DTE Energy prepares community solar project atop Michigan landfill

• DTE Energy has strategies to construct its first MIGreenPower community solar project in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

The 20-MW facility will be the largest in the region and also is developed to sustain Ann Arbor and also Pittsfield Township's clean energy objectives. Additionally, all DTE Electric consumers will have the chance to subscribe to this project.

This new community solar project will certainly be located on a capped landfill as well as on a greenfield site possessed by Ann Arbor. If built, Ann Arbor will serve as the project's support tenant, implying it would accept purchase power not subscribed by other clients. Pittsfield Township will be prioritized as the project's first subscriber and also will make use of the project to reach its 100% renewable resource goal.

" This is simply one of lots of brand-new solar projects DTE plans to bring online by 2025 to equip communities of Michiganders to go solar together," claimed Trevor Lauer, head of state of DTE's electric company.

MIGreenPower is a voluntary renewable energy program that makes it possible for DTE consumers to match their energy usage to the business's wind and solar projects. Program engagement increases the advancement of new wind and also solar projects.

Over the following decade, Lauer said, DTE will certainly create a number of utility-scale solar projects on the state's shared electrical grid, in addition to smaller sized community solar projects, supplying customers with boosted access to low-priced solar power.

DTE is releasing an open Request for Proposal (RFP) for the design, purchase as well as building of the project and also expects that the project will begin creating energy in 2023. Interested bidders have to register their company information on the PowerAdvocate website. When signed up, prospective buyers can access the complete RFP using PowerAdvocate utilizing this link.

" Renewable resource is an integral part of Pittsfield Township's Sustainability Blueprint, which envisions dramatically reducing our community's carbon footprint by 2025," said Mandy Grewal, supervisor, Pittsfield Township. "That, incorporated with the fact that Pittsfield has been attempting to install a solar array in our community for over a decade, makes the fulfillment of this project fantastically interesting and also pleasing. We expect proceeding working with our local stakeholders as well as homeowners to promote ecological sustainability in our region."

DTE's MIGreenPower program is just one of the biggest volunteer renewable energy programs in the United States. On a yearly basis, MIGreenPower customers support 1.8 million MWh of clean energy.