Unlocking next-gen solar is the key to grid reliability
To ensure a stable power grid, we must fix bankability and insurability for next-gen solar systems, writes contributor William Sweet.| Commercial & Utility-Scale Solar News & Insights
AES has deployed the world's first fleet of AI-enabled solar robots to the second phase of the Bellefield project in Kern County, California.| Latest Renewable Energy Updates, Trends & Insights
To ensure a stable power grid, we must fix bankability and insurability for next-gen solar systems, writes contributor William Sweet.| Commercial & Utility-Scale Solar News & Insights
Funding from Facebook is helping to pay for a $100 million solar project in Orangeburg County that otherwise would have cost power companies too much to build.| Commercial & Utility-Scale Solar News & Insights
China has been installing solar panels far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off.| Commercial & Utility-Scale Solar News & Insights
Developers have already added 12 GW of utility scale solar in the U.S. so far in 2025, with another 21 GW planned by the end of the year.| Factor This™
One project is one of the largest single-site solar installations approved, while the other will include a 50 MW battery energy storage system.| Factor This™
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has opened a public consultation on plans to redevelop the UK’s energy network.| Solar Power Portal
Prioritizing domestic content options has become a leading way for project developers to mitigate risk, but not without roadblocks, writes Anza CEO Mike Hall.| Factor This™
Seeking power for AI data centers, major tech companies have contrasting views on the best way to mitigate their environmental impact.| Factor This™
Storage and timed release of electricity through the use of large-scale energy storage systems could reduce how much energy we waste.| Factor This™
This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.| Factor This™
A team at Argonne National Laboratory set out to develop a camera system that could continuously monitor how birds behave around solar panels, using AI.| Renewable Energy World
The new plan anticipates adding no new coal-fired generation while building as many as four new natural gas-fired plants plus battery storage systems for solar energy.| Renewable Energy World
Duke Energy's Green Source Advantage (GSA) program provides large nonresidential customers the opportunity to offset their power purchases by securing renewable energy from new projects connected to the local Duke Energy grid.| Renewable Energy World
Google will purchase 90 megawatts of renewable energy from ENGIE's forthcoming Chillingham solar project located north of Austin, Texas.| Renewable Energy World
The data includes hourly solar, onshore, and offshore wind production published at a county granularity by aggregating 3 km data for the contiguous United States.| Renewable Energy World
The average construction cost for natural gas-fired generators fell 11% between 2021 and 2022.| Renewable Energy World
The number of suitable land parcels for renewable energy projects is "rapidly shrinking," and developers who delay risk being left with fewer, less desirable options, according to a new analysis from Paces, a data and software provider.| Renewable Energy World
Lightsource bp's 188-megawatt Honeysuckle Solar has a PPA with Google to power its forthcoming $2 billion data center campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana.| Renewable Energy World
GridUnity was selected to receive funding through the Department of Energy's GRIP program to build out its software platform promising to speed up the interconnection process.| Renewable Energy World
This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.| Renewable Energy World
This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.| Renewable Energy World
Virginia's data centers promise to strain the grid, necesitating renewable generation amidst the commonwealth's transition to clean energy.| Factor This™
Duke Energy's Lake Placid Solar Power Plant in Highlands County, Florida sustained a direct hit from a tornado ahead of Hurricane Milton.| Renewable Energy World
Nearly 80% of the plan's power generation over the next 15 years is carbon-free, including 3,400 MW of offshore wind, and 12,000 MW of solar.| Factor This™
State residents are voting for three seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, which has come under scrutiny for its continued support of fossil fuels and resistance to supporting more solar in the state.| Renewable Energy World
EDP subsidiaries have inaugurated Pearl River Solar in Mississippi and announced a 15-year PPA for a 150 MWac solar project in Illinois.| Renewable Energy World
