Santee Cooper and Central Electric Power contract for 425 MW of new South Carolina solar
The new capacity–which goes by names like Chester White, Lambert, and Hemingway–represents an addition equal to nearly 40% of all solar installed to date in the Palmetto State.
Virtual power plant project gets underway in Maryland demonstration
The 0.55 MW / 2.2 MWh capacity Elk Neck Battery Storage Pilot Program won regulatory approval even though its cost-benefit outlook left multiple parties questioning its value.
North Carolina is no longer the Southeast’s most solar state
The fourth edition of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s Solar in the Southeast report shows that Florida has passed North Carolina in total installed capacity, while South Carolina has passed its northern neighbor in the context of a solar watts per customer ratio.
Sunrise brief: Amazon adds renewable energy projects, pushing its total capacity to 10 GW
Also on the rise: iSun books EPC services contract for multi-site solar projects, Honeywell announces a battery energy storage platform, United Natural Foods buys into a 108 MW solar farm, and Secure Futures gains $25 million in equity finance to secure its future.
OYA Solar closes deal to develop 600 MW of community solar in the Northeast
The company signed an exclusive co-development agreement with Omni Navitas, bringing its North American development pipeline well over 2 GW.
Hearings set for two massive Ohio solar projects
Local citizens will have an opportunity in July to provide testimony on the proposed 125 MW Wheatsborough Solar project and its planned 50 MW battery, as well as the 117 MW Sycamore Creek Solar project, before regulators make a final decision.
Sunrise brief: Recurrent Energy announces energy storage contracts for California projects
Also on the rise: NextEnergy Capital adds investors for project acquisition fund, partners plan 50 MW of solar in Minnesota, and Hydro-Québec brings its first solar capacity online to test the water, so to speak.
Another massive solar project is approved in Indiana
Indiana regulators have approved the 195 MW Hardy Hills Solar project, the most recent on a flood of 100 MW+ solar projects planned for the Hoosier State.
Renewable energy group challenges Mississippi Power plan that sidelines solar
The group called on regulators to reject the plan and asked why solar — at a near-term cost of $20 per MWh — was not selected over an existing fossil generator at $51.70 per MWh.
Sunrise brief: IKEA and Rockefeller foundations pledge $1bn for distributed energy push
Also on the rise: Solar + storage systems produce more than the sum of their parts; a second spacewalk deploys a new solar array at the ISS; group wins a $900m contract for a MISO-PJM HVDC transmission project; and JinkoSolar will boost its poly access by 100k tons.
