Duke Energy Begins Operations at Texas Solar Plant

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A unit of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) has begun operations at its largest solar power plant to date, the company said Wednesday. The 250-megawatt (MW) Pisgah Ridge Solar Project in Navarro County, Texas, has garnered virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) from three companies for its output.

Located on 2,000 acres, the project includes the installation of 650,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. Construction began in mid-2021. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the project report.

The three 15-year VPPAs account for 90% of the solar plant's output. Charles River Laboratories International Incorporated (Wilmington, Massachusetts) has a VPPA with Duke for 102 MW of the project. Midwest retailer Meijer (Grand Rapids, Michigan) signed a separate VPPA for 83 MW, and an unnamed company has a third agreement, according to Duke.

Duke said it operates nearly 1,500 MW of wind, 750 MW of solar and a 36-MW battery storage facility in Texas.

Industrial Info is tracking 19 solar power projects from Duke, worth $3.34 billion. Subscribers can click here for the project reports.

Projects include the proposed $460 million Turtle Creek PV Solar Plant in New Lebanon, Indiana, which has a planned generating capacity of 400 MW, and the 100-MW Wildflower PV Solar Plant in Walls, Mississippi. The projects are expected to kick off in October and March 2024, respectively. SOLV Energy (San Diego, California) is performing EPC services for the Wildflower project.

Subscribers can see reports on the Turtle Creek and Wildflower projects.

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