Hometree

Environmental Leader | February 27, 2020

Two big players in the renewable energy space are calling it quits. Panasonic and Tesla ended their solar cell manufacturing partnership at Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, this week. The companies initially formed a joint venture in 2016, agreeing that Panasonic would help pay for part of the solar production equipment at Tesla’s facility in Buffalo, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Gigafactory 2 started manufacturing solar panel components the following year. “Called the Solar Roof, the Tesla ...

ENERGY

Nucor Corporation | March 25, 2021

Nucor Corporation today announced the signing of a 10-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with Ørsted Onshore North America, LLC for 100 megawatts from Ørsted's Western Trail wind farm (WTW) in North Texas. This is Nucor's second VPPA agreement. Nucor signed a VPPA with EDFR Renewables North America last year to be the sole off-taker for EDFR's 250-megawatt Brazos Fork solar power plant, also in Texas. Nucor's VPPA with Ørsted's WTW initiative co...

SOLAR+STORAGE

Canadian Solar | January 06, 2022

Canadian Solar Inc. announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, LLC, has completed a purchase and sale agreement with Appalachian Power for Recurrent's Firefly Energy solar project located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. With a capacity of 150 MWac, the Firefly project will be Appalachian Power's largest solar energy acquisition to date and will help the utility meet its clean energy requirements under the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The Firefly Energ...

ENERGY

wpd | May 06, 2022

Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a leading independent infrastructure investor, and wpd AG ("wpd"), a leading project developer and independent renewables power producer (IRPP) for onshore wind, offshore wind and solar, are pleased to announce that they have signed definitive agreements for GIP to acquire 100% of wpd offshore GmbH ("wpd offshore"), the offshore wind business of wpd. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. ...