EDF Renewable Energy

$1B Palen Solar Project Gains Fed Approval for 500 MW PV, Side-Steps California Energy Commission

The decade-old 500 MW Palen Solar Project has finally won decisive federal approval to go ahead as an estimated $1 billion photovoltaic project in the California desert after years of controversy and varied ownership. The November 1 approval by the US Bureau of Land Management also side-steps years of regulatory consideration of the project by the California Energy Commission, when the plant was still being proposed as a solar thermal project.

EDF Renewable Energy Acquires groSolar

US independent power producer EDF Renewable Energy has acquired the industry-leading commercial- and utility-scale solar PV firm groSolar. On Monday, EDF Renewable Energy announced that it had acquired groSolar (Global Resource Options), “a privately owned company, which provides development and turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of solar photovoltaic (PV) … [continued]