USDA rule change effectively ends REAP solar grants for farmers
The withdrawn federal share pushes on-farm solar toward sponsors that can carry the full construction cost.
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Newsom signs California energy-affordability bills to expand virtual power plants
The signed package includes two virtual-power-plant bills framed around containing utility spending, but Canary Media's reporting does not name the bills or attach a capacity figure.
Levi's, Marks & Spencer launch Fashion Renewable Collective with Schneider Electric
The Fashion Renewable Collective offers suppliers access to PPAs, certificates and storage, but the launch announcement omits dollar commitments or contracted volume.
German renewables hit a record 60.7% share of power use in first nine months
Renewables Now reports the consumption-share figure; the headline carries no breakdown by technology, owner or price.
Apex secures financing for 150-MW Illinois solar project, with no terms disclosed
Renewables Now reports the 150-MW Illinois project without naming lenders, financing amount, or offtake counterparty.
Utilize Coalition proposes two grid-utilization metrics before Dominion and Appalachian Power's Oct. 15 filings
Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power must submit proposed utilization metrics to the Virginia State Corporation Commission by Oct. 15 under Virginia's April legislation.
Amazon signs 20-year PPA with Constellation for Calvert Cliffs expansion
The agreement covers 690MW and supports more than $3 billion of investment, including about 190MW of new nuclear capacity due online by 2032.
Valar Atomics proposes 456-reactor SMR data center campus in Utah
The Project Beehive filing covers more than 9,000 acres near Price and targets a first reactor in 2028, with no offtake customer named in the coverage.
Apex Clean Energy and Meta enter a Texas solar PPA; terms are not stated
Canary Media's account frames the contract against Meta's continuing gas use, and gives no capacity, term or price.
Globeleq reaches financial close on 40-MW Zambian solar, price undisclosed
The report names capacity and country but no construction cost, lender, tariff or offtaker.
Alight buys a 2-GW Swedish solar pipeline, price undisclosed
A Renewables Now report names the buyer and capacity but omits the seller, project list, grid position, and financing terms.
NZ Clean and Mercury seal PPA for 118-MW New Zealand solar-storage park
The announcement names the park's capacity and its offtaker but gives no location, price, or contract term.
NexGen seals Philippine solar off-take with Marubeni affiliate
Renewables Now names NexGen and a Marubeni affiliate but not the signing entity, capacity, price or tenor.
Senate permitting bill targets high-voltage lines as Dec. 11 deadline nears
Canary Media reports the legislation could cut electricity costs by billions of dollars and improve reliability over the coming decade if Congress passes it.
Colorado hospital weighs renewables-and-battery system that may qualify for 48E credits
Alliant's Matthew Noll estimates the $65 million addition could yield $4 million to $8 million in credits, which he says trade at 85 to 93 cents on the dollar.
NYPA takes majority stake in a solar P3, P3 Bulletin reports
The roundup entry names no project, capacity, site or price, and it is the only item stating a share of ownership.
FERC rejects PJM's backstop cost allocation, leaving the 6.8 GW auction unscheduled
PJM had planned to take offers from Sept. 30 through Oct. 21 for capacity covering a shortfall driven largely by data center demand forecasts.
Ørsted starts construction on 200-MW Blackwater Solar without disclosing an offtake
No capital cost, lender, tax-equity participant or financial-close date has been disclosed, leaving the project's financing terms unknown.
Fluor and JGC each take $7.5bn in LNG Canada's phase two
The same 50/50 partners will add two trains and a storage tank, doubling the Kitimat site's capacity to about 28 million tonnes a year.
Amazon signs 36MW Shetland wind PPA with Statkraft for 2030 delivery
The deal adds a Scottish onshore wind asset to a UK programme Amazon counts at more than 50 agreements, with no price or contract length disclosed.
KPI Green to acquire 507.9 MW of operating wind farms in India, report says
The Renewables Now item names no seller, price, structure or number of farms, and does not say whether a signed agreement is in place.
Energy Vault is buying Goshe and secures up to $40M in S2G credit
Goshe's leadership and development teams will join the storage developer, which says the credit backs development, construction and operation of the acquired portfolio.
US nuclear regulator proposes “wholesale revision” of plant rules
Canary Media reports the proposal would cut reporting requirements for nonemergency events and remove an expiration date on standard design approvals.
ACP and Wood Mackenzie project 27% growth in commercial energy storage
Average U.S. storage duration rose to 3.5 hours from 2.8 as second-quarter commercial-property installations fell to 48 MW after an incentive-driven first quarter in California.
Rezolv closes funding for 1.3-GWp Dama Solar in Romania
Renewables Now reports the closing but no lender, sum or offtake.
Energy Vault wins New South Wales approval for 1-GWh battery project
Renewables Now reports the state sign-off on the storage project, and the coverage names no offtaker, capex or commissioning date.
SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws protests, including from its own market monitor
WAPA, Basin Electric and Guzman Energy seek changes to the Sept. 4 proposal, which would run until mandatory adequacy rules take effect on June 1, 2027.
New York awards 950 MW of batteries in first bulk storage round
NYSERDA says the first bulk storage round more than doubles all utility-scale storage awarded, contracted and installed in the state, and payments begin only once projects run.
Subsea Micropiles invests GBP 5m in Scottish floating wind supply chain
The report names a company, country and GBP 5m sum, but not the site, counterparty or structure of the investment.
Net Zero Atlantic to share offshore wind expertise with unnamed European groups
The Renewables Now headline does not identify the European participants or describe what the arrangement covers.
Navaris orders Nordex turbines for a 42 MW German wind project
The 29 September order is the latest Navaris disclosure in Germany to name megawatts without a price.
New York's 1GW storage contract round tests a 2040 fossil-free mandate
Canary Media reports scant progress toward the 2040 fossil-free target and puts a 1GW storage contract round at the center of whether that changes.
Fervo Energy begins selling power from Cape Station's initial 33-MW unit
Canary Media reports the Utah project is the first utility-scale next-generation geothermal plant to sell power; Google has contracted 396 megawatts at the site.
CGN commissions a 2-GW offshore wind farm in China using 18-MW turbines
Renewables Now reports the commissioning; at 2,000 MW and 18 MW a machine, a uniform array would work out to roughly 111 turbines.
Iberdrola to acquire Contigo Energia's Spanish power retail business
Renewables Now names the buyer, seller and asset but reports no purchase price, customer count or expected close.
Saint-Gobain signs 60 GWh-a-year UK power deal with TotalEnergies
The announcement omits price, contract length and the generating asset, so the same 60 GWh could be financing for new build or a hedge on existing output.
Lirion Power is acquiring a 77-MW Irish wind portfolio from GIP
Renewables Now names buyer, seller and capacity, but no purchase price, offtake counterparty or completion date
ACEN sells 10% of 250-MW Indian solar project without naming buyer or price
The Renewables Now report names neither buyer nor valuation, leaving the implied price per megawatt unstated.
Rural America holds the megawatts; the counties hold the veto
An 87% rural generation share turns county boards and interconnection dockets, not land, into the binding constraint on the next tranche of clean capacity.
Low Carbon's 500-MW Oxfordshire plan arrives without a buyer
A second Low Carbon headline in a month carries capacity and a county but no counterparty, which makes it a financing document before it is an infrastructure one.