Tag: projects
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Strata breaks ground on 1 GWh Scatter Wash energy storage project in Phoenix
Strata Clean Energy celebrated the start of construction on its Scatter Wash battery storage complex in Phoenix. The 255 MW / 1.02 GWh facility is expected to become operational in April 2025. A groundbreaking ceremony included executives from Strata, along with representatives from Arizona Public Service (APS) and other local dignitaries. Scatter Wash will provide APS……
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IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges
Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings accessible to people who lack the capital or the space to install their own arrays. The Inflation Reduction Act has the potential to drive a boom in community solar development, with bonus……
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Solar companies raised $34.3 billion in corporate funding in 2023
Mercom Capital Group reported that solar companies raised more capital in 2023 than in any other year in more than a decade. The clean energy communications and consulting firm released its annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2023. Total corporate funding, including venture capital (VC) funding,……
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Alliant Energy completes Beaver Dam solar project in Wisconsin
Alliant Energy has placed its 50 MW Beaver Dam solar project into service. The solar array spans 350 acres in Dodge County, Wisconsin, and consists of nearly 120,000 solar panels. While generating clean, zero-fuel-cost electricity for Alliant Energy customers, the Beaver Dam Solar Project also delivers long-term benefits to the community, landowners and local residents. Alliant……
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NineDot raises $225 million for battery energy storage projects | Solar Financing Spotlight
Energy storage takes center stage in the latest edition of the Solar Financing Spotlight, as NineDot Energy, RedoxBlox and Key Capture Energy have secured funding for upcoming projects. Meanwhile, Sunlight Financial and Altus Power are making moves on the investment, sales and acquisition front. Community-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) developer NineDot Energy has secured……