National Grid says “no thanks” to results of 400 MW RFP, selects one project
The utility has chosen to disregard the goals of the State of Rhode Island and only procure electricity from one of the projects that completed a recent solicitation.
Georgia keeps the utility solar train rolling
Ground has officially broken on NextEra Energy Resources’ Quitman Solar facility in Brooks County, Georgia, but as exciting as this is, the fact still stands that the only solar Georgia knows is utility.
The bones of Skeleton Creek are coming together
NextEra has announced a power purchase agreement with Western Farmers Electric Cooperative for a combined 250 MW wind farm, 250 MWac solar farm, and 200 MW / 800 MWh of energy storage in Oklahoma.
Solar + batteries help the grid recover in Kaua’i
After experiencing cascading outages across its conventional fleet and cloudy weather impairing its solar output, the island is back on-line and solar and batteries are helping to meet demand while its largest power plant is being repaired.
The people vs. HB 6, Con Edison reaches 250 MW installed: pvMB 7/25/19
Two things are absolutley certain right now. It’s Thursday and you’re reading the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Independent developers dominating the NC solar auction, Sunnova announcing share prices, the very cool LightSail 2 spacecraft and more!
NextEra reaches record development in Q2
The power company’s project backlog has never been bigger and this is just one piece in an expectedly strong finish to the first half of the year.
A way oversized DC:AC ratio seen in the wild!
Swinerton Renewables & SolarFlex have announced a 26.4 MWac solar project, which public documents show is bigger than 48.6 MWdc – meaning a greater than 1.8:1 DC to AC ratio.
De Blasio threatens to municipalize NYC, ratings watches remain for Solar Star: pvMB 7/23/19
Welcome to the Tuesday MB, everybody. Today we’ll also be looking at 20 MW coming to Long Island, Solar Energy Technologies Office’s stakeholder webinars and more!
Duke buys a 200 MW merchant solar project in Texas
The 200 MW Holstein project holds a 12-year hedge agreement with a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. As one of the first U.S. merchant projects seen by pv magazine, it points to larger moves in the solar market.
Did Maryland just give solar developers freedom to cut in line?
The Maryland Court of Appeals has decided that regulators are the “ultimate decision-maker” when it comes to project location and zoning. But with great power comes great responsibility.
