South Carolina electric co-op pursues batteries and other alternatives to a proposed gas unit
Utility-scale batteries are being pursued by many utilities, the generation and transmission co-op utility said in explaining its decision, while aggregated distributed resources “can be counted on as predictable generation capacity.”
Duke Energy raises rates in South Carolina
Despite Duke’s purported commitment to clean energy, the utility is citing rising fossil fuel costs in the decision to raise rates.
Sunrise brief: Multi-day iron-air battery startup nets $450 million investment
Also on the rise: Generac to bring EODev hydrogen fuel cell power generators to North America. 50 states of solar incentives: South Carolina. And more.
50 states of solar incentives: South Carolina
South Carolina has over 2 GW of solar installed, much of it coming online in the last five years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Nine gigawatt solar manufacturing facility being scouted for Qcell module manufacturing
Qcells is communicating with officials in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas to select a site for a nearly fully vertically integrated 9 gigawatt manufacturing facility
Duke seeks to procure an additional 700MW of solar in 2022
If approved, the new procurement would raise Duke’s total 2022 solicitation to 1,300MW, a figure equivalent to 30% of all the solar the company has installed in North Carolina to date.
Soltage invests in 31MW community solar portfolio
The investment is the company’s third as a part of its Iris capital vehicle, created in partnership with Harrison Street to fund and depl0y 450MW of new distributed solar and storage projects across the United States.
Policy leads the way: Impactful action at the state level in 2021
While federal policy action (or inaction) grabs all the headlines, let’s look back at some of the most impactful state and local developments from 2021.
Proterra plans to open EV battery factory in South Carolina
The company’s first battery system factory on the East Coast is expected to produce multiple gigawatt hours of annual battery capacity and create more than 200 new jobs.
EDP Renewables builds 39 distributed solar projects for Walmart
The projects span seven states and total 38.3 MW in capacity.
