Rockwood Equity Partners is pleased to announce that it has completed an investment in Austin-based Energy Renewal Partners ("ERP"), an energy consulting service provider specializing in energy development and decommissioning projects across the United States. Founded in 2009 and led by industry veteran Trisha Elizondo, ERP offers a comprehensive range of predevelopment and construction consulting services for energy developers and operators. These services include habitat assessments and wetland delineations for wind, solar, and battery projects; constraints and permitting analyses; due diligence; landowner support and community engagement; and prospecting and mapping.
Projects that ERP works on in the news!
Duke Energy's Community Microgrid in Hot Springs, NC→
/Duke Energy received a lot of attention last week for powering an entire town — Hot Springs, North Carolina — with a microgrid. But the project’s real significance may lie in demonstrating a technology breakthrough that could open a new door to green energy for other communities.
First, some background. A remote mountain town of about 500-600 people, Hot Springs, gets power from the electric grid via a 10-mile, 22.86 kV feeder prone to extended outages.
Duke Energy — the town’s utility — considered building a second feeder line to fix the problem but determined that a microgrid made more sense because, unlike a new line, the microgrid would not disrupt miles of scenic and environmentally sensitive terrain. The North Carolina Utilities Commission agreed and approved the microgrid in 2019.
Read MoreOMERS Infrastructure Signs Agreement with Ares Management to Acquire 100% of Navisun LLC, Signals Entry into Distributed Generation Space→
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OMERS Infrastructure today announced that it has signed an agreement with a fund managed by Ares Management Corporation to acquire 100% of Navisun LLC, an independent distributed generation solar power producer. Navisun acquires, co-develops, constructs, finances, owns and operates distributed and small utility-scale solar and storage projects throughout the United States.
Read MoreDuke Energy Sustainable Solutions To Build It's Largest Solar Project To Date→
/Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions*, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), today announced the start of construction of the 250-megawatt (MW) Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County, Texas.
Once in operation, it will be the largest utility-scale solar facility in Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ fleet.
Read MoreLeeward Renewable Energy to Acquire Solar Development Platform from First Solar
/Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC (“Leeward”), a growth-oriented renewable energy company and portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, today announced that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) with First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), through which Leeward will acquire from First Solar a utility-scale solar project platform of approximately 10-gigawatts (GW)AC.
Read MoreDuke Energy Accelerates Carolinas Solar Development→
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Duke Energy and third-party solar developers are cooperating to accelerate deployment of photovoltaic capacity in the Carolinas.
Duke Energy and major solar developers in North Carolina and South Carolina have agreed to a defined process and timeline by which a “substantial additional” amount of solar generation will be interconnected to the Duke Energy distribution system.
Read MoreDuke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Mesteño Windpower project in Texas begins producing energy→
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Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), announced that its 200-megawatt (MW) Mesteño Windpower project in Starr County, Texas began commercial operation on Dec. 31, 2019. It is Duke Energy’s fourth wind generation facility in Starr County and its eleventh in Texas.
Read MoreRepurposing Coal-Fired Power Plants→
/Consumers Energy didn’t just pick a company to demolish and remediate two coal-fired powerhouses—it hired a team specializing in risk transfer and redevelopment. Forsite Development, Bierlein and Energy Renewal Partners (ERP) where chosen to repurpose these industrial properties. The team developed site-specific plans to remove structures, including the recycling of more than 98% of materials generated, and remediated site environmental issues working with state regulators.
Read MoreWorkers slowly knocking down B.C. Cobb smoke stack→
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MUSKEGON, Mich. - Day after day workers are reducing the size of the historic B.C. Cobb power plant smoke stack.
The nearly 650-foot-tall stack is being removed in five feet by five feet sections.
Those chunks are being dropped to the ground on the inside of the stack and removed at the base of the stack.
It will be a slow process with work expected to finish at the end of January 2019. However, weather will play a big role in determining how much work can be accomplished each day.
Read MoreLongroad Energy Announces Financial Closing Of Rio Bravo Wind Project→
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Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC (“Longroad”) today announced the financing and full notice to proceed of the Rio Bravo wind project in Starr County, Texas.
Read MoreCelebrating a new Frontier: Duke Energy Renewables hosts dedication ceremony for 200-megawatt Oklahoma wind project→
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 supporters attended a dedication ceremony May 31 for Duke Energy Renewables' Frontier Windpower Project, a 200-megawatt (MW) facility near Blackwell, Oklahoma.
State Rep. John Pfeiffer, who was the keynote speaker at the event, said, "Wind energy is progressive and beneficial to the economy of Oklahoma. I'm grateful to companies like Duke Energy Renewables that are unlocking the potential of this important resource to the benefit of our state."
Read MoreDuke Energy Renewables hosts dedication ceremony for 200-megawatt Oklahoma wind project→
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The facility located just east of Blackwell, Oklahoma, is expected to generate enough "emission-free" energy to power about 60,000 average-sized homes.
Each of the 203-foot-long turbine blades, sitting atop 287-foot-tall steel posts, will harness the power of winds which average 16 mph. Duke Energy chose the 11-mile-long Blackwell site because the wind is almost always blowing there, typically from the south or southwest. The massive turbines will start to spin in as little as 6 mph of wind.
Wind turbines produce no greenhouse gas emissions however the spinning blades are a threat to birds and bats.
Read MoreDuke Energy Renewables' 200-megawatt Oklahoma wind project delivering power→
/Duke Energy Renewables has completed its large-scale wind power plant in Oklahoma, the 200-megawatt (MW) Frontier Windpower Project.
The wind facility, located in Kay County, east of Blackwell, became operational in late December 2016, and increases Duke Energy Renewables’ U.S. wind capacity to 2,300 megawatts (MW).
Read MoreThese giant wind turbines will soon power Springfield homes
/On flat farmland east of this small Oklahoma town, 61 of the country’s largest wind turbines are quickly rising above fields of wheat and milo. Each 203-foot-long blade will sweep an arc through the sky almost 500 feet above the ground, grabbing energy from winds that average 16 mph at that height.
Duke Energy Renewables Plans Solar Project in Eastern NC
/Duke Energy Renewables will build a three-site solar energy project in North Carolina that its designer says will be the largest east of the Mississippi, and will sell the power to institutions in Washington DC.
Duke Energy, SunEnergy1 Expands Solar Capacity
/Duke Energy Renewables and Mooresville's SunEnergy1 are teaming up to build three solar farms in eastern North Carolina that will total 30 megawatts.
