A California-based renewable vitality firm introduced has a number of milestones, together with that it has surpassed 20 GW of put in and awarded utility-scale photo voltaic and vitality storage tasks in America. SOLV Power, headquartered in San Diego, additionally stated it plans to result in 4 GW of era capability on-line this yr, and has one other 3 GW of capability underneath building in six states.
The corporate made the announcement September 9 on the RE+ 24 renewable vitality commerce present in Anaheim, California. POWER is main companion for the occasion.
SOLV on Monday stated the corporate is now the third-largest international supplier of operations and upkeep (O&M) companies, and expects to have greater than 15 GW of era capability underneath contract for these companies by the top of this yr.
The group stated its latest tasks embrace a 1.6-GW proposed photo voltaic facility in Oregon that will be the state’s largest to this point. SOLV additionally has a 1.2-GW challenge pipeline in Texas, together with 990 MW within the Midwest. It is also constructing its first tasks in Missouri and Arkansas.
SOLV as a part of its announcement stated it’s hiring regional challenge groups “to help coast-to-coast supply of all EPC [engineering, procurement, construction] companies, plus standalone BESS [battery energy storage systems] and HV [high voltage] amenities.”
“Not solely did 2024 see us putting in practically two instances extra capability than in 2023, however we additionally made vital strides to increase the areas we serve and the capabilities we are able to ship to our prospects,” stated George Hershman, CEO of SOLV Power. “As we get collectively to have fun 20 years of RE+, we additionally acknowledge numerous decade-plus partnerships we’ve constructed. Thanks to the trade companions which have entrusted their tasks to SOLV Power—we’re proud to have earned what you are promoting!”
SOLV Power has been concerned in renewable vitality for practically twenty years. The group on Monday stated it has supplied EPC companies on a number of giant installations together with:
- 1.3 GW of co-located solar-plus-storage tasks in Riverside County, California.
- The nation’s first solar-plus-storage peaker plant, referred to as Vikings, in Imperial County, California.
- The world’s largest photo voltaic plant positioned at a sports activities facility, put in on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana.
- The primary tribally owned and operated utility photo voltaic plant—Kayenta 2—for the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
- Wyoming’s first utility photo voltaic plant, often called Sweetwater.
The corporate stated it additionally serves the biggest working solar energy amenities in Idaho (Jackpot), Alabama (Muscle Shoals), and Minnesota (North Star). The group additionally just lately delivered a repowering challenge for a 38-MW photo voltaic facility in Arizona.
—Darrell Proctor is senior editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
