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Trico Community Scale Solar and Battery Storage Facility coming to Pinal County
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

Trico Community Scale Solar and Battery Storage Facility coming to Pinal County

Trico Electric Cooperative, Torch Clean Energy and CoBank are partnering to construct a 10 megawatt photovoltaic solar generating facility along with a 15 megawatt battery storage system on Edwin Road west of North Oracle Road, within Pinal County. The solar and battery storage project is called the Chirreon Facility (Chirreon). Construction of Chirreon will begin in fall 2021 and is projected to be in service by mid-2022.

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D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Torch Clean Energy Announce Financial Notice to Proceed for Hunter Solar
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Torch Clean Energy Announce Financial Notice to Proceed for Hunter Solar

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Torch Clean Energy (Torch) announced today that they have reached financial notice to proceed (FNTP) on the Hunter Solar project (Hunter). Hunter is a 75MWac solar facility located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Hunter was initially developed by Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC, and acquired in a joint venture between DESRI and Torch.

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D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) Announces Signing of a 160 MWac Solar PPA with Facebook in Virginia
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) Announces Signing of a 160 MWac Solar PPA with Facebook in Virginia

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), a leading renewable energy producer in the U.S., today announced details regarding the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Facebook for the Chester Solar project in Virginia. The solar facility will support Facebook's data centers in the region, including the Henrico Data Center, located nearby in Eastern Henrico County.

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Trico Community Scale Solar and Battery Storage Facility coming to Pinal County
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

Trico Community Scale Solar and Battery Storage Facility coming to Pinal County

Trico Electric Cooperative, Torch Clean Energy and CoBank are partnering to construct a 10 megawatt photovoltaic solar generating facility along with a 15 megawatt battery storage system on Edwin Road west of North Oracle Road, within Pinal County. The solar and battery storage project is called the Chirreon Facility (Chirreon). Construction of Chirreon will begin in fall 2021 and is projected to be in service by mid-2022.

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Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and Torch Clean Energy Secure Financing to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and Torch Clean Energy Secure Financing to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Goal

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC), a member-owned distributor of electricity in northern New Mexico, has reached financial close with CoBank on 21 MW of solar capacity and 15 MW of storage. Serving nearly 30,000 members in Taos, Colfax, and Rio Arriba counties, this achievement marks a significant milestone for KCEC as it meets its goal of generating 100 percent daytime solar energy.

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Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and Torch Clean Energy Secure Financing to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Wesley Andrews Wesley Andrews

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and Torch Clean Energy Secure Financing to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Goal

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC), a member-owned distributor of electricity in northern New Mexico, has reached financial close with CoBank on 21 MW of solar capacity and 15 MW of storage. Serving nearly 30,000 members in Taos, Colfax, and Rio Arriba counties, this achievement marks a significant milestone for KCEC as it meets its goal of generating 100 percent daytime solar energy

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