49 GW of solar for Virginia: lower bills, more jobs, cleaner air
Adding at least 49 GW of solar through 2050 would save Virginia consumers money, according to an independent modeling run of the state’s grid. Thousands of jobs would be added, and public health would improve.
Google takes the first step towards its 5 GW goal
Google and Hecate Energy have announced a deal for Google to purchase 250 MW annually from a 500 MW Hecate project in Texas, the first development in the company’s recently-announced plan to add 1.6 GW of wind and solar.
240 MW project at steel mill moves forward in Co., Vivint solar under securities fraud investigation: pvMB 10/2/19
Hello one and all to the midweek MB! Today we’ll be looking at a FirstEnergy RFP in Ohio, Illinois Office of Energy supporting a university solar + storage project and more!
UPDATED: Solar, and solar plus storage records *possibly/probably(not)* set in California
California CCA East Bay Community Energy has signed two power contracts at an average price of 2.2¢/kWh for a total of 225 MWac of solar power, with one of the projects containing 80 MW / 160 MWh of energy storage.
Dominion acquires 95 MW in Virginia, PG&E pays Topaz Solar: pvMB 9/27/19
Hello everybody and welcome to a super-secret, post-SPI, Friday edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at the completion of 174 Power Global’s first solar + storage project, CS Energy with a community storage project in New Jersey, Enel X bringing EV chargers to UMass Boston and more!
PVEL & Heliolytics team up for solar disaster investigation
The two companies have teamed up to provide an Incident Response service to help asset owners and managers recover from natural disasters, including providing data to file more accurate insurance claims.
sPower’s new 80 MW Utah installation, Solar Frontier acquires 50.5 MW project from Coldwell: pvMB 9/25/19
Hello everybody and welcome to you Hump Day pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out the solar system donated to Bamberger Ranch, Energport beginning work on a 72 MW, 72 MWh battery system, First Solar’s 20th anniversary and more!
Hot Springs, Arkansas commits to going 100% solar
The city is set to become the seventh in the United States to be powered 100% by solar energy, with a project representing 10% of the state’s entire installed capacity to date in the works.
Texas moves closer to merchant solar power
Intersect Power has gone live with news that the company has 1.7 GWdc ready for construction in Texas and California, including one project which holds a hedge, but not a power purchase agreement.
Single-axis solar tracking for the next 30%
NEXTracker has refined its successful NX Horizon single axis tracker into the rugged two-in-portrait NX Gemini. The new design opens up land once considered too rough to be developed to generate near comparable amounts of electricity, while easing land use stresses.
