Tag: utility-scale
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California lawmaker introduces bill to repeal NEM 3.0
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to repeal damaging energy policies that have curtailed the state’s solar industry. Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) has introduced new legislation to reduce fees and taxes on residential solar projects and restore incentives to Californians who are helping to generate clean energy for our grid. The California Public Utilities……
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Greenbacker energizes 240 MWdc Appaloosa utility-scale project
Greenbacker Capital Management has placed its 240 MWdc / 200 MWac utility-scale Appaloosa Solar 1 project into commercial operations in Iron County, Utah. With more than twice the power generation capacity of its sister project — Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company’s 104 MWdc / 80 MWac Graphite Solar in Carbon County, Utah — Appaloosa is now the……
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Arevon, Blackstone close $350 million financing for energy storage | Solar Financing Spotlight
Arevon Energy and Blackstone have paired up for a 200 MW / 800 MWh energy storage project. Meanwhile, Aggreko and 38 Degrees have secured financing to acquire projects. All that and more in this installment of the Solar Financing Spotlight. Renewable energy developer Arevon Energy Inc. and Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) have closed financing……
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4.5 MW Cedar Rapids community solar garden begins operations in Iowa
The Cedar Rapids community solar garden is now generating renewable energy for the more than 300 Alliant Energy customers who subscribed to the utility’s first community solar garden in Iowa. The 4.5 MW garden is Alliant Energy’s largest operational solar project to date in Iowa. Alliant Energy began constructing the project in 2021. It is……
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DOE offers $18 million to fund for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an $18 million funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Through this funding opportunity announcement, DOE will select up to nine awardees that are able to research, develop and demonstrate advanced transformers across a range of distribution to transmission scale applications, improving grid reliability and easing transformer……