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FirstLight Power adding distributed solar and storage to hydropower facilities

FirstLight Power has announced a partnership with Borrego to bring more clean energy to New England by adding distributed generation (DG) solar, DG storage, and utility-scale standalone storage at FirstLight’s hydropower facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

FirstLight Power has announced a partnership with Borrego to bring more clean energy to New England by adding distributed generation (DG) solar, DG storage, and utility-scale standalone storage at FirstLight’s hydropower facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

FirstLight operates a large portfolio of renewable energy generation projects in New England, and this partnership will advance the company’s mission of creating an electric grid that is clean, affordable, reliable, and equitable, according to a release. The new developments will provide local jobs and increase FirstLight’s economic development impact in the local communities.

The partnership will help create innovative hybrid renewables solutions in New England – combining solar and energy storage resources with existing generation, said Jared Connell, vice president of project development in New England for Borrego.

The new storage and solar assets will bring flexibility to FirstLight’s hydropower portfolio. The strategic partnership will also bring a new generation of hybrid renewable energy resources to serve New England’s grid. The specific facilities to be developed, and their locations, were not disclosed.

“I am thrilled to partner with Borrego to accelerate New England’s path to a fully decarbonized electric grid by advancing innovative new solar and energy storage offerings to customers in Massachusetts and Connecticut,” said Alicia Barton, president and chief executive officer of FirstLight.

FirstLight has a portfolio that includes nearly 1,400 MW of pumped-hydro storage, battery storage, hydroelectric generation, and solar generation.

Borrego is a developer, EPC, and O&M provider for large commercial, community solar, and utility-scale solar and energy storage projects in the U.S.

This agreement appears to be similar to one reached with Davis Hill Development in February 2022, to develop solar, energy storage and hybrid assets in Connecticut that will operate both independently and in coordination with FirstLight’s fleet of hydropower assets.

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