Financial holding company CIT Group’s Power and Energy unit has arranged approximately $200m in funding on behalf of Clearway Energy Group for a portfolio of community solar projects in four US states. The solar portfolio consists of 21 projects that have 76MW of combined power generation capacity and are located across Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota and…
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Joining the ranks of utilities promising major changes to their generation mixes, Arizona Public Service announced Wednesday it plans to deliver 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050. The goal will be achieved by an array of solar power innovation, energy storage, nuclear and energy efficiency, APS said in its statement. The 30-year plan includes a…
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A 4.5-MW solar array coupled with a 1.6-MW/3.8-MWh energy storage system has been completed on the former Titcomb pit landfill in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Kearsarge Energy developed and constructed the project that uses an AC-coupled GSS energy system from NEC Energy Solutions. Kearsarge will own and operate the solar + storage system and will use it…
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Qatar has signed an agreement with French energy giant Total and Japan’s Marubeni to build a solar power plant capable of producing 800 megawatts, a tenth of country’s peak energy demand, according to the country’s energy minister. The Al Kharsaah plant near the capital Doha comes at a cost of 1.7 billion riyals ($467m) and…
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Stanford researchers have a plan that would balance 2,000 GW of solar capacity and 2,300 GW of wind power with 3,300 GW of battery capacity and a large amount of flexible load. Consumers would save 64% on total energy bills, partly from electrification of transportation and heating. The U.S. would need 1,500 GW of utility-scale…
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy has, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, signed the rights to an approximately 110-MW portfolio of solar projects located in Greene and Albany counties, New York from Hecate Energy. Construction and equipment procurement of the facilities commenced in 2019, with closings to take place throughout 2020 and the facilities are expected to achieve commercial operations in…
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The radiation of the sun provides us solar energy which can be converted to heat and electricity. Solar energy is available for free and with technological advancement, we have ways to harness it for our use. It is a renewable form of energy with a number of benefits for mankind. It doesn’t produce harmful gases…
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Federal officials plan to approve a massive solar farm with energy storage in the desert outside Las Vegas, paving the way for a $1-billion project that will provide electricity to Nevada residents served by billionaire Warren Buffett’s NV Energy. At 690 megawatts across 7,100 acres, the facility would generate more power than the largest solar…
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BBVA reaffirms its commitment with renewable energy by deploying a photovoltaic system consisting of 523 units — amounting to 175.21 kWp (peak power) and capacity to generate 236.182 kWh/year — at the Group’s Madrid headquarters. EDF Solar, a leader in industrial self-consumption facilities, was tasked with the delivery of the project, which was completed in November. The…
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The city of Paris in Logan County has selected Little Rock-based solar energy company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) to build a 1.5-megawatt solar array on 8 acres in the city, according to a news release. Groundbreaking on the array Thursday (Dec. 12) comes one day after an announcement to build the first array in the mid-South that…
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