Projects
Public review launched into almost 1-GW of solar-plus-storage projects in California
PV-Tech – August 10
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has launched a public review on a draft environmental analysis (EA) for two solar-plus-storage farms in California, which will include 465 MW of solar and 400 MW of energy storage. The BLM also anticipates making available soon a draft EA for a third project — the Oberon solar project. If approved, the proposed 500-MW solar project on 2,700 acres of public land could generate up to 500 MW of renewable energy.
Microsoft signs PPA with Ørsted to buy solar power in Texas
Data Center Dynamics – August 10
Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with Ørsted to purchase energy from a solar farm in Texas. The tech giant will buy power from the energy company’s 430-MW solar energy center Old 300 in Fort Bend County, which is expected to come online in Q2 2022. Some reports suggest Microsoft is buying the entire output of the farm, but details of how much power or how much the company is investing into the agreement haven’t been disclosed.
NextEra plans $600M solar plant in Arizona
Daily Independent – August 9
NextEra Energy Resources is building their next solar energy project in Buckeye, Arizona. The facility would be the largest for NextEra in the state. The 3,000-acre facility, the Sonoran Solar Project, will have a capacity of up to 260 MW of solar combined with 260 MW of battery energy storage. Construction is expected to begin in October of 2021.
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