Georgia

Two additional Georgia solar projects powering Facebook information center currently operational
Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), a consumer-owned utility with a track record for power development, and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation's largest independent power producers, revealed that two even more solar centers are now functional in Georgia to help sustain Facebook's operations in the state.
Jan 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Facebook, EMC, PV Power Plant, Urvi Parekh, solar projects, Reagan Farr, Walton Electric Membership Corporation, Ronnie Lee
Southwest Georgia's Hickory Park solar + storage space project under construction
RWE Renewables introduced that its Hickory Park Solar project, a 195.5-megawatt (MWac) center combined with a 40-MW 2-hour battery storage system, situated in Mitchell County, Georgia, is unfinished. RWE is operator/manager of the solar center, selling the power and eco-friendly attributes from the center to Georgia Power with its Renewable Energy Development Initiative program. The project is expected to be on the internet in late 2021.
Nov 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, rwe renewables, Silvia Ortin, Solar Project, Paige Gilchrist
Altus Power Acquires Operating Solar Portfolio in Georgia
Altus Power America, Inc. ("Altus Power") has completed the procurement of a 4-megawatt operating solar profile comprised of four single-axis tracker projects and one fixed-tilt project. The projects offer tidy, renewable energy to Georgia Power. The solar projects generate around 6.5 million kilowatt hrs of electrical power every year, enough power to power 540 homes. The portfolio was obtained from Beltline Energy, LLC.
Oct 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Altus Power America, Sean Rheuben, Stephen Elkind
Georgia Power introduces brand-new Customer-Connected Solar Program
Program aids grow renewable resource in Georgia and broadens the state's diverse power sources to benefit clients
Jul 31, 2020 // Policy, USA, Georgia, Georgia Power, Europe, North America, CCSP, Wilson Mallard
Mortenson starts developing 86-MW solar park in Georgia state
Design, purchase and also building (EPC) company Mortenson has actually started deal with an 86-MW solar energy plant in the United States state of Georgia under an agreement granted by Silicon Ranch Corporation.
May 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Mortenson
Invenergy powers on 160-MW Georgia solar power plant
Industrial operations have begun at Invenergy's largest solar project to date, the 160-MW Southern Oak Solar Power Center, located in Mitchell Area, Georgia.
Apr 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Tim Jordan, Bryan Schueler, Paige Gilchrist
Kimberly-Clark backs regional 3MW solar ranch in LaGrange, Georgia
A 3MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project has actually been finished and also advertised by United Renewable Energy at Kimberly-Clark's center in LaGrange, Georgia. The project was the outcome of cooperation in between Kimberly-Clark's center, United Renewable Energy LLC as the project developer as well as home builder, and also NextEra Energy Resources, LLC via a subsidiary, which is the long-lasting project proprietor.
Mar 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, pv power plants, Europe, North America, Jeremy Cannady, William Silva, Matt Ulman
Kimberly-Clark backs neighborhood 3MW solar ranch in LaGrange, Georgia
A 3MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project has actually been finished as well as marketed by United Renewable Energy at Kimberly-Clark's center in LaGrange, Georgia. The project was the outcome of partnership in between Kimberly-Clark's center, United Renewable Energy LLC as the project developer and also home builder, and also NextEra Energy Resources, LLC with a subsidiary, which is the long-lasting project proprietor.
Feb 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, solar pv, Europe, North America, Jeremy Cannady, William Silva, Matt Ulman
Developers turn on Facebook's 102.5-MWac Georgia solar park
Facebook's first solar project in the state of Georgia is currently functional in Early County. Facebook representatives joined Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and Silicon Ranch to "flip the switch" on the 102.5 MWac solar facility.
Dec 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Facebook, shell, Silicon Ranch, EMC
Silicon Ranch is developing a 107MW solar facility for Facebook
American solar corporation Silicon Ranch has been chosen for deployment of a 107 MW (AC) solar park for powering Facebook-owned data center located in Newton County.
Nov 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Facebook, Hanwha Q Cells, shell, Silicon Ranch
Origis Energy hires RES to build 57.5MW Georgia project
US renewables developer Origis Energy revealed on Tuesday that it had hired Renewable Energy Systems (RES) for engineering, procurement and construction of its 57.5MW solar farm in Mitchell County, Georgia.
Oct 31, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, renewable energy systems, origis
Origis Energy chooses RES to construct Georgia’s Tanglewood Solar project
Origis Energy USA announced it has selected Renewable Energy Systems to construct the Origis Energy Tanglewood Solar project, a 57.5-MWAC solar farm in Mitchell County, Georgia. Origis Energy developed the solar site as one of the facilities under the Georgia Power Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI) serving the utility’s customers participating in the Commercial and Industrial REDI (C&I REDI) program. This contract represents the first construction partnership between Origis Energy and RES. Origis Energy will own and operate the facility.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, First Solar, Europe, North America, res, Origis Energy, Johan Vanhee, Tim Jordan
Hanwha Q Cells Dedicates Largest Solar Panel Factory In Western Hemisphere
Hanwha Q Cells officially opened its 300,000 square foot solar panel factory in Dalton, Georgia last week, claiming it is the largest such manufacturing facility in the western hemisphere.
Sep 30, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Policy, USA, Georgia, Jinko Solar, First Solar, Trump, Europe, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Brian Kemp, Scott Moskowitz, LG
Georgia Power Boosts Plan for Renewables and Storage After Local Stakeholder Push
The Southern Company-owned utility’s larger-than-expected storage rollout points toward a big new market in the Southeast.
Jul 18, 2019 // Storage, clean energy, USA, storage, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, ENERGY STORAGE, Georgia, RESOURCES, SOUTHERN COMPANY, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, FP&L's, Carolinas, Southern Alliance, Allen Reaves, Georgia Power, Europe, North America