Tag: utility-scale
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MCE flips the switch on 1.6 MW of solar in Contra Costa and Napa, Calif.
California-based non-profit electricity provider MCE continues to expand its local renewable energy portfolio with two new solar projects totaling 1.65 MW in Contra Costa and Napa counties. The 1 MW Byron Hot Springs Solar project in unincorporated Contra Costa County has a 20-year term with Renewable Properties, a commercial solar energy developer. Located on top……
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Nucor signs PPA with NextEra Energy to support solar development in Kentucky
Steel product manufacturer Nucor Corp. has signed a PPA for 250 MW of renewable energy from Sebree Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC. Sebree Solar is a two-phase solar project in Henderson County, Kentucky, which will have a capacity of up to 400 MW of U.S.-produced energy. The project’s first phase — Sebree Solar I — is……
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Renewable Properties closes $53.5M portfolio of community solar projects
Renewable Properties has closed its Fund 9 portfolio, which includes close to 22 MW of community solar and small-scale utility projects in California, Maine and North Carolina. The $53.5 million Fund 9 expands the developer’s relationships with tax equity investor SOLCAP and project lending partners 1st Source Bank and West Town Bank & Trust. Fund 9 includes five projects across the three states,……
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Empact launches software to maximize IRA tax incentives on solar projects
Empact Technologies is making it easier to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives when developing solar projects. The company provides software solutions to manage clean energy tax incentives and has just launched a new platform specifically designed to maximize project incentives under the IRA. Empact combines powerful software with incentive compliance expertise into the industry’s……
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Study: Climate change is impacting U.S. solar energy generation
A new study conducted by climate and energy analytics company Sunairio found that climate change is increasingly impacting U.S. solar energy generation. Traditional, industry-standard solar production risk assessment approaches are based on decades-old methods that use historical data and which crucially omit the growing influence of climate trends. As a result, pre-construction energy models over-predict……