Author: Anela Dokso

Anthem has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with SunEnergy1 for the output from a new 182-acre 20-megawatt solar field located in Hanover County, Virginia. The Hanover County solar field is nearly complete and expected to be fully operational later this year. Combined with an additional solar field in North Carolina coming online in early 2021, Anthem will have supported the development of more than 1,000 acres of solar panels that will generate more than 225,000-megawatt hours of electricity per year. The Virginia and North Carolina solar field locations were selected based on Anthem’s material load (major office and data…

Cenergy Holdings has signed the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance declaration, as an integral part ofits strategy for sustainable growth in balance with the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN SustainabilityGoals and the EU Green Deal. Being at the forefront of technological innovation, Cenergy Holdings companies lead the way in R&Dinitiatives for hydrogen transportation through existing or new energy networks, develop the technology and the new products that can bring the hydrogen era closer to the realization of a decarbonized clean energy future. The Alliance aims at an ambitious deployment of hydrogen technologies by 2030, bringing togetherrenewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, demand…

Third Sun Solar has partnered with Women for Recovery of Athens, Ohio, to provide clean energy to the Serenity Grove Women’s Recovery House. The addition of a solar array to the Serenity Grove facility will reduce the nonprofit’s utility costs for the next two decades or more. “As a company committed to the flourishing of our community, we are proud to support this organization’s critical mission.”CEO and co-founder, Michelle Greenfield. Third Sun began the installation of a ground-mounted solar array in the beginning of September. The 22 panel, 7.4 kW array will provide an estimated 40% of electricity to the…

Vermilion Wind, a 255-megawatt, 15,000-acre wind project has started its development phase in Vermilion County. The wind development project is spearheaded by Tri Global Energy, which develops and owns wind, solar and energy storage projects in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Nebraska and Virginia. “We have been able to form beneficial relationships with more than 3,500 participating landowners and community investors in Texas. We’ve found the same great land resources and entrepreneurial spirit here in Vermilion County, and this project will pay benefits locally for decades to come.”TGE’s founder and chairman, John Billingsley The Vermilion Wind project is located just south of…

The MESA Standards Alliance and the SunSpec Alliance have entered a new joint testing and certification program for the MESA-Device specification. Vendors will now be able to receive certification via third-party authenticators, ensuring their products meet the requirements of this specification and will be interoperable with other certified components of energy storage systems (ESS). “The MESA Standards Alliance prides itself on collaboration as it works toward the creation of open, non-proprietary specifications and information models that utilities, developers, and manufacturers alike can use to achieve interoperability in the storage industry. This milestone represents a significant step toward the ability to…

Hawaiian Electric has submitted eight contracts for new grid-scale renewable energy and storage projects on Oahu and Maui to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for review and approval. The six projects on Oahu and two on Maui are part of the largest renewable energy procurement ever for Hawaii. If approved and completed, the combined projects are expected to, on average, lower electric bills by about $1 a month on Oahu and Maui. The Oahu projects are expected to provide generation and storage needed to retire the state’s only coal plant, the 180-megawatt (MW) plant at Campbell Industrial Park owned by…

8minute Solar Energy’s 67-megawatt (MWdc) Lotus Solar Farm in Madera County, California has become fully operational. The Lotus Solar Farm produces energy for well over 12,000 Southern California homes, delivered through a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison, and will reduce carbon emissions by more than 48,000 metric tons each year. “California is a global leader in solar energy – but as past weeks have shown, also at the epicenter of climate change impacts. Smoke-reddened skies prove we have no time to waste, and as the largest solar developer in the state, we know we must lead…

Australian Renewable Energy Agency has secured new long term funding from the Australian Government that will secure its future beyond 2022. The Prime Minister and Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction announced a total funding package of $1.62 billion for ARENA including guaranteed baseline funding of $1.43 billion over the next ten years. This new funding and expanded focus will allow ARENA to continue its work together with energy industry participants, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, research institutions and other agencies to support low emission technologies across the innovation chain. “It is critically important that through agencies like ARENA, we…

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives’ (IEA) subsidiary company, White Construction, has been awarded an EPC wind contract in excess of $100 million in the state of Indiana. The award is for the construction of a 302 MW wind farm in Northern Indiana. Construction began in August, 2020 and is expected to be completed in November 2021. Once complete, the wind farm will have the capacity to power more than 83,000 homes with clean electricity. IEA will self-perform all of the engineering, procurement and construction needs of the project, including the building of access roads, erection of wind generators, installation of turbine…

AqualisBraemar is set to ramp up its ports and harbors unit and combine resources and know-how with its offshore wind consultancy unit OWC. “We have offered port development and associated marine services for several years. However, as the surge in offshore renewable developments has breathed new life into many new ports around the world, we are adapting our ports and harbors business to meet these requirements. Our objective is to recruit and grow this team considerably going forward.”Captain David Faulkner, head of ports & harbors services at AqualisBraemar. A significant increase in offshore wind developments has resulted in numerous ports…