Tag: utility
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sPower completes largest operating solar facility in its portfolio
sPower and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) kicked off commercial operations of the 107 megawatt (MWdc) Solverde 1 solar farm. The project is located in the City of Lancaster, Calif., in northern LA County. sPower installed more than 330,000 solar modules with a peak construction crew of 250Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Innovative Solar Systems inks 720 MW of new PPAs in Midwest
Innovative Solar Systems says it was awarded a total of 720 MW of new Purchase Power Agreements (PPAs) from “large credit worthy Power Off-Takers in the Mid-West.” The company’s CEO states that receiving these 25-year contracts from these mystery off-takers will enable ISS to more quickly sell and fund theseRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Panasonic’s Coronal Energy has big PV acquisition plans for 2017-’18
Panasonic-backed Coronal Energy has plans to substantially increase the number of solar PV projects it will acquire in 2017 and 2018. The ambitious program will support a rapidly expanding solar pipeline in North America that already totals over three gigawatts under development. “While many companies are retrenching, Coronal Energy, poweredRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New Jersey extends Solar 4 All program (will invest $80 million in brownfield, landfill projects)
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved an extension to PSE&G’s Solar 4 All program. The approval authorizes PSE&G to invest up to $80 million over the next three years to build an additional 33 MWdc of solar farms on landfills and brownfields in PSE&G’s electric service territory.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Namaste Solar deploys Solectria inverters in utility-owned solar projects in Vermont
Namasté Solar, an employee-owned cooperative that designs, installs and maintains solar electric systems, deployed Yaskawa-Solectria‘s PVI 28TL and PVI 36TL inverters in two solar systems in Vermont that are the first Solectria inverters to be owned by town and village utilities. The Nebraska Valley and Waterhouse Solar Farms total 2.7Read More — Solar Builder magazine