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GE Energy Financial Services Completes Investment In Catalina Solar

GE Energy Financial Services, in partnership with Citi, Union Bank NA and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., has completed an equity investment in EDF Renewable Energy’s 143 MW Catalina Solar plant in California’s Mojave Desert.
Located on 900 acres of private land southwest of the Tehachapi and Piute mountains, Catalina Solar incorporates over 1.1 million thin-film solar photovoltaic modules - 82 MW from Solar Frontier and 61 MW from First Solar. The plant was designed and built by Bechtel. EDF Renewable Services is providing the long-term operations and maintenance services for the project.

A 7.2-mile transmission line connects the facility to the substation. The project’s electricity is provided to San Diego Gas & Electric Co. under a 25-year power purchase agreement.

The investment group initially acquired a minority ownership stake in the project in late 2012. Following the launch of commercial operations in August 2013, the group purchased the remaining stake and converted the entire structure to a single investor lease. EDF Renewable Services is providing long-term operations and maintenance for the project. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed. R

 

SMA Canada Supplies
Utility Solar Plant

Grand Renewable Solar LP has chosen SMA Canada to supply solar inverters and operations and maintenance services for the 100 MW Grand Renewable Solar project, a utility-scale, ground-mounted photovoltaic system under development in Haldimand County, Ontario.

Upon commercial operation, SMA Services will assume operational management of the facility for 10 years. Early this year, SMA will begin delivery of the 130 Sunny Central 800CP-US inverters for the the facility.

 

Alterra Sells Stake
In Ontario Project

Alterra Power Corp. has sold its 10% stake in the 50 MW ABW solar project to a consortium led by Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc. The ABW Partnership of GE Energy Financial Services and Alterra Power Corp. purchased the portfolio from First Solar in August 2013. GE Energy was the majority owner, with Alterra making an equity investment.

The portfolio of projects includes the Amherstburg (10 MW), Belmont (20 MW) and Walpole (20 MW) solar power plants - the output of which is to be sold to the Ontario Power Authority under 20-year power purchase agreements.

The company says it will continue to look at other profitable solar opportunities this year, although its primary development focus is starting construction on the Jimmie Creek Hydro and Shannon Wind projects.

 

ReneSola Supplies
53.5 MW Texas Project

ReneSola Ltd. will deliver more than 178,000 PV modules to be used in a 53.5 MW project being developed by solar PV project developer OCI Solar Power.

The modules will be installed in San Antonio on a project named Alamo II and on another future development in Texas.

The multistage project will total 400 MW and will provide power to CPS Energy, the municipal utility for San Antonio, upon completion in 2016. A portion of the large-scale solar project will include ReneSola’s 300 W high-efficiency polycrystalline modules.

 

SolarOne To Supply
Solar Farm In Ontario

Hanwha SolarOne Co. Ltd. is supplying more than 170,000 HSC 60 Poly Can-Am modules to the 42.5 MW Ontario Solar Photovoltaic Farm, a project spanning four sites. Hanwha Solar Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha SolarOne, will manufacture the modules in Ontario.

Hanwha Q CELLS is building the project, owned by Fiera Axium Infrastructure. The solar farm, scheduled for completion early this year, is expected to generate up to 50 GWh of electricity annually.

 

DIF Infrastructure To Buy
Utility Solar Plants

Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has agreed to sell four utility-scale solar power plants located in Ontario, totaling 40 MWAC to Netherlands-based fund manager DIF Infrastructure. The agreement is subject to usual closing conditions, including the completion of financing for the construction of each solar plant.

Under the agreement, the four solar power plants, which include BeamLight in Georgina, Gold Light in Pefferlaw, Illumination in Scugog and Glenarm in Kawartha Lakes, are expected to begin commercial operation this year. Approximately 190,000 Canadian Solar CS6X modules will be installed in the four solar power plants.

 

Duke Energy Building
Three Projects In N.C.

Duke Energy Renewables has begun construction of three utility-scale solar power projects totaling 30 MW in North Carolina. The largest of the batch is the 20 MW Dogwood Solar project, located in Halifax County. The company is also building two 5 MW projects - the Windsor Cooper Hill Solar in Bertie County and Bethel Price Solar in Pitt County.

SunEnergy1, a solar design, engineering and construction company based in Mooresville, N.C., is building the photovoltaic projects. ReneSola is supplying approximately 140,000 Virtus II PV modules for the three sites. Power from these projects will be sold through long-term, fixed-price contracts with Dominion NC Power.

 

El Centro Solar
Goes Online

The 25 MW El Centro solar photovoltaic plant in California has become operational. Built by Spain-based T-Solar Group, the 140-acre facility is expected to generate 55 GWh of electricity per year. The power is being supplied to the Imperial Irrigation District under a 30-year power purchase agreement.

The El Centro facility represents T-Solar’s first U.S. PV project. The North American Development Bank has provided a $65 million loan for the construction of the project. Santander Bank NA provided tax equity investment. In total, the facility required an investment of more than $75 million.

 

Trinity Solar Installs
PV On Military Base

Trinity Solar has completed a 12.3 MW residential solar installation for United Communities LLC, the private manager of the military multifamily community at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey that serves over 2,100 military families. The system is expected to produce 13.7 GWh of electricity per year, representing over 30% of the community’s demand.

Senior lender CIT Bank and solar crowd funding platform Mosaic provided project debt for the installation, while the equity was provided by installation owner True Green Capital Management LLC.

 

Xtreme Power Starts
Hawaii Solar Storage

Xtreme Power is installing an energy storage and management system for a 12 MW solar farm under development for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) in Hawaii. Xtreme Power says the installation will include its RAMP Series energy storage system (ESS).

