Redfield Solar Project Lands Long-Term PPA with GoogleÂ
Independent power producer Treaty Oak Clean Energy, LLC announced it has entered into a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google in which it will supply 100 megawatts (MW) from the Redfield Solar Project in Grant County, Arkansas.  Google will be the sole offtaker, using the clean energy to power its data centers across the […]
Plus Power Secures Financing for New England’s Largest Battery Storage Projects
Plus Power has secured tax equity financing from Morgan Stanley for two of New England’s largest standalone battery energy storage projects: a $95 million investment in Cranberry Point Energy Storage in Massachusetts, and a $65 million investment in Cross Town Energy Storage in Maine. The Cranberry Point facility, a 150 megawatt (MW)/300 megawatt-hour (MWh) solar+storage system in Carver, Massachusetts, […]
Bechtel to Build 430MW Solar+Storage Project in Texas
Engineering, construction, and project management company Bechtel has been selected by Doral Renewables to design and build the Cold Creek Solar+Storage project in Texas. The facilities, spanning two counties, will produce approximately 430 megawatts (MW) of clean energy with more than 850,000 solar panels. The project will also include a 340 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) […]
Illinois Launches CEJA EV Charging Grant Program
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Director James Jenning announced a Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) EV Charging Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to facilitate the procurement and installation of new Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) Level 3 charging stations and Level 2 alternating current charging stations.  The funding is made possible by Governor Pritzker’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital […]
Redwood Projects Portfolio Reaches Completion with San Jacinto Facility
Independent power producer Fullmark Energy has announced its 65MW/130MWh San Jacinto storage project is now operational.  Located in Banning, California, the site’s completion marks the final addition to Fullmark’s Redwood Projects portfolio to reach commercial operations. San Jacinto is the company’s third facility to reach a commercial operations date this year, following the 20MW/80MWh […]
Xcel Energy Proposes Midwest’s Largest Battery Storage Project
Xcel Energy has submitted a proposal to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to build the largest battery energy storage site in the Midwest, located at the Sherco Energy Hub in central Minnesota. Per the proposal, Xcel plans to double the amount of battery storage adjacent to the Sherco coal plant, which is scheduled to retire […]
NJEDA Launches $50M Take Charge Program to Expand EV Infrastructure
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board has approved a new clean energy program that will increase the number of EV charging stations across the state. The $50 million Take Charge Program will dedicate funding to charging infrastructure projects for private commercial fleets, assisting in covering the cost of labor, materials, and equipment. Companies eligible to […]
Prysmian Unveils $63.8M Expansion of Du Quoin Facility
Prysmian recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of a $63.8 million expansion at its Du Quoin, Illinois plant, coinciding with the facility’s 60th anniversary celebration. Prysmian’s facility manufactures custom CL Advantage medium collection cables, designed to conserve energy by minimizing line loss during transmission. The cables, a key component of underground substation […]
Nexamp Secures $600M to Expand Solar and Storage Portfolio
Nexamp has closed on a $600 million aggregation facility with ATLAS SP Partners to support its growing portfolio of U.S. distributed solar and energy storage projects. The facility enables Nexamp to efficiently fund projects at the start of construction while retaining the flexibility to convert to term financing within the same structure. Once the company reaches a critical mass of operating […]
DEI Transforms Superfund Site into Award-Nominated Solar + Storage Project
EPC provider for utility-scale solar and storage projects, Distributed Energy Infrastructure (DEI), has completed construction on a new 7.1 MW solar + 4 MW battery storage project in Acton, Massachusetts. The site was previously home to a chemical manufacturing facility and designated an EPC Superfund site due to significantly contaminated soil, including asbestos. Due to […]
Ameresco Delivers Arizona’s Largest BTM Storage Project
Ameresco, Inc. has announced the development and commercial operation of its 50MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS)—the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) project in Arizona. The project was developed in Kingman, Arizona for Nucor, the largest steel producer in North America. It will support a major expansion that includes the installation of a new electric arc furnace that will […]
Kempower Expands Southeast Presence Through PowerUp Partnership
DC fast-charging solutions manufacturer Kempower has been awarded several new sites through its partnership with PowerUp America, fueling growth in the company’s presence in North America. The new public EV charging site installations are a testament to Kempower’s continued support of America’s clean transportation transition under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and other programs. […]