AES starts 72MW Michigan solar building

• EPC supplier Borrego will certainly provide three projects in the US state due online in 2022

AES has actually chosen US engineering, purchase and building professional Borrego to designer and construct 3 utility-scale solar projects in Michigan, amounting to 72MW.

The 3 projects, in Cement City, Pullman and Letts Creek, have actually mobilised for building and are arranged ahead online by mid-2022.

Once they are finished, the solar power plants will certainly be owned and operated by AES, with the electricity produced offered to Consumers Energy, under the regards to a long-lasting power purchase agreement (PPA).

The solar plants will collectively produce roughly 104,500 megawatt-hours of electrical energy per year.

"The Michigan projects stand for the latest success in Borrego's growth story.

"Our recurring working relationship with AES is based upon depend on and transparency, and is an instance of our concentrate on powering our customers' development," stated Brian Barker, basic supervisor of Borrego's utility-scale EPC department.

Along with the Michigan projects, Borrego has actually recently won agreements to construct large-scale solar and energy storage plants in Maine, Montana, South Dakota, New York and various other states.

The firm surpassed the gigawatt mark for EPC projects developed previously this year.