Updates on projects and companies in the California & Northwest region.

Solar generation, data centers, infrastructure and manufacturing projects powered the Southwest in 2022.

Solar energy equipment maker First Solar Inc. recently announced plans to build a $1-billion photovoltaic module manufacturing plant at a to-be-determined location in the southeast U.S., and to invest another $185 million upgrading and expanding one of its existing plants in Ohio.

REPowerEU plan calls for $220 billion in spending to disconnect from Russian oil and gas

President Joe Biden extends Trump administration tariffs by four years, but also eases terms to exclude a panel technology used on utility-grade solar projects.

Completed in December 2020, the 61-MWdc solar farm is built on 180 acres of igneous rock in the 2,200-acre Reno Technology Park.

Puerto Rico will get 100% of its power from renewable resources by 2050 under legislation signed April 12 by the territory’s governor.