The cooperative broke ground on the solar facility in November. SolarCity is building the system, which will include 45,000 solar panels. It is scheduled to be complete in May. The cooperative says that the $40 million project is expected to supply 5% of the island’s power and be the largest solar plant in Hawaii. KIUC says it financed the project through the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., which is also a cooperative.

According to Xtreme Power, the 2 MW (500 kWh) RAMP Series ESS will provide ramp rate control and fast frequency response for the KIUC solar facility, enabling its integration into the electric grid. The company says the system will join an existing 1.5 MW Xtreme Power storage unit at KIUC’s Koloa substation.

 

Ross Solar Completes
Rooftop Array In NYC

The Ross Solar Group has completed a 1.56 MW rooftop solar installation for food service provider Jetro Cash and Carry at the company’s Hunts Point Restaurant Depot facility in the Bronx, N.Y.

Jetro’s rooftop system incorporates 4,760 SunPower solar panels and is expected to generate over 1.8 GWh of electricity per year. The system incorporates a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system that allows utility Con Edison to remotely monitor and control the system.

The solar power installation was funded in part through awards Ross Solar received from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NY-Sun initiative.

 

ABM Commissions Solar
Array In Baltimore

New York-based ABM Industries Inc. has commissioned a 1.2 MW solar array in Baltimore. Washington Gas Energy Systems owns the system, which will provide power for Glen Meadows Retirement Community. Sol Systems provided financing for the project. ABM provided the engineering, procurement and construction services.

In addition to being responsible for construction, ABM will also maintain the 4,150-panel array on behalf of Washington Gas Energy Systems, which has a 20-year power purchase agreement with the customer. The system is expected to generate over 1.5 GWh of electricity per year.

The project represents the first project completed through ABM’s recent joint venture with Building Energy, an Italian-based independent power producer.

 

Pacific Power Starts
Municipal Project In Calif.

Pacific Power Renewables has broken ground on a 947 kW solar photovoltaic system for the City of Reedley, Calif., involving four sites. The solar power produced at the wastewater treatment plant, community center, city hall and an office building is expected to offset 100% of the city’s power usage at those locations.

The City of Reedley has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Power Renewables, which will own, operate and maintain the solar plants. The largest solar array is a ground-mounted single-axis tracker system that is being installed at the wastewater treatment plant. The other three sites will have fixed roof-mount systems.

The solar arrays at the four sites for the city have 3,766 modules and are expected to generate over 1.9 GWh of electricity annually.

 

SunEdison To Develop
Solar Project In NYC

SunEdison has entered into an agreement with New York City to build a 10 MW solar photovoltaic project on the site of the former Freshkills landfill, now a park.

The project, which is scheduled to break ground in the second half of 2015, will consist of two PV arrays that will incorporate up to 35,000 solar panels installed across 47 acres leased to SunEdison.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the Freshkills project will increase the city’s solar energy capacity by 50%.

 

Soltage And NewWorld
Add To Solar Portfolio

Developer Soltage LLC and investor NewWorld Environmental Infrastructure LP have added a 3.5 MW solar photovoltaic power plant to be constructed in Oxford, Mass., to their portfolio.

The Oxford solar power station is expected to generate more than 4 GWh of electricity annually for a consortium of four municipalities located in central Massachusetts. Power will be purchased under an agreement for at least 20 years.

The project is the seventh solar power system the partnership has committed to develop and operate. Their portfolio now totals more than 15 MW of solar power assets.

 

Conergy Completes
PV Project In Ontario

Conergy has completed a 583 kW photovoltaic power plant on a commercial building in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The solar array consists of approximately 2,500 Conergy ON solar modules and is expected to produce more than 700 MWh of electricity for the commercial office and storage building annually.

Conergy served as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project. The company says the installation represents part of its effort to enter the EPC services market in Canada to compete under Ontario’s revised feed-in tariff program for large-scale PV installations.

In August of last year, Kawa Capital Management Inc. acquired the North American assets of Conergy AG.

 

SunPower Installing Solar
At Oakland Schools

SunPower Corp. is designing and building 3.6 MW of solar power systems for 16 schools in the Oakland Unified School District in California. Once completed this year, the district estimates it will reduce electricity costs at those facilities by 46%.

The systems, which will incorporate SunPower’s photovoltaic modules, include rooftop solar arrays and solar shade structures in school parking lots.

 

Mitsubishi Installs PV
At Calif. Factory

Mitsubishi Electric has installed a 219 kW photovoltaic system at the Bishamon Industries Corp. factory in Ontario. Sun Integration installed the PV system on the factory’s roof, using 975 Mitsubishi Electric solar modules.

The PV system is expected to supply over 337.93 MWh of electricity annually. Sun Integration also designed and built an arched solar parking canopy near the building’s entrance, to facilitate the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in the future.

 

Conergy Building U.K.
Solar Portfolio

Conergy is developing and building five solar farms totaling 40 MW for Primrose Solar in the U.K. The projects are backed by York Capital Management and Pioneer Point Partners LLP.

Three of the power plants in the portfolio will be located in the county of Dorset. The others will be built close to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Altogether, the farms are expected to generate approximately 38.1 GWh of electricity annually. All of the sites are on agricultural land and will not be visible to the general public. Panels will be mounted on elevated racks to enable sheep to graze underneath, increasing the land’s productivity.

Conergy developed the portfolio, which is part of a nine project, 90 MW pipeline, together with U.K.-based Camborne Energy. Conergy will perform all procurement, engineering and construction services. As the general contractor, Conergy will also take on operations and maintenance duties.

 

JinkoSolar To Develop
200 MW Of Solar In China

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with the government of Lingwu City, China, to develop a 200 MW ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant.

Under the terms of the agreement, JinkoSolar will build the facility and invest in a number of PV-related supporting facilities in the region. The company says it will begin construction once it has received grid-connection approval from local authorities. R