Industria Engineering to install 4-MW/8.2 MWh solar+storage project in Massachusetts
Storage Power Systems (SPS) has announced that Industria Engineering has placed an order for 8.2 MWh/3.5 MW battery energy storage systems, as part of a solar plus storage renewable energy project in Grafton, Massachusetts, to be commissioned in late Q4 2019.
The project will enable excess energy from a 4.0 MW single axis tracker front-of-the-meter solar farm to be stored in the 2-hour battery. The ability to store this energy increases solar harvesting and shifts solar generation to peak loads on the substation, compared with a standalone solar project.
Massachusetts has deployed over 2.1 GW of solar energy and recently announced increases to its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), with close to 50% of its electricity to be produced by renewable energy by 2030. Energy storage also now qualifies as an eligible RPS Clean Peak resource, and energy storage targets have been increased to 1,000 MW by 2025.
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January 31, 2019
Invenergy secures PPA for 290 MW wind project
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has awarded a power purchase agreement for a 290 MW wind project to be constructed in Steuben County to procure and accelerate renewable energy and advance Gov. And...
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January 31, 2019
Sungrow Ships 200 MW of 1500V Central Inverter Solutions for Nevada Project in the USA
Sungrow, the global inverter solution supplier for renewables, has announced it supplied its featured 1500V turnkey inverter solutions tailored for North American market to Techren-2, a 200 MW solar p...
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January 31, 2019
Four solar PV projects in US begin commercial operations
Four new solar plants, developed by Florida Power & Light Company, has started operations. Interstate Solar Energy Center in St. Lucie County, Miami-Dade Solar Energy Center in Miami-Dade County,...
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January 30, 2019
Ameresco completes purchase of Maximum Solar
Ameresco Inc. has completed the purchase of Maximum Solar, a Massachusetts based firm that specializes in solar operations and maintenance. With this acquisition, Ameresco will expand its operati...
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January 30, 2019
Construction starts at 100 MW solar PV project in US
Construction on E.ON's West of the Pecos solar project has started. The facility is located in Reeves County, Texas, approximately 75 miles southwest of Midland-Odessa. The 10...
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