Duke solar plan challenged in Florida
Arguing that Duke’s Clean Energy Connections program will unfairly shift costs onto smaller customers, a group is challenging the program designed to add roughly 750 MW of utility-scale solar.
Washington State awards low-income solar project grants
Nine projects received grants from the Low-Income Solar Deployment Program, part of the state’s Clean Energy Fund.
Sunrise brief: First Solar signs 2.4 GW deal, reports results from a “challenging” 2020
Also on the rise: Plug Power plans a $290 million green hydrogen plant, and Argonne National Laboratory has a small-scale climate model that can help pinpoint risks to solar farms and other infrastructure assets.
Gulf Power breaks ground on two large solar projects and one massive battery system
As the FPL subsidiary continues its parent’s solar push, 150 MW of solar and 409 MW of storage are set to come to the Sunshine State.
Vermont utility building microgrid to provide backup power for town
GMP said Panton is the perfect place for this project because it leverages the utility’s existing 4.9 MW solar facility with utility-scale batteries already up and running in the town.
NYC installing solar at nearly 50 public schools, other facilities
The 22 MW of solar projects are expected to include some energy storage systems and help New York City and the state meet sustainability goals.
Sunrise brief: Xcel Colorado aims to add 5.6 GW of renewables and storage capacity
Also on the rise: Altus Power plans more community solar on O’ahu, Wells Fargo passes $10 billion in tax equity investment for renewables, and Enphase Energy plans to issue $1 billion in senior notes.
Dominion plans to ditch all South Carolina coal by 2030
After having its initially proposed integrated resource plan shot down by regulators, the utility has done a heel-turn and plans to replace the coal with 2 GW of solar, up to 900 MW of battery storage, and 1 GW of natural gas by 2048.
These 3 technologies could deliver more solar and wind to the grid
In a U.S. study of the added renewables capacity made possible by grid-enhancing technologies, Brattle Group found that both solar and wind power would benefit in Kansas and Oklahoma through 2025.
Sunrise brief: Indiana utility asks to add 400 MW of solar capacity
Also on the rise: Duke Energy starts work on a 50 MW solar array near Charlotte, a solar+storage project nears completion in Massachusetts, and AC Power targets brownfield sites for New Jersey community solar.
