The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved nearly two dozen new solar and energy storage projects to help meet the growing needs of Dominion Energy Virginia customers. Once in operation, the projects will generate more than 800 MW of electricity, enough to power about 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output. “This is another big […]
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Ameren Missouri has received approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission (MoPSC) to acquire, upon completion, a 150 MW solar facility in White County, Ill. The solar facility will also be used to support the Renewable Solutions program, which also received MoPSC approval. Ten organizations from across Missouri are the initial participants in the program, […]
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Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI), the North American renewable energy subsidiary of Libra Group, is acquiring the solar and battery development portfolios of Saturn Power, including its team of developers and a 1.4 GW pipeline of early- to late-stage solar and energy storage projects in five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. GSI says the acquisition […]
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NEXT Energy Technologies Inc. says it has received $3 million in funding under the California Energy Commission’s Realizing Accelerated Manufacturing and Production for Clean Energy Technologies (RAMP) program, to be applied toward NEXT’s development of a proprietary transparent photovoltaic coating for commercial windows. The specific purpose of NEXT’s agreement is to fund the scale-up of […]
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Duke Energy has completed two solar projects in Alachua and Suwannee counties in Florida, the latest sites in the company’s community solar program portfolio, Clean Energy Connection. The High Springs Renewable Energy Center is built on 700 acres in Alachua County. The 74.9 MW facility consists of approximately 216,000 single-axis tracking solar panels. The Hildreth […]
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Trina Solar’s tracker solution provider, TrinaTracker, has launched the second generation of its Vanguard 2P tracker, equipped with a new multi-motor control system. The 2P configuration and the fewer-pile design features help reduce BOS costs, especially for harsh soiling and scenarios with higher pile requirements. Vanguard 2P (single-axis two-in-portrait tracker) has been the main product […]
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Masdar has further expanded its presence in the U.S. renewables market after closing the acquisition of a 50% stake in a combined solar and battery storage project from EDF Renewables North America. The Big Beau project, located in California, comprises a 128 MW AC photovoltaic solar plant and a 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage […]
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Lightsource bp has closed on a $327 million financing package and started construction on the 313 MW DC Driver Solar project, located near Osceola in Mississippi County, Ark. Lightsource bp completed development, permitted and financed the project and will construct the facility under a build-transfer agreement with Entergy Arkansas. Upon completion, Driver Solar will be […]
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BAES Infrastructure and Black & Veatch today have completed the construction of two utility-scale solar projects – Crown and Sol – in central Texas’ Falls County. Commercial operations are expected to begin this month with a combined capacity of 270 MW DC. Both projects have executed a power purchase agreement with LyondellBasell to offtake 80% […]
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CIMC RAFFLES recently delivered a semi-submersible offshore floating solar power platform to CIMC Solar Marine Technology (Yantai) Co. Ltd., and it has been towed to the designated location for deployment. The platform has four single float arrays and a total installed capacity of 400 kW, as well as net deck area of approximately 1900 square […]
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Anhui Huasun Energy Co. Ltd. has signed a cooperation agreement with INERCOM Ltd., a European EPC company, for the supply of at least 1.5 GW of Himalaya series ultra-high-efficiency HJT modules by the end of 2025. Huasun first worked with INERCOM in 2021, supplying 86 MW of HJT solar modules to its utility solar project […]
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Renewable energy developer, owner and operator Longroad Energy has has sold its 108 MW DC Foxhound Solar project to Dominion Energy. Foxhound, located in Halifax County, Va., has been in development for six years and recently begun construction. Foxhound is the first-utility scale project to be certified as Virginia Pollinator-Smart, a biodiversity program overseen by […]
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