From pv journal USA

Acciona Energía, a renewable vitality firm headquartered in Spain, says the 458 MW Red-Tailed Hawk photo voltaic plant close to Houston, Texas is now operational. The challenge is the corporate’s largest photo voltaic plant to this point.

Acciona acquired the photo voltaic challenge in 2022 from Avondale Solar and Solar Plus Development. This is Acciona’s fifth funding in Texas, becoming a member of the Fort Bend Solar Farm and three operational wind farms in Cameron County.

The challenge is underneath Acciona Energía’s Social Impact Management program, which reallocates a portion of its annual income to assist local people initiatives in training, well being and environmental administration.

Texas is No. 2 photo voltaic state within the United States, based on the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), with almost 23 GW put in or sufficient to energy 2.7 million houses. SEIA says that with coverage assist that removes market obstacles, Texas can anticipate to see greater than 4 GW of photo voltaic capability put in over the following 5 years. The set up of the Red-Tailed Hawk strikes the state nearer to that milestone.

The Red-Tailed Hawk joins Acciona Energía’s present portfolio of renewable vitality initiatives in North America, which it stories at the moment stands at 2.7 GW put in. The firm at the moment has a 325 MW photovoltaic plant underneath building in Ohio. Globally, the corporate stories that it has 13.5 GW of renewable vitality capability.

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