Dive Brief: Amazon on Thursday announced three new renewable energy projects, totaling 265 MW as part of its efforts to power 80% of its operations from renewable power by 2024 and 100% by 2030. Two of the projects will be U.S.-based solar farms and the third will be a wind farm in the U.K., all scheduled …
Author: Sarah Davis
2020 US renewable energy market trends
Research firm Deloitte has released a new report which examines the renewable energy market in the US. According to the report Renewable Energy Industry Outlook, the industry will continue to grow in 2020. Read more about renewable energy here Marlene Motyka, Deloitte’s Global and US Renewable Energy Leader, said the three key drivers for continued renewable energy growth in …
Facebook to Purchase Renewable Power from Apex’s Altavista Solar Project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 21, 2019– Apex Clean Energy announced today that Altavista Solar has executed a power purchase agreement with Facebook for a 61.6MW portion of the project. Altavista Solar will become the first solar energy project in Campbell County, Virginia, when it becomes operational in 2020. The deal, which will help support Facebook’s operations …
Utility-Scale Solar Set to Eclipse Onsite Installations in US Corporate Market
The onsite C&I market is struggling in the face of high transaction costs and financing limitations. (Credit: Walmart) Starting next year, offsite corporate deals are expected to become the largest source of business-led solar procurement in the United States. Procurement from offsite solar power-purchase agreements is expected to triple between 2019 and 2020, and will …