Daily briefs on utility-scale solar project announcements, completions, financing, and policy — summarized from public reporting, with every fact attributed back to its source.
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Reverse-chronological coverage of utility-scale solar announcements, completions, financing, and policy.
Wood Mackenzie forecasts Latin America's energy storage capacity will grow from 2.5 GW in 2025 to 34 GW by 2035, led by Chile amid ongoing financing and regulatory barriers.
Source: pv magazine
Cbm-Tech has launched a green hydrogen hub in Walvis Bay combining 5 MW of solar, a 5 MW PEM electrolyzer and 5.9 MWh of battery storage.
Source: pv magazine
NRDC projects Trump administration energy policies could cost the US between 390 GW and 540 GW of new wind, solar, and storage capacity over the next decade.
Source: Utility Dive
EPC firm Northern Sun Energy has begun construction on a 23-MWDC community solar portfolio in Waterford and Boonville, New York, for developer Seaboard Solar.
Source: Solar Power World
ForeFront Power is finishing a 5.8-MW solar canopy paired with a 1.9-MW battery at Ventura County's Government Center, projected to save the county $21 million in energy costs.
Source: Solar Power World
Burns & McDonnell and Gritt announced a strategic partnership to evaluate and deploy AI-powered robotics technology on utility-scale solar construction projects.
Source: Solar Power World
PJM is considering new rules to make its surplus interconnection service more workable after an earlier 2025 reform effort yielded little uptake, as the grid operator faces growing capacity shortfalls.
Source: Utility Dive
Duke Energy filed its 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan with South Carolina regulators, proposing 18.5 GW of new solar, 14 GW of gas and 13 GW of storage through 2041.
Source: Utility Dive
EDF Power Solutions has signed two 25-year PPAs with NV Energy for the Winston Energy project, pairing 400 MW of solar with a 400 MW/1,600 MWh battery system in Lyon County, Nevada.
Source: PV Tech
Industry experts speaking at a Regulatory Assistance Project webinar said virtual power plants are increasingly valued for affordability, reliability and resilience benefits, citing utility programs at National Grid and Xcel Energy.
Source: Utility Dive
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council released a draft regional power plan proposing 9 GW of renewables, 2.1 GW of gas and 5.2 GW of storage by 2032 to meet rising demand.
Source: Utility Dive
A Utility Dive review of more than two dozen Q2 2026 earnings calls finds utilities balancing data center growth pipelines against equipment backlogs, public backlash, and questions about cost recovery.
Source: Utility Dive
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved 16 pilot agrivoltaics projects totaling 52.06 MW, pairing solar generation with active farmland across eight counties.
Source: Solar Power World
Colorado's Dispatchable Distributed Generation program requires the state's largest utilities to buy at least 50 MW a year of community-scale solar paired with batteries in 2026 and 2027.
Source: Utility Dive
The Microsoft-backed Carwarp Energy Park, a 150 MW solar project in Victoria, Australia developed by Recurrent Energy, has reached commercial operation.
Source: SolarQuarter
A June BLM geothermal lease sale in New Mexico raised more than $16.5 million and set a federal per-acre bid record, signaling rising competition ahead of upcoming Western state auctions.
Source: Utility Dive
CESC subsidiary Purvah Green Power has agreed to acquire a 1,411 MW renewables portfolio, predominantly solar, from ReNew Solar Power for roughly INR 48.6 billion.
Source: PV Tech
Origis Energy has brought three additional phases of its Rockhound Solar complex online in Ector County, Texas, adding roughly 500 MW and pushing the site's total capacity toward 1 GW.
Source: pv magazine USA
Tesla has agreed to purchase power from Project Sterling, a 509 MW solar and 1.4 GWh storage project in Arizona being developed by ContourGlobal, with commercial operation targeted for 2028.
Source: Solar Power World
A new FCC rule barring foreign-produced solar inverters could force utility-scale projects into costly interconnection re-studies if they need to swap equipment to comply.
Source: pv magazine USA
Meta has contracted the output of Mowata Solar, a 172 MW project in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, developed by Lightsource bp, as part of its ongoing regional data center buildout.
Source: Solar Power World
A 1.2 GW solar project backed by $1.7 billion in financing has begun construction near Bremond, Texas, interconnecting alongside an existing coal plant that will keep operating.
Source: Solar Power World
Elawan Energy has closed €760 million in non-recourse project financing for Project Himalaya, a 1.3 GW Spanish portfolio in which solar accounts for 989 MW of capacity.
Source: PV Tech
Avantus has closed a $525 million financing package for the 184 MW Aratina 2 solar and 452 MWh storage project in Kern County, California, backed by a 15-year PPA with Southern California Edison.
Source: PV Tech