DSD purchases 45-MW solar-plus-storage bundle in Massachusetts

• US solar energy organization DSD Renewables introduced it had acquired a solar-plus-storage project portfolio in southeastern Massachusetts from renewable energy services firm Borrego.

DSD claimed it got six sites that will certainly organize 45 MW of community ground-mounted solar PV farms as well as 88 MWh of co-located battery storage space systems. The biggest and the tiniest of the 6 facilities will certainly be located in Freetown-- one with 1.5 MW of solar as well as 3.37 MWh of storage, while the second site will certainly feature a 12.9-MW solar farm and also 26.6-MWh battery.

Building is slated to start in 2023.

The portfolio becomes part of the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program, a motivation programme to promote economical solar growth throughout the state, DSD claimed.

Once the plants go on the internet, a mix of community solar, commercial and also industrial organizations will off-take their result. Among the off-takers is information centres driver Markley Group, which in January signed a power purchase arrangement (PPA) with Borrego for a part of Massachusetts community solar.

For DSD Renewables, the current purchase followed simply the company acquired two community solar projects in the state of Maine amounting to 11.79 MW in January this year. The vendor in that deal was Maine-based programmer Mainley Solar.

DSD Renewables is backed by BlackRock Real Assets.