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160-MW Virginia solar project will support Facebook data centers

Social media giant Facebook signed a power purchase agreement on a 160-MWAC solar facility that will be built in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Chester solar will support Facebook’s data centers in the region, including the Henrico Data Center in Eastern Henrico County. D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Torch Clean Energy are developing the project. “The […]

Cinema goes solar at Connecticut movie theater

Hartford, Connecticut-based solar developer Verogy completed a 365-kW rooftop solar energy project at Cinemark North Haven and XD in North Haven. Cinemark will own the system and use the clean energy it produces to power a meaningful portion of its operations. Credit: Verogy The 960-module array will produce 434,285 kWh annually. “Verogy has been an […]

Austrac limited when regulating overseas terrorism financing via online platforms

Representatives from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac) on Monday said far-right extremists were increasingly using online platforms, such as Telegram and cryptocurrency exchange platforms, to fund their operations. But due to Austrac’s remit only being financing activity within Australia’s banking system, the agency’s CEO said its scope for catching financing of terrorism […]