TC Energy to start constructing 81-MW solar farm in Alberta

• Canadian energy firm TC Energy Corp (TSE: TRP) on Tuesday claimed it will certainly begin pre-construction benefit its 81-MW Saddlebrook solar project near Aldersyde in Alberta after having actually secured all regulatory approvals and also permits.

The CAD-146-million (USD 107m/EUR 108m) facility will certainly be set up on TC Energy property in the neighborhood industrial park as well as will certainly be capable of creating adequate electricity to power 20,000 houses a year. The solar park is expected to be finished in 2023. The company additionally claimed it has actually acquired greater than 400 MW of renewable power through power acquisition arrangements (PPAs) in Alberta in the past 24 months.

"This is the first utility-scale solar project to be completely created and also delivered by TC Energy in our history," remarked Corey Hessen, TC Energy exec vice-president and president, power & energy services.

The project will likewise include a flow battery energy storage system and also is sustained by CAD 10 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta.

The energy storage system will be added in a second phase of the growth. As introduced at the end of 2021, the system will certainly utilize Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) long-duration GridStar Flow energy storage system, which will be of approximately 6.5 MW and will certainly have output duration of as much as 8 hours.