The company confirmed on Tuesday that JERA Nex has announced a major expansion of its operational footprint in the US.

Japan’s largest power firm expands US footprint with 395MW solar farms acquisition

JERA Nex, the dedicated global renewable energy business subsidiary of Japan’s largest power company JERA, has announced a major expansion of its operational footprint in the U.S.

The company confirmed on Tuesday that it had acquired its first two solar projects stateside with a total capacity of 395MW from Lightsource BP. They include the 300MW Oxbow solar farm in Louisiana, the largest in the state, and the 95MW Happy solar farm in Arkansas.

It is first transaction by JERA Nex since the London-headquartered subsidiary’s launch in April. Both signatories to the deal said Lightsource BP has “worked closely with local communities” in both U.S. states to develop the sites.

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Source: Forbes

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Transported 900 metres along the Seine, a 78 kW temporary photovoltaic power plant has docked at the Athletes’ Village

Mobile floating PV plant powers Paris’ Olympic village

It is the largest floating and mobile solar power plant in the world. Moored on the banks of the Seine, the temporary photovoltaic installation, rented especially for the Olympic Games by energy company EDF ENR to a subsidiary, helps supply green electricity to the Olympic and Paralympic Square, the central and festive site of the Athletes’ Village, where athletes and journalists gather. There are also shops and giant screens projecting live images of the competition.

Operating on pure self-consumption, the temporary solar power plant does not feed-in electricity into the grid, requiring real-time adaptation of electricity production to the site’s consumption. Spread over 470 square meters and with a capacity of 78 kWp — the consumption of 94 apartments in the Village — the installation’s main advantage is that it can be set up and dismantled very easily.

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Source: PV Magazine

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At a ceremony last week, construction commenced for a new park adjacent to the Los Angeles River channel in Tarzana.

Construction underway for new solar powered river park in Tarzana

At a ceremony last week, construction commenced for a new park adjacent to the Los Angeles River channel in Tarzana.

Caballero Creek Park, which will be located on a 1.5-acre site off of Lindley Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Erwin Street, is the result of a partnership between the City of Los Angeles, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield help to secure funding from seven different sources for the project, which was announced in 2018. His office also announced that the project will serve as an outdoor partnership for Reseda High School.

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Source: Urbanize Los Angeles

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Bridge Renewable Energy, Solaris Energy and WATTMORE closed an 1.8MW of solar+storage projects on the Rincon Reservation

Solar+storage project for Rincon Reservation underway

Bridge Renewable Energy, Solaris Energy and WATTMORE have closed on 1.8 MW of solar and storage projects across multiple facilities on the Rincon Reservation in San Diego County, Calif.

Solaris Energy and WATTMORE co-developed the project and used combined incentives from the Inflation Recovery Act, with the intention of maximizing the economics and impact for both the Tribe and Bridge Renewable Energy.

“We are thrilled to have reached this milestone and are grateful for our partnership with the Rincon Tribe,” says Bridge Renewable Energy’s Adam Haughton.

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Source: Solar Industry

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Integrating AI into renewable energy generation could improve efficiency to offset the tech's demands on the power grid

Sun, sensors and silicon: How AI is revolutionizing solar farms

With artificial intelligence (AI) dominating the news over the past two years, a new headline is emerging: the pressure these technologies place on our energy systems and grids. The data centres that train and operate models require massive amounts of energy. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that this demand will double by 2026, requiring roughly the same amount of electricity as the whole of Japan.

Despite the goals of many tech companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, for some, increased AI demand in data centres has caused emissions to grow.

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Source: World Economic Forum

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California lawmakers are crafting a end-of-session package of proposed laws to streamline building solar and offshore wind energy projects.

California lawmakers negotiating sweeping package to speed up solar, wind energy

California lawmakers are crafting a end-of-session package of proposed laws that could streamline the building of solar and offshore wind energy projects, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Democratic legislators, who have shared drafts with environmental groups, industry, lobbyists and other interested parties, are negotiating the details with Gov. Gavin Newsom. The talks among staff in the state Senate and Assembly and Newsom’s office are being held behind closed doors and the proposals are not yet public. California’s legislative session ends Aug. 31.

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Source: LAist

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a 1 GW solar farm on a former top-secret Manhattan Project nuclear site in Washington State.

The US to turn a Manhattan Project nuclear site into a 1 GW solar farm

The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a 1 GW solar farm on a former top-secret Manhattan Project nuclear site in Washington State.

The DOE’s plan is to work with Hecate Energy to repurpose the Hanford Site, an 8,000-acre federal land site, as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative launched in July 2023. The program aims to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands – parts of which were previously used in the US’s nuclear weapons program – for clean energy generation.

Hecate Energy was chosen through a competitive qualifications-based process for evaluating and ranking proposals. DOE and Hecate Energy will undergo a negotiation process for a realty agreement, and DOE notes that it may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that time.

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Source: electrek

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Homes and businesses in South Africa have added 3,526 Megawatts of rooftop solar in just a span of two years!

South Africa now has over 12GW of wind & solar generation capacity

South African homes and businesses have added 3,526 MW of rooftop solar in just two years! It is just wonderful to see how fast electricity generation capacity can be added from rooftop solar. According to data from South Africa’s national electricity utility company, Eskom, there were about 2,264.5 MW of rooftop solar PV installed in South Africa as of July 2022. According to Eskom’s latest update, South African homes and businesses have now installed 5,790.5 MW of solar PV.

The distributed solar sector has been growing at a much faster rate than South Africa’s utility-scale renewables programme. South Africa started off well in this area over a decade ago with its Renewable Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP), which is aimed at bringing additional megawatts onto the country’s electricity system through private sector investment in wind, biomass, and small hydro, among others. Since its inception, REIPPP has successfully added 6,430.2 MW to South Africa’s energy mix.

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Source: Clean Technica

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Nigeria is building a solar module assembling plant in the town of Akpugo, located in the southeastern state of Enugu.

Nigeria breaks ground on solar module assembling plant

Nigeria is building a solar module assembling plant in the town of Akpugo, located in the southeastern state of Enugu.

A groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 27, attended by Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Geoffrey Nnaji. Nnaji wrote on social media the plant will reduce dependency on imported energy solutions and create numerous job opportunities for the local community.

“Similar projects would be replicated at other Centres of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) nationwide namely; Benin, Ilorin, Lagos, Bauchi and Sokoto to cut across the six Geopolitical Zones,” the minister added, without providing more details about the manufacturing facility.

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Source: PV Magazine

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Post-Games, EDF ENR's 15 solar plants on the athletes' village roofs will support collective self-consumption for future district residents.

Paris’ solar-powered Olympic village to become collective self-consumption hub

EDF ENR, the winner of a tender launched by Solideo — the public entity behind the creation of France’s Olympic Village in Paris — has installed 15 PV arrays on the roofs of buildings currently occupied by athletes taking part in the Olympic Games.

Located in the Belvédères district, just outside the northern Paris suburbs of Saint-Ouen and Saint-Denis, the village buildings are fitted with panels manufactured by Photowatt, a subsidiary of EDF ENR. They provide a total output of 450 kWp, covering 20% of the district’s electricity needs. They have been integrated in a number of different ways: in shade structures to allow residents free access to the roof, by overlaying vegetation or, more traditionally, on concrete terraces.

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Source: PV Magazine

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