines slow down, according to Wood Mackenzie. The energy storage industry begins the new…

Rio Tinto's announcement last week that it will build its first in-house solar plant to power mine operations adds to a slew of recent renewable energy pledges from mining companies. But while solar and wind have an obvious role to play in helping…

A hefty legal settlement and delays on multiple projects weighed down Q4 earnings for First Solar, the largest solar module manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere. The 20-year-old company continued to expand production capacity for its Series 6 thin-film…