The Calgary-based utility is scrapping a plan to convert a coal unit to natural gas, redirecting the capital to renewable energy investments.
Swinerton’s George Hershman warned, “This is absolutely the biggest risk and issue for our company and the industry.”
The project would be right at home in Kern County, which already hosts multiple utility-scale projects in the 100 MW+ range.
Also on the rise: NERC points a finger at inverters as a grid reliability concern, and a $2.5 billion HVDC project gains a utility investor.
Energy produced by the facility will serve WPPI Energy member communities in three states under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
A root cause report on a West Texas power disturbance found that, in many cases, the solar industry “is not proactively identifying abnormal performance issues” related to inverter-based resources.
Also on the rise: Texas is urged once again to winterize its energy infrastructure, and work starts on an 80 MW BTM solar array.
The FERC/NERC assessment pointed to freezing of generator components and fuel issues as the top two major causes of generator outages, derates, or failures to start during the February 2021 winter storm.
Also on the rise: Catalyze makes its third acquisition of 2021, Salt River Project adds more solar capacity with latest PPA, and Generac unveils a microinverter as it edges into solar and energy storage.
The deal brings Colorado-based Catalyze a project development pipeline of more than 80 MW and adds to two earlier deals for solar and storage companies.
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