The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded EDF Renewables North America a 1 GW solar and battery storage contract as part of its 2021 solicitation for large-scale renewable energy certificates. The Columbia Solar Energy Centre and Ridge View Solar Energy Centre, each with 350 MWac of capacity and 20 MW of co-located battery storage, are among the solar projects included in the contract.
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Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, has been awarded a 295 MW order for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Changhua County, Taiwan. China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are working together on the project (CIP). It will have 31 Vestas V174-9.5 MW turbines with the capacity to power 300,000 Taiwanese households each year.
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The hydro division of GE Renewable Energy has been awarded a contract by SPIC Brasil to carry out a comprehensive modernisation project at São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant in Brazil. The project, which is located between the towns of Santa Vitória and São Simão, has six generating units with a total capacity of 1.71 GW, enough to power six million homes.
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United States based electricity provider Peninsula Clean Energy has signed contracts to procure 245 MW of power from three wind projects located in California. This will help supplement the agency’s growing portfolio of solar generation so as to achieve its goal of providing reliable and clean power to its consumers by 2025.
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