U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region Expects $3.5 Billion in Fourth-Quarter Power Project Starts

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Like other regions of the U.S., the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, is seeing an influx of renewable energy projects--in this case solar power. Industrial Info is tracking more than $3.5 billion in Power Industry projects that are set to kick off in the region in fourth-quarter 2020, a large amount of which is for solar projects. With more than $2 billion in planned projects, Virginia leads the other states in terms of spending amount and number of projects.

Click on the image at right for a breakdown by state of planned fourth-quarter 2020 power project starts in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

Among the largest solar projects planned to kick off in the upcoming quarter is Sustainable Power Group's (Salt Lake City, Utah) 180-megawatt (MW) Skipjack photovoltaic plant near Charles City, Virginia, which will use an estimated 540,000 Jinko solar modules. The $342 million project is expected to kick off relatively early in the quarter and take about a year to complete. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. Phase II will be built concurrently and will provide an additional 140 MW. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Other planned solar projects in the region include BayWa AG's (Munich, Germany) Fern solar plant near Tarboro, North Carolina. The facility will use approximately 415,000 solar modules to generate 100 MW. The project is expected to be completed next summer. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Dominion Energy Incorporated (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia) plans to get underway with a 12-MW pilot battery energy storage system at the Scott solar facility in Macon, Virginia, about 30 miles west of Richmond. The project will use both direct current and alternating current systems and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

While a couple of wind projects are on the books for the region, Industrial Info has classified these as having a low probability (0-69% chance) of moving forward as planned.

Among the transmission and distribution projects planned to kick off in the upcoming quarter is Exelon Corporation's (NASDAQ:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) 230-kilovolt Takoma-Harvard transmission line in Maryland. Three miles of underground of double-circuit, high-voltage line will be built between Pepco Holdings' (Washington, D.C.) Takoma substation in Chillum and the Harvard substation in Washington D.C. Upgrades will be made to the substations, and the transmission line is expected to take about three years to complete. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

A couple of nuclear refueling outages also are on the books, including Duke Energy Corporation's (NYSE:DUK) refueling of the 742-MW Unit 2 at the H.B. Robinson Nuclear Power Station in Hartsville, South Carolina. The outage is expected last approximately 20 days in October. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

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