Rendering of the AVSE II solar project.
Fluor has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 125 MW solar project being developed in Arizona, USA. The project is owned by Arlington Valley Solar Energy II (AWSE II; part of LS Power Group).
ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan NA and the Sumitomo Corporation of America have found a way to extend the life of old Nissan LEAF batteries by using them for energy storage in future local community smart grids. The partners are evaluating and testing ways of reusing the Li-ion batteries in residential and commercial energy storage applications.
National Solar Power has signed an agreement with Liberty County, Florida, for the development of a 100 MW solar project on a property in Liberty County. The project will be adjacent to the company's solar project in Gadsden County. Once fully developed and built, the project will represent a USD 350 million investment. This will be National Solar's third solar project in Florida.
EDF Energies Nouvelles has ordered 25 MM92 2 MW units from REpower. The wind turbines will be delivered to enXco, EDF EN's subsidiary in the US. The units are to be installed at the Shiloh IV wind farm in California, which is soon to reach 102.5 MW of installed capacity.
Solar Frontier will supply enXco with solar modules for a solar energy project with up to 150 MWp of installed capacity. The Catalina Solar Project project will use Solar Frontier's CIS solar modules. Once fully operational, this will be the largest solar installation in the world to use CIS solar modules.
GE has entered into an agreement with Invenergy for a total of 23 MW of solar equipment for the company's Grand Ridge Solar Project. This solar installation is adjacent to Invenergy's wind energy project, also called Grand Ridge. Both installations are located in Illinois (US).
REpower has concluded a contract for the supply of a total of 73 wind turbines, MM92 units. The combined capacity of all the units is 150 MW, to be installed at a project in Oklahoma. The company was assisted by Suzlon Wind Energy as a sales agent.
Acciona has entered into a supply contract with NaturEner for the supply of 126 AW77-1500 wind turbines, totalling in 189 MW of capacity. The ordered turbines will be installed at the Rim Rock wind farm in Montana, USA. Apart from the delivery and installation of the turbines, Acciona will also commission the units, and provide service and maintenance for seven years.
AWS Truepower has been chosen as one of the partners to be involved in the Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study (COWICS), funded by the US Department of Interior. The company's partners on this project are Duke Energy, ABB and the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), as well as the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC). The purpose of
the study is to assess the benefits and challenges associated with the development of offshore wind capacity near the coasts of North and South Carolina. The US DoI will regard the results of this study as critical for making policy and commercial descisions having to do with offshore wind development.
OCI Solar Power (based in South Korea) and CPS Energy have partnered for a possible 400 MW of solar power capacity in Texas. The future project could become one of the largest solar projects in the US. The project will be comprised of several solar power plants, which combined will be able to produce enough electrical energy annually to supply some 90,000 average homes.
