Projects

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have announced the signing of SMUD’s first combined solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) renewable PPA sized at 200 MW AC and 400 MWh. The project is currently the largest combined solar and BESS generation facility announced in northern California under …

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Participating CCAs The California Community Power board held a special meeting on February 25 at which members of the Joint Powers Agency to voted to enter into a contract for the 50 MW/400 MWh Goal Line long-duration energy storage project. The lithium-ion battery storage project, developed by Onward Energy, will have eight hours of discharge …

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With extreme weather and power outages on the rise, the United States needs a more resilient energy grid comprised of more distributed energy resources and municipal microgrids. Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS) are teaming up on an all-encompassing solution to do just this, targeting communities across the U.S. The nonregulated commercial brand of …

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The City of Fullerton, California, has contracted with NORESCO to implement an $8.4 million energy efficiency project guaranteed to save $12.1 million during the contract period. Funded entirely from generated savings, the project demonstrates that energy savings can help local governments tackle deferred maintenance while also expanding smart city technologies and distributed energy resources. “The …

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 Solar developer/owner Primergy Solar LLC, a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, is currently working on the highly anticipated $1.2 billion Gemini Project located near Las Vegas, Nevada. After a comprehensive review, Primergy selected Kiewit Power Constructors Co. as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner and IHI Terrasun Solutions as the battery storage integrator. …

Primergy Solar selects Kiewit Power Constructors as EPC, Maxeon panels for billion-dollar Las Vegas Gemini project Read More »

Solar companies Standard Solar and Pivot Energy have completed a nearly 2 MW project in Jefferson County, near Lakewood. Developed in partnership with Pivot, Standard Solar funded the community solar array and is the projects’ long-term owner and operator. The project is the fifth and final site in a series of community solar developments launched …

Mountain Solar project brings community solar to Central Colorado, via Pivot Energy, Standard Solar Read More »

The County of Sonoma has partnered with ForeFront Power to build a 963 kW solar energy portfolio at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport (STS), as well as at the Sonoma County Fleet Operations Building at 709 Russell Avenue in Santa Rosa. Calif. Through a five-year collaboration with the County, ForeFront Power installed an 884 kW solar …

The Sonoma County Airport is now 100 percent solar-powered Read More »

McCarthy Building Companies recently reached its peak workforce on the Arrow Canyon Solar project, a 274-MW solar and a 91 MW, 455 MWh DC-coupled battery energy storage system facility located on Moapa River Indian Reservation located near Moapa, Nevada. Secured as the EPC contractor by EDF Renewables to construct the 1,387-acre project, there are currently over 200 team members …

McCarthy updates on Arrow Canyon Solar Project, now under construction Read More »

The Massachusetts town of Plymouth and the Acton Water District will soon be home to an innovative 4.69 MW solar and 4 MWh storage project. Standard Solar acquired the project from developer EDF Renewables North America. The project received an award from the state’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Targets (SMART) program, which provides incentives for solar and storage projects.   Located on …

Standard Solar expands Massachusetts portfolio with solar + storage project in Acton Read More »

BayWa r.e. completed the sale of the Texas-based 266 MWdc/200 MWac Corazon I Solar plant and the 200 MW/400 MWh Guajillo storage project to Eni New Energy US Inc. Located in Webb County, Texas, the Corazon I Solar plant began operations in August 2021, while the Guajillo storage project is expected to reach an operational …

BayWa r.e. sells massive Texas solar + storage projects to Eni New Energy US Read More »