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Clearloop | September 03, 2021

Clearloop, the only cleantech company working with brands and individuals to build domestic solar farms that both clean up the grid and benefit distressed communities, today celebrated the groundbreaking of its 1-megawatt solar farm in Jackson, Tenn., which is the first utility-scale solar farm in the United States directly financed by solar offsets. Clearloop's solar farm will provide enough clean energy to power 200 homes, helping to clean up the Sun Belt's fossil-fuel-dependent ...

SOLAR+STORAGE

The Nature Conservancy | September 14, 2021

"This project is a huge win for Southwest Virginia's economy," said Ed Baine, President of Dominion Energy Virginia. "It's also another major step toward building a 100 percent clean energy economy in Virginia. Repurposing former coal mines for solar is a smart way to enhance the region's economy and bring renewables to Southwest Virginia." Today's announcement comes two months after The Nature Conservancy announced a similar effort to construct...

SOLAR+STORAGE

Tri Global Energy | June 03, 2021

Tri Global Energy, a leading originator, and developer of utility-scale renewable energy projects, has announced an agreement to sell two renewable energy projects – a wind and a solar project -- in Blackford County, Indiana, to leeward Renewable Energy, a premier owner/operator with a portfolio of approximately 2,000 MW of generating capacity from renewable sources. Both projects were originated by Tri Global Energy (TGE) in 2019. Blackford Wind will deliver up to 200 MW, a...

Longroad Energy | July 10, 2020

Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced today the financial close and sale of the Muscle Shoals Solar project, a 294 MWdc project located in Colbert County, AL. Ørsted, the global renewable energy company, acquired the project at financial closing. Muscle Shoals Solar, the largest renewable energy project in Alabama, is expected to come on-line mid 2021 and Longroad Energy will manage the construction. "Longroad is pleased wit...