Tag: utility-scale
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Brussels-based chemical company one of the big REC buyers for 71-MW solar project in South Carolina
Solvay, a Brussels-based multi-specialty chemical company has agreed to buy all the renewable energy certificates (RECs) for 15 years from the largest solar farm yet to be built in South Carolina. Weird? Well, this fits into the group’s global sustainability commitment. The agreement with Moffett Solar 1, a subsidiary ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How to optimize performance and profit through O&M monitoring
As the solar industry matures well past the early adopter stages, smart asset management and operations and maintenance (O&M) practices have increasingly become the focus of savvy solar plant owners and investors. Optimizing uptime has now become a critical foundation of ROI, and one of the keys to achieving optimizedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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1,500-volt systems to trend in 2017: Here’s what you need to know
Large-scale solar projects are heading into yet another sea change: the 1,500-volt PV system (Vdc). The idea behind the voltage increase is the same now as it was during the move from 600 volts to 1,000 volts — further reduce installation costs and increase profitability by reducing the number ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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U.S. electric generating capacity grows by largest margin in five years (solar a big part)
More than 27 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generating capacity was added to the U.S. power grid during 2016, the largest amount of added capacity since 2012, reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration. These additions more than offset the retirement of roughly 12 GW of capacity, resulting in a net capacityRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sneak peek at 106 MW solar project in Southern California
This week brought a ribbon cutting ceremony for Midway I & II Solar Electric Power Projects, located a few miles northwest of Calipatria in the great Mojave Desert in the Imperial Valley of Southern California. Behold: Now that the ribbon is cut, Solar Frontier Americas says the two solar electric power plants, totalingRead More — Solar Builder magazine