Orbital JV begins developing 100-MW solar project in Alabama for Lightsource bp

• A joint venture involving a subsidiary people energy solutions platform Orbital Energy Group Inc (NASDAQ: OEG) has actually started developing a 130-MW direct current (DC)/ 100-MW rotating current (AC) solar project in Alabama for Lightsource bp, Orbital said on Thursday.

According to the announcement, the joint venture in between Orbital Solar Services as well as Jingoli Power LLC has signed a formal engineering, purchase and construction (EPC) contract with the UK solar business half owned by BP Plc (LON: BP) as well as has actually kicked off construction.

Including 350,000 photovoltaic panels, the solar park is because of be provided in late 2022.

Lightsource bp closed funding on the solar project in Montgomery County in late 2021. The programmer authorized a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply power from the array to Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) in 2019.