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Gov. Newsom’s proposals would streamline projects to unleash construction across the state so CA can reach its world-leading climate goals.

Governor Newsom unveils new proposals to build California’s clean future, faster

Governor Newsom’s proposals would streamline projects to unleash construction across the state – accelerating the building of clean infrastructure so California can reach its world-leading climate goals while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.

STANISLAUS COUNTY – At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the state’s most ambitious permitting and project review reforms in a half-century to build California’s clean energy future while creating thousands of good jobs. The measures will facilitate and streamline project approval and completion to maximize California’s share of federal infrastructure dollars and expedite the implementation of projects that meet the state’s ambitious economic, climate, and social goals.

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Source: CA.GOV

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Solar Star is in Rosamond, California. The area is predominantly desert & agricultural and several wild animal species can be found there.

Discover the largest solar farm in California (and what lives around it)

Solar Star, California’s most extensive and best-producing solar farm, provides enough clean energy to power 250,000 homes. The farm stands in Kern and Los Angeles counties and is not only the most significant Solar Farm in California but the largest in the world when completed in 2015. The Solar Farm comprises 1.7 million solar panels spread over 13 square kilometers (3,200 acres). That’s 142 football fields or 4 Central Parks!

California is the leading state in renewable energy and hosts some of the largest solar power plants in the United States. Solar Star produced 579 megawatts of energy, enough to power 255,000 homes. Southern California Edison buys that energy and distributes it to its customers. The farm splits into two installations: Solar Star 1 and Solar Star 2. Solar Star 1 produces 314 MW, and number 2 makes a little less at 265 MW. Solar Star ranks as the largest installed capacity, using 1.7 million solar panels over 13 square kilometers.

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Source: A-Z Animals

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A 49.9MW solar farm will be the first in the UK to feed electricity directly into the transmission network.

UK’s first transmission-connected solar farm goes live

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The first photovoltaic (PV) solar array to connect directly to the electricity transmission network in the UK was energised this week as National Grid connected Enso Energy (Enso) and Cero Generation (Cero)’s new 50MW Larks Green solar farm to its Iron Acton substation near Bristol.

This follows installation of new switchgear at the site by Cero and Enso in collaboration with National Grid, and the running of a high-voltage cable between the substation and solar farm, which has enabled National Grid to successfully connect the 49.9MW Larks Green solar farm to its Iron Acton substation near Bristol.

The solar plant comprises 152,400 solar modules installed in a 200-acre plot near National Grid’s 400kV Iron Acton substation.

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Source: National Grid

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With solar farms, the US agriculture industry once again demonstrates its ability to embrace new technologies and practices.

Army of butterflies to win solar farm wars, despite opposition

The rising tide of opposition to large-scale solar farms has been impacting the US solar industry, but over the long run, PV stakeholders have the butterflies on their side. Solar developers are eager to pitch their projects as pollinator habitats that replace cultivated crops and neglected land with native plants, benefiting the property owner and nearby farms. The pollinator angle helps to undercut complaints that solar arrays are an inappropriate use of farmland, and it supports the case for farmers to adopt new technologies that benefit their industry.

Minnesota has become the epicenter of the solar-plus-pollinator trend, with local electric cooperative Connexus Energy leading the way. That’s no accident. A 2016 state law set up Minnesota’s Habitat Friendly Solar program, which incentivizes property owners and solar developers to claim benefits for gamebirds as well as songbirds and pollinating insects.

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Source: Clean Technica

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San Francisco-based Built Robotics launched the "RPD 35," a robot based on an excavator. It can carry heavy solar piles used to support solar panels and install them on a solar farm.

How this new robot will help build solar farms in a fast, effective way

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A Bay Area company recently launched a robot that will help build solar farms.

San Francisco-based Built Robotics launched the “RPD 35,” a robot based on an excavator. It can carry heavy solar piles used to support solar panels and install them on a solar farm.

The company said the robot helps build solar farms in a faster, safer and more cost-effective way.

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Source: ABC7 News

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Solar panels can provide valuable habitat for wildlife – and potentially benefit both the land and farmers.

Win-win: how solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife

Australia’s renewable energy transition has prompted the construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels, but requires large areas of land to be converted to host solar infrastructure.

Solar farms are mostly built in rural areas. This has raised concerns about a potential decline in both agricultural production – as arable land is used for solar energy production – and wildlife habitat.

But there are ways to expand solar infrastructure so both nature and people win. We’ve already seen this in so called “agrivoltaics”, where land under and around solar panels is used to grow crops and graze livestock. But what about “conservoltaics”, combing conservation and solar energy?

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Source: The Conversation

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USC-LADWP will provide a quarter of USC’s electricity with power from a solar farm in Mojave and will contribute to new solar programs.

USC-LADWP agreement taps into offsite solar power

USC will obtain 25% of its electricity from solar-generated power and contribute to new solar programs that expand opportunities for disadvantaged communities to access affordable clean energy — all under a new agreement with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

ear agreement approved by the L.A. City Council on Wednesday will help USC meet its goals in reducing carbon-based energy consumption. In addition, the university will become the first L.A. institution to contribute to Los Angeles DWP’s Clean Energy Adder program, which will make renewable energy more accessible and affordable for residents in multifamily dwellings, including those surrounding USC’s campuses.

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Source: USC News

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Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) said that it has installed a 3.5-MW ground-mount solar array at its manufacturing facility in Madera, California

Packaging maker Sealed Air adds solar to California plant

US packaging producer Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) said today it has installed a 3.5-MW ground-mount solar array at its manufacturing facility in Madera, California in partnership with TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTE).

The company invested USD 9 million (EUR 9.1m) in the solar farm, which is coupled with a 770-kW/3,080 kWh battery and is now powering the plant producing its BUBBLE WRAP brand packaging and other products. SEE partnered with TotalEnergies to design and install the project. The French energy group recently acquired the industrial and commercial solar operations of SunPower Corp (NASDAQ:SPWR).

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Source: Renewables Now

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