Standard Solar Inc., a leading solar energy company specialising in the development and financing of solar electric systems nationwide, today announced an agreement with the Burrilville, Rhode Island, to build a 4.2 MW system that will be integrated into the Rhode Island Renewable Energy Growth.
The ground-mount project, utilising key town property that will produce renewable energy for the community, will contain more than 11,000 solar modules and produce 5.3 GWh of electricity. That's the CO2 equivalent of removing 3,104,708 pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Standard Solar purchased the project from Boston-based Energy Management Inc. and will finance, own and operate the system. The project will provide electricity to the town and is expected be completed in March 2020.
The REG Program will support the development of 560 MW of new renewable energy projects in Rhode Island between 2015 and 2020. The REG Program is the successor program to the contract-based 40 MW Distributed Generation Standard Contracts Program (DG Program) that was in place from 2011 to 2014. Eligible technologies include wind, solar, hydropower, and anaerobic digestion. In contrast to the DG Program, small-scale solar projects can participate in the REG Program.
EDF Renewables North America's 212MW Morris Ridge Solar Project has been awarded a long-term contract by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
PassiveSystems has won a competitive tender to provide its PassivPro platform to the Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER) in Oman. AER will use the platform to manage 250,000 residential solar PV assets, from pre-installation through commissioning, operation, remote monitoring and maintenance.