Tag: Southwest
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Texas Whole Foods Market Installs 186-kW Suniva Solar Power System
Suniva Inc. today announces that it is powering Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas. The new store, located in the Domain shopping center, features a 186-kW array consisting of Suniva’s high-powered OPTimus modules – it is the largest solar installation in Texas for Whole Foods Market. Austin-based Freedom Solar Power, designedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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El Paso Electric Completes 50-MW Macho Springs Solar Project
El Paso Electric Company (EPE), a Texas-based utility servicing 395,000 customers in both west Texas and southern New Mexico, is well-positioned for the new carbon standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPE will be coal-free by 2016 and, in less than one year, has doubled its utility-scale solar portfolio, makingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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First Solar Sells New Mexico’s Largest Solar Install to Southern Power, Turner Renewable Energy
First Solar Inc. announced today it has sold the 50-MWac Macho Springs Solar Power Plant to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy. El Paso Electric has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for all energy generated by the power plant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The power plant,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Recurrent Energy Awarded 150-MW Project from Austin Energy
Recurrent Energy, a leading North American solar project developer, today announced an award from Austin Energy for 150 MW of solar capacity in West Texas. The power will be delivered to Austin Energy pursuant to a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement. The 150-MW solar facility will be completed in 2016 andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tucson Unified School District Completes First Phase of 11-MW Solar Project
Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) today announced the completion a 198-kW solar power system at Marshall Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz. Marshall Elementary is the first school of an 11-MW solar generation project. According to TUSD the project will supply approximately 80 percent of the electricity needs for 42 schools inRead More — Solar Builder magazine