[RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Echo Power Generation and Enbridge have jointly submitted a 400 MW wind power bid in response to the Ontario Government’s Requests for Proposal (RFP) for renewable energy announced last April. If successfully awarded a Renewable II Energy Supply Contract under the Ontario Ministry of Energy’s Requests for Proposal for up to 1,000 MW of renewable energy, Enbridge will acquire ownership of Echo Power. Any portion of the project that is not awarded will be spun off into a new company that will be fully owned by the existing Echo Power shareholders on a pro rata basis. Enbridge will finance, construct, own and operate the projects.
Solar ‘tax’ removed from Diablo Canyon extension proposal, advocates say
Solar advocates said that a so-called "monthly tax" on rooftop solar customers that was included in a proposal to extend the life of a nuclear power plant in California has been removed from the legislation at the urging of industry supporters.
First Solar to invest $1B in new U.S. module factory
First Solar plans to invest more than $1.2 billion to build a new module manufacturing facility and increase capacity at its existing operations in response to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Building tomorrow’s clean energy systems on green steel
It may seem like a chicken or the egg problem, but the decarbonization of steel and our power systems must be tackled simultaneously.
Solar+storage now powering BUBBLE WRAP maker’s California operations
Sealed Air, maker of BUBBLE WRAP, invested $9 million in the project, which is located on 11 of company-owned land adjacent to the manufacturing facility. The project features 3.5 MW of ground-mounted solar capacity and a 770 kW/3,080 kWh Tesla battery storage system.
Auxin Solar asks Commerce for delay in tariff case, reports say
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has reportedly delayed until a preliminary decision on the Auxin Solar anti-dumping and countervailing duties petition (AD/CVD) that rocked the industry earlier this year.
Rethinking solar development from the ground up
In Episode 14 of the Factor This! podcast, Terabase co-founder and CEO Matt Campbell shared how his company is using software and automation to redefine how gigantic solar farms get built and are managed.
