Rosendin Kicks Off Construction On 500-MW Solar Project : CEG constructionequipmentguide.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from constructionequipmentguide.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rosendin Renewable Energy Group and Tokyo Gas America have started construction of the 631MW Aktina solar farm in the US state of Texas.
A total of 1.4 million solar modules will be installed across 1619 hectares in Wharton County, outside the Houston Metro area.
Aktina will be brought online in stages starting in mid-2021, with electricity generated sold to the ERCOT wholesale market.
It is scheduled to be fully operational in the first half of next year.
Rosendin has hired 500 employees and union contractors with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build the solar farm.
The team is currently comprised of over 30% women, it said.
Developers break ground on 613MW Texas solar renews.biz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from renews.biz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/510015.html (Natural News) Two months ago, millions of Texans shivered under blankets as a historic winter storm drove the state’s power grid to the brink of collapse. Now, Caprock Renewables, a utility-scale developer based in Austin, Texas, is planning to raise equity for a big $500-million portfolio of solar projects in Texas, according to a recent report from
Bloomberg.
Thanasis Iatrou, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO), said their portfolio consists of three, build-ready projects in southern Texas. Iatrou also said they have contracted 520 megawatts of capacity to a financial corporation with a tax equity investment accounting for 35 percent of the portfolio’s estimated cost.
Massive Solar Farm Will Serve Texas Grid powermag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from powermag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.