power purchase agreement Articles
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Dispatchable Power Purchase Agreements and Your Future
Over the last decade we have witnessed an unprecedented use of the PPA. It has financed billions of dollars of solar projects around the world. But they are going to change. Utilities no longer look at solar the same way. And you shouldn’t as well. With the advent of more storage options every day, you and your solar plant will behave differently. No longer will you be pushing power ...
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Aloha Solar Case Study
Altus Power America acquired a Tier 3 Feed-In Tariff (FIT) project and needed to have it rapidly built to meet the deadline for the power purchase agreement’s guaranteed completion date. The project included upgrading a substation. REC Solar built the entire 5 MW (AC) system plus substation in 5 months. The energy from the project is being purchased by Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) on a ...
By REC Solar
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Lincoln Farms I-IV, Fayetteville, TN - Utility-Scale Ground-Mounted Projects - Case Study
VISSOLIS structured, designed, financed, installed, and owns and manages the Lincoln Farm projects. Technically, they are four projects of 750 kW each but since they were built the same time and with the same stakeholders in the project, we consider it to be a 3 MW project. It was the first project for VISSOLIS in the USA. The power is purchased be Tennessee Valley Authority over 20 years under a ...
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An Analysis of the European Solar Market
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the analyst group, foresees continued growth in PV installations up to around 1.4 TW of capacity by 2050, with Germany and France representing the two largest markets on the continent. The analyst firm expects annual installations to peak at roughly 70 GW around 2036, followed by a dip and then renewed activity, in excess of 50 GW a year, in the first half of ...
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UA Tech Park in Tucson, AZ - Utility-Scale Ground-Mounted Projects - Case Study
Experience – Hit the ground running Only a few weeks before year-end 2011, VISSOLIS was approached by the PV module manufacturer Astronergy to save a stalled project. It was developed by an unrelated party and was in danger of being cancelled because of the lack of fi nancing, expiration of the Power Purchase Agreement and the termination of the land lease. Within only a few weeks, ...
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Salaya power plant : 1,200 MW thermal power plant in Gujarat - Case Study
The Salaya project is a 1200 MW (2X600 MW) imported coal-based thermal power plant located in Jamnagar district in Gujarat. It has a 25-year PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with GUVNL (Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ld), which means that the plant is responsible for supplying about 10% of the state’s power requirement. The project continues to ensure over 80% availability to its anchor customer, ...
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Reform in Brazilian electricity industry: the search for a new model
The objective of this paper is to analyse the background of the reform process in the Brazilian Electricity Industry and to examine the adequacy of the new energy policy being implemented as a way to restore the level of investment, in particular private investment. The Brazilian experience of market-oriented reform questions the ability of the operational competition to ensure long-term ...
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Data Analytics: Key Strategies to Manage Energy Costs in Cannabis Grow Facilities - Case Study
Cannabis grow facilities are one of the highest energy-intensive segments across regulated and competitive markets in North America. With energy for lighting, HVAC and other systems costing up to 50% of total operational spend, it is a significant containable cost. The savvy owner needs to know how to leverage energy information to create advantageous power management and purchasing strategies. ...
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Wilga Park Coal Seam Methane Power Station (Narrabri) - Case Study
Wilga Park Coal Seam Methane Power Station The project is the sole undertaking of the company's wholly owned subsidiary Narrabri Power Limited and comprises:- A coal seam gas gathering and processing system to deliver gas from the Coonarah Field, to the power station site at Wilga Park, 12 kilometres west of Narrabri, on land owned by the company. A power station comprising 11 x 1 MWe GE ...
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Risk sharing in hydropower development: case study of the Chukha Hydel Project in Bhutan
The Himalayan rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the region. Bhutan and Nepal together have an economically feasible potential of 60,000 MW of hydroelectric power generation capacity but are too weak financially to bear the risks associated with the development of their hydro resources alone. India is the only potential market for ...
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California Polytechnic University Case Study
California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) is a university in the California State University system and has been ranked the Best in the West 24 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. As part of their net zero sustainability plan, the university wanted to build a solar farm on land adjacent to the campus. REC Solar was selected by Cal Poly to build a 4.5 megawatt (AC) solar farm. ...
By REC Solar
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Bath Michigan Solar Installation Case Study
Project Overview Patriot worked with Peninsula Solar to design a racking system that would work with limited space and not penetrate the ground surface. The ground mount array utilized a non-penetrating ballasted design to work with the existing terrain on top of an underground house. To save space in the yard, the North row utilized a longer post to allow closer inner-row spacing. 32 solar ...
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500kW Wind Turbine for AG Barr - Case Study
From their production facility in Cumbernauld, AG Barr Plc produces some of Scotland’s favourite drinks. This includes Irn Bru, Strathmore Water and Rockstar. Wishing to upgrade the site and expand, AG Barr faced either a substantial upgrade fee from Scottish Power in excess of £1,000,000 or to think outside the box and find other ways of delivering additional power. The natural fit ...
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Schneider Electric Case Study
Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. At their North American headquarters in Boston, the company wanted to create a visible example of their microgrid technology in action, while offsetting energy costs and creating a backup power source during outages. REC Solar built and will operate the canopy and rooftop solar arrays that power the microgrid, which ...
By REC Solar
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Halifax case study
Highway 101 Landfill Sackville, Nova Scotia In 2001 Highland Energy Inc. was contacted by the Halifax Regional Municipality regarding their recently closed landfill on route 101 in Sackville, Nova Scotia, with regards to determining the potential to develop a landfill gas to energy project. Highland conducted its due diligence and feasibility studies and concluded that, subject to certain ...
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Solar Tower Report 2014:Cost, Performance and Thermal Storage
'Strategically plan your commercial trajectory and optimize profitability in the increasingly internationalized solar tower market' About this report: Through industry-validated cost information, localized techno-economic analysis and inter-market benchmarking, this report brings unprecedented clarity on solar tower technology across eight global markets, enabling you to separate the fact from ...
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CSP players work towards JNNSM deadline
CSP Today take another look at the steps that developers in India are taking to meet the National Solar Mission deadlines next year In December 2010 the Phase I bidding process of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in India was completed with more than sixty companies submitting bids. It is now widely agreed that Phase I resulted in aggressive bidding on the part of project ...
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Dacian Gold’s Mt Morgans Gold Project, Australia - Case study
Energy solutions provider Zenith Energy have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Dacian Gold to deliver a 17MW gas fired power station at Mt Morgans Gold Project (MMGP) in Western Australia. Fuel gas for the power station will be delivered via a new four kilometer gas pipeline lateral supplied by APA Group. Under the terms of the PPA, Zenith Energy will construct the power station to ...
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Large solar system in South Africa monitored by WS600 all-in-one weather sensor
The De Aar Solar farm is the largest solar farm ever completed in the Southern Hemisphere, Africa and the Middle East region. It’s placed six km away from De Aar in the Northern Cape. The farm expands over 100 hectares of the Emthanjeni Municipality – a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District. The facility generates electricity using 167’580 solar (PV) panels feeding ...
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Solar Glossary of Terms
If you are new to the solar world, there are a few phrases you need to master in order to expertly navigate your way to the best solar installation for home. Here is a brief explanation of all the terms you may encounter during your solar journey. Energy Audit This is an audit conducted by a professional that measures electricity usage in the home. The results allow homeowners to take steps to ...
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