After years of starts and stops, workers have installed the final blades on the last turbine to complete Vineyard Wind off the coast of Massachusetts, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the U.S. It will be at least several weeks until all of the wind farm’s turbines are generating power for the New England grid, but the end of construction is a milestone for the project and the U.S. offshore wind industry.
U.S. corporate clean energy procurement hit a record high in 2025, growing by 12% with the majority of deals for solar PV capacity, according to new figures from the Clean Energy Buyers Association. Over 70% of the new capacity announcements in 2025 included solar PV, the report said.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved Garden State Energy Storage Program (GSESP) incentives for three transmission-connected battery energy storage projects with a combined capacity of 355 MW. The same day, it opened a solicitation for another 645 MW of standalone storage or solar-plus-storage eligible for GSESP incentives.
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission is evaluating updates to the rules defining and regulating local solar power development. Commissioners and members of the public focused on potential impacts to agricultural land, what level of review certain projects may require, and fire risk. Ultimately, the commission voted unanimously to continue the discussion to May 4.
Two facilities now online in Santa Paula, California, pull solar power from the grid during the day, and bank it for use at peak times and at night. Es Volta started work on the projects in 2019. Company officials say that the 45 MW of capacity from the facilities can power around 45,000 homes for about four hours.
Ormat Technologies’ 80 MW/320 MWh Shirk battery energy storage system (BESS) in Visalia has reached commercial operation. According to Ormat, the Shirk project is eligible for a 40% investment tax credit.
Idemitsu Renewables’ Azalea Solar and Storage Project has achieved commercial operation, bringing 60 MW solar and 38 MW/152 MWh storage capacity to Kern County. Azalea has a long-term power purchase agreement with Sonoma Clean Power Authority.
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