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Released April 27, 2023 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Earlier this week, officials held a ceremony celebrating the start of operations at the Skyhawk solar project in Obion County, Tennessee. The output from the facility will be used to partially power two data centers belonging to Google parent company Alphabet Incorporated (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (Mountain View, California).
Origis Energy (Miami, Florida) developed and constructed the 100-megawatt (MW) Skyhawk facility under an alliance with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee), with construction kicking off early last year. Under a power purchase agreement, Alphabet is purchasing the renewable energy credits generated by the facility to add to its energy portfolio. This will benefit an Alphabet data center in nearby Clarksville, Tennessee, and another that is still under construction in Jackson County, Alabama.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the report on the Skyhawk project.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for the project report on the Alabama data center, which is expected to be completed next year and is being built at the site of the TVA's closed Widows Creek Fossil Plant.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Plant Database can click here for the plant profile of the Clarksville data center.
Google has set the goal to operate from 100% carbon-free energy by 2030.
Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.8 billion worth of projects attributable to the Skyhawk facility's developer, Origis Energy, throughout the U.S. These all take the form of solar farms and co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS). Among the largest of Origis' projects are the Golden Triangle and Golden Triangle II solar plants in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The original Golden Triangle site will have a nameplate generating capacity of 200 MW and will be accompanied by a 50-MW BESS unit to provide power when the sun isn't shining. The projects are expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers can click here for the report on the solar farm and click here for the report on the BESS.
The Golden Triangle II facility will use more than 651,000 solar panels to achieve nameplate generation of 200 MW. Also accompanying the solar farm will be a 50-MW BESS. Construction on both projects kicked off last year and is expected to be completed later this year, after the completion of Golden Triangle I. Subscribers can click here for the report on the solar farm and click here for the BESS report.
A smaller Origis project is set to commence this summer in Kings County, California. The Chalan solar farm will provide nameplate generation of 65 MW, accompanied by a 25-MW BESS unit. Construction is expected to be completed early next year. Subscribers can click here for the related reports.
Origis' solar project is something of a rarity for Tennessee, which has mostly seen smaller solar developments and hydropower projects in the renewable energy sector. Origis' recent development is one of the state's largest solar farms. Examples of other solar facilities under construction in the state include the 35-MW Vanderbilt solar plant in Bell Buckle, construction of which is nearing completion. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
More common in Tennessee's renewable energy project portfolio are projects to maintain and upgrade the state's hydropower facilities. Such projects include the TVA's modernization of units 1 and 2 at the Fort Loudon hydropower plant near Lenoir City. The project entails replacing the turbines and rewinding the generators to increase power output by 8 MW for each unit. Construction is expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Origis Energy (Miami, Florida) developed and constructed the 100-megawatt (MW) Skyhawk facility under an alliance with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee), with construction kicking off early last year. Under a power purchase agreement, Alphabet is purchasing the renewable energy credits generated by the facility to add to its energy portfolio. This will benefit an Alphabet data center in nearby Clarksville, Tennessee, and another that is still under construction in Jackson County, Alabama.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the report on the Skyhawk project.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for the project report on the Alabama data center, which is expected to be completed next year and is being built at the site of the TVA's closed Widows Creek Fossil Plant.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Plant Database can click here for the plant profile of the Clarksville data center.
Google has set the goal to operate from 100% carbon-free energy by 2030.
Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.8 billion worth of projects attributable to the Skyhawk facility's developer, Origis Energy, throughout the U.S. These all take the form of solar farms and co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS). Among the largest of Origis' projects are the Golden Triangle and Golden Triangle II solar plants in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The original Golden Triangle site will have a nameplate generating capacity of 200 MW and will be accompanied by a 50-MW BESS unit to provide power when the sun isn't shining. The projects are expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers can click here for the report on the solar farm and click here for the report on the BESS.
The Golden Triangle II facility will use more than 651,000 solar panels to achieve nameplate generation of 200 MW. Also accompanying the solar farm will be a 50-MW BESS. Construction on both projects kicked off last year and is expected to be completed later this year, after the completion of Golden Triangle I. Subscribers can click here for the report on the solar farm and click here for the BESS report.
A smaller Origis project is set to commence this summer in Kings County, California. The Chalan solar farm will provide nameplate generation of 65 MW, accompanied by a 25-MW BESS unit. Construction is expected to be completed early next year. Subscribers can click here for the related reports.
Origis' solar project is something of a rarity for Tennessee, which has mostly seen smaller solar developments and hydropower projects in the renewable energy sector. Origis' recent development is one of the state's largest solar farms. Examples of other solar facilities under construction in the state include the 35-MW Vanderbilt solar plant in Bell Buckle, construction of which is nearing completion. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
More common in Tennessee's renewable energy project portfolio are projects to maintain and upgrade the state's hydropower facilities. Such projects include the TVA's modernization of units 1 and 2 at the Fort Loudon hydropower plant near Lenoir City. The project entails replacing the turbines and rewinding the generators to increase power output by 8 MW for each unit. Construction is expected to wrap up this summer. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
