Tag: utility-scale
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Detailed look at the utility-scale solar boom the past five years
Utility-scale solar installations — including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies — grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies. Utility-scale solar (plants with a capacity of at least one megawatt) now makes up about 2% of all utility-scaleRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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106-acre Big Bend Solar project completed in Tampa
Burns & McDonnell met substantial completion requirements on March 1 for commercial operation of the Big Bend Solar project in Tampa, Fla. The 106-acre solar photovoltaic (PV) project is owned and operated by Tampa Electric and is the largest single source of solar power in the Tampa area with capacityRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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First Solar sells Moapa Southern Paiute Solar project to Capital Dynamics
First Solar completed the sale of the cash equity interests in the 250 MW AC Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project in Nevada to global private asset manager Capital Dynamics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. You may recall that this was one of our Projects of the Year forRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Copper Mountain Solar (94 MW) in Nevada goes with SMA inverters
SMA inverters were recently selected by Amec Foster Wheeler for Sempra Renewables’ 94 MW Copper Mountain Solar 4 project in Boulder City, Nev. This is the fourth phase of the Copper Mountain Solar Complex, one of the largest PV solar facilities in the U.S. When Copper Mountain Solar 4 isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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REC Solar completes installation of Hawaii’s largest solar project
REC Solar completed the installation of 27.6 MW of solar at the Eurus WaianaeSolar Project. The utility-scale project, whose yearly energy output is equivalent to the electricity used by 11,000 homes, is owned and operated by Eurus Energy, an independent power producer and global developer of utility scale wind andRead More — Solar Builder magazine