North Carolina regulators have approved Duke Energy’s 5 MW solar project in the Buncombe County closed landfill in Woodfin, NC. Duke Energy will own and operate the solar power plant – the company’s first to be in a retired landfill. The project will be on 25 acres and will be connected to the Duke Energy … Read more
Guzman Energy, an electricity wholesale company, is currently developing an 80 MW solar power project approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Delta, Colorado. Once the project is complete, annual electricity generation of over 194,000 MWh is expected. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA), a member-owned and locally controlled rural electrical cooperative, will directly buy some of the … Read more
Pivot Energy, a community solar developer, and Standard Solar Inc., a company that develops, finances, owns, and operates commercial and community solar systems, announce the development of three new community solar projects in Colorado. Two projects are in Garfield County and the third is in Jefferson County. The projects represent a generation capacity of 4 … Read more
United Renewable Energy (URE), a national engineering, procurement, and construction company, and New Energy Equity, a company that develops and finances solar power generation facilities, announce the addition of three new community solar gardens to Minnesota’s solar development portfolio to have. The three projects in North Branch, Lindstrom and Cokato have a total output of … Read more
According to Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP), the St. Joseph Solar Farm is now working with the University of Notre Dame to produce zero-emission renewable energy. After a brief delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, construction work on the St. Joseph solar park began in July 2020. The construction … Read more
The U.S. solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% decrease from 2019 due to pandemic restrictions and increased labor productivity. This emerges from the National Solar Jobs Census 2020 recently published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), The Solar Foundation, The National Foundation, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and BW Research. The … Read more
According to EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, three solar projects have been awarded long-term contracts by the New York City Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) as part of the 2020 Standard Renewable Energy Requirement. Taken together, the projects add 303 MW of AC clean energy to the state. … Read more
GameChange Solar, a manufacturer of fixed pitch solar shelving and trackers, says it is providing a 631 MW Genius tracker system for the largest solar PV project in Texas. The project consists of 1.4 million solar panels on 4,000 acres in Wharton County and will have a capacity of 500 MW AC. In order to … Read more
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to a new solar energy project on public land in California. The Crimson Solar Project is an investment of approximately $ 550 million. The record of the decision authorizes Sonoran West to build a 350 MW solar photovoltaic system with a 350 MW energy storage … Read more
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved a group of new solar projects for Dominion Energy Virginia customers – nine new solar systems with a total capacity of nearly 500 MW. The projects are an important step in achieving the goals of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) and Dominion Energy’s goal of net … Read more
