Global Solar Council Launches AgriPV Task Force to Accelerate Agrivoltaics Deployment Worldwide
The Global Solar Council (GSC) has announced the launch of its new AgriPV Task Force, a global initiative designed to accelerate the deployment of agrivoltaics (AgriPV), a practice that allows solar energy generation and agricultural activity to coexist on the same land. The Task Force was launched at Intersolar Europe 2026 and will be chaired […]
PowerBank Completes 7 MW Community Solar Project for Honeywell in Upstate New York
PowerBank Corporation has announced that its 7.01-megawatt (MW) DC community solar project known as SB 13-2 in upstate New York has achieved commercial operation. The project was developed and constructed by PowerBank for Honeywell International Inc. as part of a $41 million transaction covering a portfolio of three community solar projects totaling 21 MW DC. […]
Target Now Operates One of the Largest Retail EV Charging Networks in the U.S.
Target now hosts EV charging at more than 300 stores across 42 states, with approximately 3,000 charging stalls in operation, making it one of the largest retail charging footprints in the United States. Going by total charging ports, Target’s network ranks between the fourth- and fifth-largest in the country, according to The EV Report. The […]
Keynote Recap – Risk, Return & the Road Ahead: An Unfiltered Conversation on Clean Energy Finance
The Day 2 keynote lunch at the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Midwest conference and trade show took a candid look at the state of clean energy finance, bringing together a capital provider and a distributed generation (DG) developer for a conversation that was more frank than most panels of this type. Moderated […]
Keynote Recap – How the Midwest is Tackling AI Growth with Solar and Storage
Presented by Canary Media, the Day 2 keynote breakfast at the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Midwest conference and trade show took on a question that has become central to the clean energy conversation: can solar, storage, and other renewables actually meet the 24/7 energy demands of the AI data center boom? Moderator Julian […]
Keynote Recap – From Backlog to Energization: How Top Developers & EPCs are Delivering at Scale
The lunch keynote on Day 1 of the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Midwest conference and trade show brought together perspectives from two sides of the project delivery equation: the owner-operator deploying capital over a 35-year horizon, and the EPC tasked with putting steel in the ground at unprecedented scale. Moderated by Yann […]
Keynote Recap – How Midwest Utilities Are Adapting to a New Energy Reality
On the morning of Tuesday, June 16 in Rosemont, Illinois, a room full of solar and storage professionals got a rare thing: utility executives being candid about how much has changed and how much they still don’t know. The opening keynote breakfast at the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Midwest conference and trade […]
NV Energy’s $1.5BÂ Churchill County Solar+Storage Project on Target for Early Delivery
NV Energy’s 400-megawatt (MW) Sierra Solar project in Churchill County, Nevada is on track for completion ahead of its scheduled April 2027 date, with the battery energy storage system (BESS) already online and solar array construction well underway. The $1.5 billion project spans 6,787 acres and includes a 1,600 megawatt-hour (MWh) BESS, which came online […]
Chrysalis Renewables Closes 357 MW Arizona Solar Acquisition Under Hanwha Deal
Chrysalis Renewables LP has acquired two solar projects in La Paz, Arizona — Atlas V and Atlas VI — with a combined capacity of approximately 357 megawatts (MWdc), marking the first transaction under its strategic partnership with Hanwha Renewables LLC. According to Renewables Now, the two projects represent the initial phases of the multi-stage Atlas […]
Nexamp, TurningPoint Energy Bring Community Solar to Reclaimed Coal Mine in Minonk, Illinois
Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy recently celebrated the commissioning of two community solar projects in Minonk, Illinois, built on a reclaimed former coal mine site in Woodford County. The two projects have a combined capacity of 9.8 megawatts (MWdc), utilizing 16,950 solar panels across approximately 40 acres and sending energy directly to the ComEd grid. Both […]
Workshop Recap – The Post-ITC Playbook: Structuring Viable Projects After 2027
How Developers, Financiers, and Energy Buyers are Rethinking Project Strategy For two decades, the investment tax credit has shaped how solar and storage gets financed, developed, and deployed. As safe harbor windows close and federal incentives phase down, the industry is facing something it hasn’t dealt with before: a real market reset. At Intersolar & […]
Flatland Energy Storage Comes Online in Arizona as EDP Group’s Largest BESS Project
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and Salt River Project (SRP) recently celebrated the completion of Flatland Energy Storage, a 200-megawatt (MW)/800 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Arizona. The project is the largest BESS within the EDP Group and has the capacity to power the equivalent of approximately 44,500 Arizona homes, helping […]