 Google to Purchase Power from New Solar Project in South Carolina Central Electric Power Cooperative announced plans to purchase 150 MW of solar power at two locations in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The installations will each produce 75 MW of electricity, enough to power a total of 30,000 average South Carolina homes. The solar facilities will be among the largest in the state and will further diversify the way electric cooperatives supply power to their members. According to local paper, The Post and Courier, Google has committed to buying power from one of the farms. |  Heliogen Achieves Breakthrough Temperatures from Concentrated Sunlight Heliogen, the clean energy company that is transforming sunlight to create and replace fuels, has announced its launch and that it has – for the first time commercially – concentrated solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius. At that temperature, Heliogen can replace the use of fossil fuels in critical industrial processes, including the production of cement, steel, and petrochemicals, dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions from these activities. This singular scientific achievement was accomplished at Heliogen’s commercial facility in Lancaster, California. |
