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Tag: utility-scale

  • Origis Energy and Mitsubishi Power to bring battery energy storage projects to the U.S. Southeast

    Origis Energy has contracted Mitsubishi Power Americas to deliver three utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 150 MW/600 MWh. The projects will be co-located with three Origis Energy PV solar facilities in the U.S. Southeast to reduce curtailment of excess solar generation, which will enable greater efficiency and higher capacity of the sites….…

  • Elk Hill Solar 1 marks second large-scale project in Pennsylvania by SEPTA and Lightsource bp

    A 25 MW solar project that is helping advance energy and sustainability priorities for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has reached commercial operation. The project is one of two solar farms that SEPTA and Lightsource bp have partnered on, bringing their joint statewide operational solar assets to more than 42 MW — enough to……

  • TÜV Rheinland, CFV Labs team up to serve North American solar market

    TÜV Rheinland and CFV Solar Test Laboratory signed an exclusive partnership agreement to provide solar PV components and power plant testing, inspection, and certification services for the North American market. This agreement was signed six months after the U.S. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) decided to expand the scope for TÜV Rheinland’s testing……

  • Utility resource plans reveal impacts of IRA incentives in Midwest

    The following report was submitted by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted just three months ago, but its transformative impact on the transition to renewable energy is already coming into focus. Four recent announcements by utilities in the Midwest reveal just how much the IRA……

  • How to stop solar plants from losing energy

    A maturing solar PV industry will have to take the necessary measures to ensure maximally efficient plant operations. One of the most serious handicaps that’s quietly holding back the solar sector isn’t lack of innovation or inefficient technology. It’s the accumulated energy loss from certain key parts breaking down, especially early on in a solar……