POWER Magazine•6 days ago
Utah ‘Gigasite’ Data Center Contemplates Solar-Storage Baseload Addition
Key Takeaway
Large data centers are increasingly driving significant, dedicated renewable energy and storage projects to secure baseload power, signaling a major shift in how industrial loads procure electricity.
AI Summary
- •Zeo Energy Corp. (which recently acquired Heliogen Inc.) and Creekstone Energy are studying a 280 MW solar-storage project to provide baseload power for a multi-gigawatt data center campus in Millard County, Utah.
- •This initiative highlights the growing trend of large power consumers, particularly data centers, directly contracting for significant, dedicated renewable energy generation to meet their substantial power demands.
- •The project's focus on a 'baseload addition' using solar-storage demonstrates the evolving capabilities of renewables to provide consistent power, addressing a critical need for energy-intensive facilities.
- •The involvement of Zeo Energy, a residential solar installer, acquiring a concentrated solar thermal developer (Heliogen) suggests strategic M&A activity aimed at expanding capabilities for larger-scale, more complex renewable projects.
Topics
datacenterm&appasolarstorage
Article Content
Zeo Energy Corp., a Florida-based residential solar installer that acquired struggling concentrated solar thermal developer Heliogen Inc. six months ago, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Creekstone Energy to study the development of 280 MW of generation for a multi-gigawatt data center campus under construction in Millard County, Utah. Under the MOU, […] The post Utah ‘Gigasite’ Data Center Contemplates Solar-Storage Baseload Addition appeared first on POWER Magazine .