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The brownfield ‘coal-to-solar’ project reviving a Kentucky community

May 9, 2025
BrightNight made community engagement central to its plans for a 201MW PV project in a former mining area in Kentucky.
PV Tech Power 42 is now available

PV Tech Power 42 out now: winning back local support, module underperformance and predicting inverter reliability

May 2, 2025
The Q2 2025 edition (Volume 42) of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.
A 3.3MW community solar project in Vermont built by Encore in a brownfield site. Image: Encore Renewable Energy.

The Nature Conservancy to develop 17 solar PV and storage projects on former Appalachian coal mines

February 12, 2025
The projects will be developed by Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE across the US states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
RWE and Peabody will collaborate on 10 projects on reclaimed mining land. Image: RWE

RWE to develop 5.5GW US solar, energy storage on retired coal mining land

November 25, 2024
RWE will acquire seven potential solar and energy storage projects on Peabody’s land and will partner with the mining firm on the remaining three.
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Korkia, Global Consulting Energy to develop 1GW Italy portfolio, including agriPV

March 11, 2024
Finnish investor Korkia and solar developer Global Consulting Energy have formed a development company to build up to 1GW solar PV portfolio in Italy.
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Advocates applaud Kentucky solar and storage approvals but warn against further oil & gas backing

November 20, 2023
Approvals granted earlier this month for utility plans to replace coal in Kentucky with solar PV and battery storage have been broadly welcomed
Consumers Energy plans to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2040. Image: Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy to build 85MW solar plant on retired coal sites in Michigan

October 6, 2023
Consumers Energy will build an 85MW solar plant at the site of two coal-fired power plants in Michigan, which it closed in June this year.
Starfire render image of the 800MW coal to solar project from IPP BrightNight. Image: BrightNight
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From coal to solar: Repurposing brown­field sites to accelerate the renewables transition

September 5, 2023
PV Tech Premium looks at how the Inflation Reduction Act could help in redeveloping closed-down US coal assets to host solar PV projects.
A 196MW solar facility from RWE in the US state of Georgia. Image: RWE.

RWE, PPC to build 280MW solar PV in Greece

August 2, 2023
Greek renewables firm PPC and international energy company RWE have taken final investment decision to develop, through their joint venture Meton Energy, 280MW of solar capacity in Greece.
The solar PV project will be built in four phases with phase 1 to start construction in 2025. Image: BrightNight.

BrightNight to develop 800MW solar PV at former coal mine in Kentucky

July 26, 2023
Independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight has partnered with automaker Rivian and environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy to develop an 800MW solar PV project on a former coal mine in Kentucky, US.

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