Solar Industry Mag

Duke Energy Florida (DEF) has filed the locations of its three newest solar power plants, which will provide cleaner energy solutions to benefit Florida customers. The Duette Solar Power Plant will be built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla. Once operational, the 74.5 MW facility will consist of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar panels. Once … [Read more...] about Duke Energy Files Locations of Three New Solar Plants

REsurety, a provider of valuation analytics and risk management services to buyers and sellers of renewable energy, has launched its REmap map-based SaaS product. REmap is a new information services product that harnesses a massive project performance dataset and suite of financial analytics that industries use to make long-term asset and contract decisions for wind and solar … [Read more...] about REsurety Launches Map-Based SaaS Tool

RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS), a California-based solar tracker project design, supply and installation subcontractor, has opened a new logistics facility in Kosciusko, Miss. The new facility is now the third distribution yard owned and operated by RPCS in order to serve the U.S. utility-scale solar market, complementing RPCS’s Texas and California locations. The … [Read more...] about RPCS Opens Mississippi Logistics Facility

GZA, a multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water and construction management services, has been retained by Kearsarge Energy and the town of Montague, Mass., for engineering services supporting the development of a new 3 MW solar energy farm. The project, which will also involve the capping of a long-abandoned landfill in Montague, … [Read more...] about Kearsarge Energy Retains GZA for Massachusetts Solar Farm

The coal mining industry has been declining for decades in the far southwestern corner of Virginia, a trend made even worse of late due to the pandemic. The region has experienced a significant economic downturn as a result, with unemployment and poverty levels rising as no new opportunities have successfully replaced the jobs lost to coal’s decline. Now, with … [Read more...] about Opportunity for Solar to Dot the Coalfields of Southwest Virginia