Projects

FirstEnergy Corp. is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to enter into long-term solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) on behalf of four FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities: Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power), Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and West Penn Power Company (West Penn). The utilities are seeking proposals to procure up to 20 …

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Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Dependable Group of Companies (DGC) installed a 48-MW solar project portfolio in Alberta, Canada, mounted on Solar FlexRack fixed tilt mounting solutions. These 26 MW and 22 MW projects, located in Drumheller and Stavely, are the latest additions to the renewable energy portfolio of Canada’s largest community builder. In …

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Bucknell University and Vermont’s Encore Renewable Energy debuted a 1.76 MW solar array this week that will support up to 7% of the university’s electricity. Bucknell has a goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. “Bucknell has been actively seeking solar opportunities in an effort to achieve goals found in the University’s sustainability plan,” said Bucknell …

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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and its portfolio company Primergy Solar sold a minority equity stake in its $1.2 billion Gemini Solar + Storage project outside of Las Vegas to APG, the largest pension asset manager in the Netherlands. APG has agreed to acquire a 49% equity ownership in the project on behalf of its pension fund …

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Colorado State University (CSU) has a goal of 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030, and this week the university says it got “20 steps closer,” thanks to its partnership with Namaste Solar, Solaris Energy and Standard Solar. Over a two-year period starting in 2020 … Namaste Solar, an employee-owned cooperative co-developed, designed and constructed the …

Colorado State University doubles solar sites on campus via Namaste, Solaris Energy, Standard Solar Read More »

Allied Solar, a new joint venture between Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI) and SolarGen, is developing a 40-MW utility-scale solar park on approximately 200 acres of privately owned land in Alexandria, Minn. GSI is a New York-based renewable energy operator and investor with interest in developing solar and storage facilities across the United States. SolarGen is …

Allied Solar developing 40-MW solar plant at key interconnection point in Minnesota Read More »

ForeFront Power partnered with Rivian to develop a 783 kWdc solar parking canopy at its EV manufacturing facility in Normal, Ill., that also includes (you guessed it) Rivian EV chargers. Rivian commented: “We’ve flipped the switch on the Solar Charging Yard in Normal. It uses our Rivian DC Fleet System to charge 72 vehicles at …

EV manufacturing facility’s Solar Charging Yard constructed via ForeFront Power Read More »

Greenskies Clean Focus and Vanguard Energy Partners, a national solar construction firm, have completed rooftop solar projects at two cold storage facilities for third-party food logistics company FreezPak Logistics, totaling 2.4 MW. The recently energized solar energy systems are located in Carteret (985 kW) and Elizabeth (1,414 kW), New Jersey. According to the American Council …

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The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved the Entergy Arkansas Driver Solar Project, a new 250-megawatt AC (or 312 MW DC) renewable energy facility developed by Lightsource bp, which will be located on approximately 2,100 acres near Osceola in Mississippi County. Driver Solar will be the utility’s largest solar facility and the largest solar facility …

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A 42-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois from owner-operator Summit Ridge Energy will be installed atop Solar FlexRack’s FlexTrack Solar Trackers. All fourteen projects are part of Illinois Shines, a state-administered program that creates incentives for the development of new solar photovoltaic projects. Once these projects are complete, small businesses and homeowners will …

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