The 328MW project is part of the ~800MW Mount Signal cluster. The first 266MW (Mount Signal 1) was completed by 8minutenergy in May 2014. MS3 is expected to reach full commercial operation by the end of 2018.

“This project is important to the Imperial Valley’s future given the amount of abundant and reliable solar power that will be delivered to the region for decades to come,” said Martin Hermann, CEO and founder, 8minutenergy.

The project was acquired around one year ago by Capital Dynamics with 8minutenergy retained to see the plant to fruition.

Mortenson Construction is providing the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services. The project is using First Solar Series 4 modules and NEXTracker’s NX Horizon trackers. A power purchase agreement is in place with Southern California Edison.

Shade modelling for utility-scale PV plants: Why it matters and what you should do about it

19 August 2021

The utility-scale PV market is poised for exponential growth and yet the industry still has many fundamental opportunities to improve on standards and best practice. Tracker shade loss has been one of those topics that deserve more attention, but has been typically handled by derate factors rather than trying to accurately forecast the loss over the life of the system. Join Nextracker’s subject matter experts, Aron Dobos and Neelesh Umachandran, and Rounak Kharait, director of solar energy assessments at DNV, for a webinar about why shade modeling matters and recommendations on what the solar industry should do about it.

Solar & Storage Finance USA Virtual Summit

6 October 2021

The future is bright for a new era of US solar and storage, and the 8th annual Solar & Storage Finance Summit will provide opportunities to discuss solutions to the industry’s challenges and provide a networking platform designed to bring together the top minds in the industry to do business. With a mix of high-level, informative presentations and panels, a stellar cast of speakers and audience members with deal-making capacity, the 2021 edition of the event will be a sell-out success.

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US infrastructure bill at an impasse but hopes persist deadlock is short-lived

July 22, 2021

US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has failed in a bid to fast-track the US’ US$1.2 trillion infrastructure investment bill through the Senate. But there remains hope that further progress could be made as early as next Monday, when some Republican senators believe the bill will be fit to proceed.

US ROUND-UP: Signal Energy, Nextracker selected for 728MW US portfolio, Longroad Energy seals financing for 200MWdc

July 21, 2021

A round-up of the latest stories from the US solar market, featuring news of EPC Signal Energy and tracker provider Nextracker being selected for a 728MW solar portfolio in Texas and California, and Longroad Energy completing a financing package for its 200MWdc solar project in Arizona.

Solar’s ‘unstoppable growth’ puts sector on track for terawatt scale in 2022 – SPE

July 21, 2021

Higher-than-expected deployment figures last year have put the global solar sector comfortably within reach of the terawatt scale in 2022, SolarPower Europe (SPE) has said in its Global Market Outlook report.

California ISO has 80GW of solar and 148GW of storage in its queue, smashing last year’s figures

July 16, 2021

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has almost 80GW of solar and 148GW of storage in its interconnection queue.

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New NREL LCOE data highlights US potential for super-cheap solar and co-located energy storage

July 15, 2021

Earlier this week the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published its 2021 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) document, detailing the continued reduction in the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of the country’s core generators. Liam Stoker takes a look at the data and discusses just how cheap solar, and solar-storage, could become.

‘Concerning’ decline in California solar prices reducing incentive for new installs – report

July 15, 2021

Falling solar wholesale prices in California mean subsidies will likely be needed to sustain the cost-effective deployment of PV in the state over the next three decades, according to a new report from research centre the Breakthrough Institute.

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