Tag: solar project

May 13, 2024

An independent power producer and a major electric cooperative—both based in Tennessee—have announced an agreement to partner on a utility-scale solar power installation to serve customers in that region. Nashville-based Silicon Ranch, which specializes in solar energy, agrivoltaics, and carbon […]

March 13, 2024

Primergy Solar LLC (‘Primergy’), a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and storage projects, announced today that it closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for the 408 MWac Ash Creek Solar project in Hill County, Texas. […]

June 5, 2023

Linea Energy has acquired a 490MWdc solar project in Texas from Horus Energy. The project is expected to generate enough clean energy to power more than 63,000 homes and provide numerous local job opportunities during its construction and operation. Linea […]

February 28, 2023

Solar projects continue to underperform, resulting in millions of dollars of lost revenues, according to a new report. Results of a global survey of solar projects in 2022 were shared by Raptor Maps as part of the project lifecycle software […]

January 26, 2023

Duke Energy’s renewables development division announced the commercial operation of a 120 MW project in Twin Falls County, Idaho, touted as the state’s largest to date. The Jackpot Solar project is Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ first utility-scale project in the […]

January 12, 2023

Intersect Power has reached commercial operation on its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California. The Athos III solar project (also known as Blythe Mesa Solar II) generates 224 MWac/310 MWp of reliable solar energy, enough to power approximately […]

November 4, 2022

A 28 MW solar project is being developed on farm property owned by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The zoo has been working to develop solar on their property for more than a decade, an executive said. The project […]

October 4, 2022

TC Energy Corp. said it will start pre-construction work for the 81 MW Saddlebrook Solar Project near Aldersyde, Alberta, around 40 miles south of Calgary. The diversified energy company plans to invest C$146 million ($107 million) to build its first […]

September 16, 2022

Regulators in Minnesota approved Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar Project, a 460 MW plant that would be among the largest solar facilities in the upper Midwest. The Public Utilities Commission earlier had approved the site permit for the two-parcel facility in […]

April 18, 2022

Vistra said it completed a 65 MWdc/50 MWac solar project at the Brightside Solar Facility, which is now online in Southeast Texas. Brightside Solar Facility uses 147,732 of First Solar’s 440-watt thin-film solar modules with single-axis trackers. The project also […]

April 4, 2022

Paired solar PV and battery energy storage systems, along with a defined operating agreement between developers and utilities, could save time and money during the interconnection process, according to two new studies. Both analyses focus on two of the main […]

December 23, 2021

Two California solar projects have the green light from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The Arica and Victory Pass solar projects are located on federally owned land in Riverside County east of Los Angeles. Combined they could generate up […]

November 4, 2021

The recently announced retirement plans for one of Ohio’s largest coal-fired power plants puts the state’s planned solar project queue on track to surpass the state’s coal generating capacity before the end of the decade. Coal power still dwarfs solar […]

September 16, 2021

A former coal mine in Southwest Virginia will be redeveloped for a utility-scale solar project. The collaboration by the Nature Conservancy and Dominion Energy will repurpose 1,200 acres of the former Red Onion surface mine to generate approximately 50 megawatts […]

July 20, 2021

A solar energy project that will provide power for Microsoft has begun commercial operation in Arizona, with the project developer announcing term financing has been completed. Longroad Energy, a Boston-based renewable energy developer that also has offices in California and […]

April 15, 2021

A little sunshine will soon be in your next glass of whiskey as Jack Daniel’s partners with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation, and Nashville-based solar power producer Silicon Ranch to provide the iconic Tennessee whiskey maker’s […]

January 8, 2021

The project is under construction in Travis County, Texas, US, and is expected to achieve commercial operation in mid-2021. The energy generated from the Pflugerville Solar project will be sold to Austin Energy under a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA). […]

January 6, 2021

Construction of Rosamond Central began in February 2020 and was led by McCarthy Building Companies. More than 600 jobs were created during construction and the site will sustain several permanent operations and maintenance jobs. The solar site also represents a […]

December 21, 2020

Santander and Société Générale acted as joint lead arrangers for the construction financing. Located 25 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada, US, the Dry Lake Solar project is currently under construction and scheduled to begin commercial operation in June 2021. […]

October 29, 2020

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. ( Solar Alliance’) or (the Company’) (TSX-V: SOLR) is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement (“Design Agreement”) to commence design work on a 4.57-megawatt (“MW”) ground and roof mount solar project at a 10 […]