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Meta Teams Up with SRP and Ørsted to Support Data Center with Clean Energy from Solar Project

Meta announced its Mesa data center will soon be supported by new solar energy from Salt River Project (SRP) through a contract with leading U.S. clean energy provider Ørsted. Under the contract, Meta will receive the majority portion of the solar energy generated by Ørsted’s Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300-MW solar farm and 300-MW, four-hour battery energy storage system currently under construction in Pinal County, Arizona.  

Duke Energy Completes its First Floating Solar Project in Florida

Duke Energy’s first floating solar project in Florida is now producing clean, renewable energy. The almost 1-megawatt floating solar array features over 1,800 solar panels that float on top of 2 acres of water surface on an existing cooling pond at the Duke Energy Hines Energy Complex in Bartow. 

Adapture Renewables acquires 450 MWdc of solar projects in MISO Illinois & Arkansas

Developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects Adapture Renewables, Inc, has announced the acquisition of three solar projects in areas covered by the US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) in Illinois and Arkansas from TED Renewables.

BayWa r.e. signs VPPA to provide solar power to Boston Scientific

Renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) to provide global medical technology company Boston Scientific with green solar electricity. This is the first VPPA that BayWa r.e. has undertaken with a healthcare company, helping Boston Scientific make progress on its decarbonisation targets.  

Making Energy More Affordable With Solar Power: An interview with Deep Chakraborty of Enact Solar

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the utility that provides gas and electricity to residential and business customers in central and northern California is pushing the state’s regulators to approve another rise in energy rates, that is after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) already agreed that the utility could levy an increase of around $33 per month beginning in 2024.   This could make electricity and gas bills even more unaffordable, but PG&E says it is essential in order to help pay for damage by winter storms and to mitigate wildfires.   REM talked to Enact Solar CEO Deep Chakraborty to find out how solar power could help to provide a monetary lifeline to Californians, the potential benefits of installing solar systems in the wake of the PG&E rate hike and how the company has played a key part in driving forward solar installation in the state. 

Fourth Power Secures $19M for Low-Cost Utility-Scale Thermal Energy Storage

Fourth Power has received $19 million in Series A funding to scale its cost-effective thermal battery technology. The investment round was led by the venture capital firm DCVC, with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, backed by Bill Gates, and Black Venture Capital Consortium. 

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