Tag: utility-scale
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CleanCapital, Renewable IPP complete Alaska’s largest solar project
CleanCapital unveiled a new 8.5 MW solar project in Houston, Alaska, the largest ever build in the state. While the project was announced at RE+ 2023 in Las Vegas, the project team held a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 29, 2023 marked its interconnection to the local utility grid. The solar project was developed and……
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Report: U.S. electric decarbonization hinges on grid modernization, Resilience
As megatrends such as decarbonization, electrification and climate adaptation continue to transform the U.S. energy ecosystem, a new report by Black & Veatch shows that the sector acknowledges the pressing needs to modernize the grid, bolster its resilience and accommodate the acceleration of renewable energy. The company’s 17th annual 2023 Electric Report, based on a……
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Nextracker opens new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas
Nextracker has just unveiled a new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas along with Unimacts, which will own and operate the facility. The new facility will produce critical steel components exclusively for Nextracker used in ground-mount solar power generation plants to serve projects in Nevada and southwestern states. This is Nextracker’s sixth public dedication of……
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U.S. Solar Market Q3 takeaways: Good, bad and bittersweet stats in record-breaking year
Good: The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, a 52% increase from 2022, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2023 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Good: Solar accounted for 45 percent of all new electricity-generating capacity……
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EnerVenue reveals next generation Energy Storage Vessels
We’ve been reporting on EnerVenue’s attempt to scale metal-hydrogen batteries (historically used to power the International Space Station) for renewable energy projects. The chemistry offers a lot of potential to outshine lithium-ion-based batteries in many applications, as we dove into in this pandemic-era edition of The Pitch: “The net result is a battery that lasts……