Utility Scale PV

The newly combined independent power producer brings to the table a 4.2 GW generation portfolio, including 543 MW of solar.

French energy giant Total called the 50/50 joint venture a “first significant step” into the U.S. utility-scale solar market.

The study cites the cost competitiveness of renewables-powered green hydrogen by 2030 as a big game changer for the energy transition.

The report confirms CAISO’s initial findings that a trio of factors were responsible for the blackouts: extreme weather conditions, resource adequacy and planning processes, and market practices. It also outlines steps that already have been taken to better ensure supply adequacy and reliability.

The 1.3 GW Samson Solar Energy Center will have five phases and supply power to some big-name buyers.

Also on the rise: Rural utilities add solar to support growth, the biggest deals of 2020 in solar finance, and CAMS acquires an O&M provider.

The utility plans to retire or convert its remaining coal-fired units and procure more wind and solar power.

The company and the county agreed through a virtual power purchase agreement to offtake generation from Dominion Energy’s upcoming 120 MW solar facility in Virginia.

Also on the rise: Tenaska could add 300 MW of solar to Indiana, advocates appeal an unfavorable ruling in Alabama, and a novel approach to combining solar and wind at one site.

Interconnection queues, in which solar, wind and storage make up 90% of the projects, are “excessively slow, creating a backlog of unbuilt projects.” The culprit is inadequate transmission planning, says a new report.