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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.
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.
A solar PV project in the US state of Virginia. Image: Savion.

Savion, Toyota sign 100MW solar VPPA on former coal mine in Kentucky

May 24, 2023
Solar developer Savion and automobile giant Toyota have inked a 100MW solar PV virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for a brownfield project in Kentucky, US.

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