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Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center 75% Complete

Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center 75% Complete

by | Aug 16, 2021 | Manatee, Irby News, Industry News, Stories

Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center 75% Complete

On August 12, 2021, Florida Power and Light an update on the progress of construction at theManatee Battery Energy Storage Center project. ran a related story giving viewers a video tour of the work in progress. . Written news stories also appeared on thewebsite and in the.

When complete the battery system will consist of 132 energy storage containers organized across a 40-acre plot of land that’s the size of 30 football fields. Theexplains that the first of more than 50,000 battery modules have been installed.Each battery module can store the equivalent of 2,000 iPhone batteries. When complete theManatee Energy Storage Center is set to have a 409-megawatt (MW) capacity, delivering 900 megawatt-hours (MWh) of solar energy – enough to power approximately 329,000 homes for more than two hours.

Completion will also allowFPL to retire the existing power plant in Manatee County. The project is expected to save $50 million and reduce1 million tons of carbon.

Irby Construction is proud to be a part of this monumental project and its continued partnership with FPL. The scope of our work at Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center is detailed in our project profile.

Featured photo courtesy of FPL

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One Way or Another Upgrades are on the Horizon.

One Way or Another Upgrades are on the Horizon.

by | Jul 12, 2021 | Industry News, Stories

One Way or Another Upgrades are on the Horizon.

A story published yesterday in covers the evolving conversation around exactly how we upgrade the nation’s utility grid. President Biden and energy companies are pushing for new transmission lines to carry clean energy from solar and wind generation. Others suggest that the construction of more solar panels, batteries, and other localized energy sources is a better path.

Everyone agrees upgrades, action, and construction are necessary. The conversation centers around speed, cost, and exactly what infrastructure will serve the country best in the long term.

Whether building transmission lines or battery storage plants, Irby Construction is contributing to the cause of a reliable, resilient, and robust future for our electric grid.

In June the Biden administration secured $73 billion for thousands of miles of new power lines in an infrastructure proposal the president and .

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The Nation’s Grid is Stressed by Summer Demand

The Nation’s Grid is Stressed by Summer Demand

by | Jul 2, 2021 | Industry News, Stories

The Nation’s Grid is Stressed by Summer Demand

A story published today in covers a series of recent outages across the country starting with a heatwave thatleft thousands without power in Washington state on Monday. There were also blackouts in Idaho, Oregon, California, and Nevada. And justtwo weeks ago the Texas grid struggled again in its own heatwave, just four months after theFebruary freeze shut it down.

Our nation’s grid is struggling. So now what? The Seatle Times story quotes the Energy Secretary. “We need to jam on the accelerator here,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a panel discussion earlier this spring. “We’ve got to make sure the capacity is there on the grid.”

The central issue is congestion along transmission lines that bring power from where it’s made to where it’s wanted. Until long-distance transmission lines are enhanced, utilities will have to find ways to manage increased demand.

Transmission construction, upgrades, and maintenance have always been at the core of Irby’s service offering. We’re at the ready to upgrade and expand the grid to serve modern capacity.

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Battery Unit Installations Underway at Manatee

Battery Unit Installations Underway at Manatee

by | Jun 30, 2021 | Manatee, Irby News, Industry News, Stories

Battery Unit Installations Underway at Manatee

On June 23, 2021, Power Engineering published a on their website featuring an update on the construction progress being made at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Manatee Battery Storage Project. The FPL on which the story is based marks the milestone of the first battery storage unit installations. When complete, the facility will be the largest solar power-battery storage facility in the world. Irby expects to complete construction later this year.

The article includes some fun facts about the recently installed storage container which is the first of 132 units to be installed. For example, each unit holds approximately 400 battery units and weighs approximately 38 tons. And each battery module is the equivalent of about 2,000 iPhone batteries. The units will store the extra solar energy produced by the FPL Manatee Solar Energy Center.

FPL announced the project in March of 2019. Read about the project scope and details in .

Irby’s scope of work is detailed in our project profile. You can also see additional news media coverage on the project in,, and

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$8B in Transmission Loans for Clean Energy Projects

$8B in Transmission Loans for Clean Energy Projects

by | Apr 28, 2021 | Irby News, Industry News, Stories

$8B in Transmission Loans for Clean Energy Projects

On April 27,the announced $8.25 billion in loans available for transmission projects. A story published today at covered these highlights and detailed more.

  • Thetotal loan amount includes up to $5 billion in loan guarantees for innovative transmission projects, as well as up to $3.25 billion in the ) transmission infrastructure fund. The WAPA revolving loan program is designed to promote clean power in the West.
  • Also on Tuesday, published a that are considered “shovel-ready” and will add renewable energy to the U.S. grid.
  • The White House simultaneously on the coordinated efforts between DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to modernize the electric grid. ճfact sheet cites the independent analysis in the ACEG report as proof that construction-ready transmission projects would bring more than 60 GW of renewable energy online.

The Biden administration is working toward a promise of 100% clean energy by 2035. Expanding transmission to deliver renewable energy is a critical part of that effort and one on which Irby is currently working in Maine.

Irby’s work in a joint venture with for is a great example of the type of work achieving the Biden Administration’s goal will require. project is a $950 million investment that will deliver 1,200 megawatts of renewable hydropower to the New England energy grid, bringing clean energy to 1.2 million households. In April 2020, the Irby Cianbro team was awarded a 145-mile transmission line project from

 

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AVANGRID Granted Presidential Permit To Begin NECEC Construction

AVANGRID Granted Presidential Permit To Begin NECEC Construction

by | Jan 22, 2021 | Stories, Irby News

AVANGRID Granted Presidential Permit To Begin NECEC Construction

Irby Construction was awarded thein a joint venture with in April of 2020. For details on this 145-mile transmission line project, click here.

Last week, AVANGRID was granted the Presidential permit to begin construction on the $950 million project that will create more than 1600 jobs over the next few years. For the full article from , click .

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