Standard Solar bring solar canopies to 21 Southern California schools
The installations are expected to reduce the CO2 equivalent of roughly six million pounds of coal burned in their first year, and provide urban heat reduction benefits.
EPRI launches decision tool for distributed energy resources
The tool provides a free, publicly accessible, open-source platform for calculating, understanding, and optimizing the value of DER.
California poised to order 11,500 MW of new electric capacity, mostly from renewables
The resources will help the state respond to more extreme weather events and replace generation from 3,700 MW of retiring natural gas plants and 2,200 MW from a retiring nuke.
ACCIONA gets a green light for Kentucky’s largest solar project
The 188 MW Fleming County Solar Project represents an exponential increase in solar capacity for the Bluegrass state and is part of a larger portfolio the company is developing for Amazon.
Wisconsin regulators approve solar project despite local land use concerns
The 150 MW Onion River solar project was approved for construction, despite opposition from members of the community over the potential loss of crop land near Green Bay.
RFP alert: NIPSCO seeks up to 650 MW of capacity for delivery starting in 2024
NIPSCO is considering all sources, including dispatchable and semi-dispatchable generation, renewables, storage, emerging technologies, and other capacity resources.
Facebook, RWE Renewables in deal with TVA for 150 MW of solar
Facebook’s commitment to TVA’s green invest program continues, as the company has now contracted for 475 MW of solar under the program.
Price pressures may delay 15% of utility-scale solar projects this year, Roth Capital warns
Shaving off 15% would trim new capacity additions by more than 2.3 GW this year alone, based on Energy Information Administration forecasts. Higher prices throughout the solar supply chain are being blamed.
Records fall as clean energy sector posts a strong start to 2021
Fifteen utility-scale solar projects and two energy storage projects became operational during the first quarter, alongside a 40% increase in wind capacity. Even more is on the horizon, according to a new report.
Greenbacker buys one of Montana’s largest solar projects
The company acquired the proposed 80 MW MTSun Solar project from developer Broad Reach Power.
