Tag: sustainability

  • Enel starts construction of Ables Springs solar + storage project in Texas

    Enel North America has begun construction of the Ables Springs solar + storage project in Kaufman County, Texas. The project pairs a 186 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system with a 115 MW / 169 MWh battery energy storage system. “When ERCOT conditions tightened this winter, Enel’s solar and storage plants provided crucial generation and quick-response……

  • EDP Renewables inks 15-year PPA with Walmart in Texas

    EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) and Walmart Inc. have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a portion of a new 180 MWac solar project in Texas. The agreement adds to a long-standing national partnership that includes 431 MW of offtake from both utility-scale and distributed generation sites across North America. Under the new……

  • Burns & McDonnell completes 764 MW Alliant Energy solar program in Wisconsin

    Burns & McDonnell has completed engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and self-perform construction services for nine solar projects across Wisconsin. The projects — part of Alliant Energy’s Clean Energy Blueprint — will power approximately 170,000 homes in their first year of production. In addition to generating clean electricity for Alliant Energy customers, the solar projects deliver long-term economic and financial benefits……

  • Hickory Solar Park project in Illinois focuses on environmental justice, social equity

    EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and Volt Energy Utility have joined forces on a 110 MWac PV projected near Jerseyville, Illinois. The companies announced a partnership to launch the development of Hickory Solar Park with Microsoft agreeing to purchase electricity and renewable energy credits (RECs) for 15 years from the project. This arrangement drives concrete action toward the three……

  • Raptor Maps finds $4.6 billion annual revenue loss in Global Solar Report

    A new report from Raptor Maps has data that starkly showcases the underperformance of solar assets. The sixth edition of the Global Solar Report finds that global revenue loss due to equipment-driven underperformance last year reached $4.6 billion. In addition, the report showed power loss due to equipment anomalies on solar farms rose from 3.13%……