TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, a 380 MW solar farm located south of Houston, co-located with 225 MWh of battery storage. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football fields, Myrtle produces enough green electricity to cover the equivalent consumption of 70,000 homes. About 70% of […]
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D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), in partnership with Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and SOLV Energy, has broken ground on the San Juan 1 project, a 200 MW AC solar and 400 MWh storage facility located in Farmington, N.M. “We are thrilled to achieve this milestone on the San Juan 1 project,” says […]
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Utility-scale solar and storage developer Palladium Energy has closed a $10 million corporate equity investment from Ultra Capital, a private investment firm that provides growth equity and asset capital to companies focused on the energy transition and de-carbonization. The investment will be used to accelerate the growth of the Palladium team and development pipeline, with […]
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The City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for the development of its on-site solar energy and battery storage portfolio, which is now taking shape at three energy-intensive sites: the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility, the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility, and the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility. DPU’s […]
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Solar developer D3Energy has partnered with water utility Del-Co Water and MSI Utilities to launch Ohio’s first floating solar project. “Floating solar enabled us to move forward with a substantial solar installation without encumbering any of our valuable ground, which may be needed for future expansion,” says Glenn Marzluf, CEO of Del-Co Water. “We were […]
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Lightsource bp and Conway Corp. have completed the 135 MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Ark., delivering power to Conway under a power purchase agreement with Lightsource bp. “Work on this project began in 2019, and it is one of the most significant projects for Conway Corp. since our incorporation in 1929,” […]
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Iowa State University (ISU) has initiated a research project at the Alliant Solar Farm to explore the combination of crops and solar power. Horticulture and agriculture students will plant crops to study how they perform under solar arrays of various heights and configurations. Engineering students will review solar production data to see how various crop […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $3.46 billion toward 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across the country, helping to bring more than 35 GW of new renewable energy online. “Today’s announcement represents the largest-ever direct investment in critical grid infrastructure, supporting projects that will harden systems, improve […]
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Qcells has completed its Dalton, Ga., factory expansion, adding 2 GW of solar manufacturing capacity and bringing the factory’s output to more than 5.1 GW. Qcells says the Dalton factory is the largest manufacturing plant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere and the first solar panel plant expansion since the passage of the Inflation […]
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SOAR Energy has introduced SolarScan, a home energy assessment tool for solar contractors to analyze properties and receive a curated report on potential savings and power generation. Utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning and satellite imagery, SolarScan offers a new way to calculate vital decision-making factors by simply entering in a home address. In under five […]
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FLEXRACK by Qcells and Alltrade Industrial Contractors Inc., a Canadian renewable EPC and construction services company, have partnered on a 182 MW portfolio of solar projects in Canada. The portfolio consists of two fixed-tilt, bifacial solar panel projects that are located in Scotford and Aldersyde, Alberta. Once complete, the 81 MW Scotford project will be […]
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FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison. The purchases will help meet the companies’ 2023 renewable energy targets established under Ohio’s alternative energy law. RECs sought in this RFP must be: The companies plan to purchase […]
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