Lightsource bp, together with the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA), has opened the 130 MW DC / 100 MW AC Black Bear Solar project for operations, which will serve AMEA’s 11 member municipal utilities. Located 15 miles from AMEA’s headquarters, Black Bear will deliver solar energy to AMEA under a 20-year power sales agreement from […]
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EDF Renewables North America and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) have started construction on 22.5 MW of local solar projects representing the first phase of projects across the ODEC member service territories in Virginia and Delaware. The total portfolio will add approximately 50 MW to several ODEC member communities while at the same time providing […]
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National Grid Renewables has started construction on its Copperhead Solar & Storage Project, a 150 MW solar and 100 MWh storage project in Falls County, Texas. National Grid Renewables has also announced a 140 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with The Hershey Co. for Copperhead, marking the second PPA between Hershey and National Grid Renewables […]
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC, an investment manager and independent power producer, has purchased, through a wholly owned subsidiary, a portfolio of up to nine pre-operational solar projects from Norwich Solar. When completed, the Vermont projects will lower power bills for local farmers and give new life to brownfield sites restricted from most uses. The […]
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More than 300 leading clean energy companies are calling on International Code Council (ICC) voters to reject a code proposal from FEMA that will upend U.S. clean energy progress, and instead, approve a set of compromise solutions, states the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The proposed FEMA change to the 2024 International Building Code, S76-22, […]
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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch and solar manufacturer First Solar Inc. have expanded the 4 GW master supply agreement that the partners announced in April 2022. To support its growing portfolio of contracted solar projects, Silicon Ranch has secured an additional 700 MW of advanced thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, designed and developed in the United […]
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7-Eleven Inc. has enrolled in MIGreenPower, DTE Energy’s voluntary renewable energy program. The enrollment will enable 7-Eleven to achieve 100% renewable energy for all 160 of its southeast Michigan locations for 20 years beginning in 2025. 7-Eleven’s 32,000 MWh clean energy commitment has the environmental benefit equivalent to taking nearly 3,000 gasoline-powered passenger cars off […]
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Entergy Services LLC has selected GridUnity‘s cloud-based Interconnection Lifecycle Management software product to streamline the interconnection process for distributed energy resources. Entergy delivers electricity to approximately 3 million customers through five operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. GridUnity’s platform was selected to simplify and accelerate the process of adding distributed energy resources including […]
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National Grid, an investor-owned utility, is installing sensors from LineVision, a provider of non-contact overhead power line monitoring systems, on transmission lines in western New York to increase grid capacity and reduce curtailment of planned renewable generation projects. The effort will be the first instance in New York where Dynamic Line Rating technology will be […]
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Standard Solar Inc. is expanding its community solar portfolio in Rhode Island with the acquisition of a combined 6.2 MW of projects from Trina Solar. The Portsmouth-located West Main 1 and West Main 2 ground-mount community solar projects were developed by Trina Solar. These new projects will allow subscribers – a mix of state agencies, […]
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Primergy Solar LLC, a developer, owner and operator of utility and distributed scale solar and storage, has entered a sole battery supply agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) for the $1.2 billion Gemini Solar+Storage Project outside of Las Vegas. Once completed, Gemini will be one of the largest operational solar+storage projects in the […]
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In its third annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed nearly two dozen new solar and energy storage projects for Virginia customers. If approved, the projects will provide more than 800 MW of electricity. The proposal includes 10 solar and energy storage projects, totaling nearly 500 […]
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