New renewable facility powers 40,000 Texas homes
FORT
BEND, Texas, May 21, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Bechtel-built Cutlass Solar 2 project in
Fort Bend, Texas, is complete and
generating electricity at full capacity for the first time, sending
enough clean, renewable energy to the grid to power 40,000 homes—a
milestone that comes ahead of the 13-month delivery schedule.
The 218 Megawatt (MW) solar facility delivered for Sabanci
Climate Technologies comprises almost half a million solar panels
spanning 1,100 acres.
- The project will save an estimated 600,000 metric tons of CO2
emissions per year.
- Cutlass Solar 2 is the second solar facility in Texas built by Bechtel, which completed the
neighboring Cutlass Solar 1 plant in January
2023.
- In total, Cutlass Solar 1 and Cutlass Solar 2 will power more
than 60,000 homes across Texas.
"We're delighted to get Cutlass Solar 2 to maximum capacity to
provide more renewable power for Texans, support America's energy
transition, and help achieve the Lone Star State's goal to become
the nation's largest producer of solar power," said Scott Austin, Bechtel General Manager of
Renewables & Clean Power. "Bechtel is proud to partner with
Sabanci Climate Technologies in their pursuit to make clean,
renewable energy more accessible to the people of Texas."
"We partnered with Bechtel for our first solar venture because
they are experts in delivering projects better and faster," said
Ismail Bilgin, President, Sabanci
Climate Technologies. "Sending maximum power to Texas' grid is a fantastic milestone in this
successful project and reconfirms that we were right to choose
Bechtel. We're looking forward to continuing this success on our
next project, Oriana, together."
To meet the project's ambitious schedule, Bechtel employed
data-driven automation, survey robots, machine-controlled
equipment, drones, and a mindset that 'every minute matters.'
Bechtel's first-of-a-kind digital execution hub used at Cutlass
Solar 2 enabled 100% digital delivery through software integration.
The hub gathers data directly from equipment in the field and feeds
the data into an interactive map-based visualization. You can watch
a video about Bechtel's smart digital delivery at Cutlass projects
here.
At peak construction, more than 300 people were employed on the
site. Approximately 30% of our professional staff and 15% of the
project's craft professionals were women, representing two and a
half times the industry average.
Bechtel leads renewables projects from the development stage
through commissioning and handover. The company will soon begin
constructing the Oriana Solar facility for Sabanci Climate
Technologies in Victoria County,
Texas. Oriana Solar is expected to produce enough clean
energy to power more than 34,000 homes.
Learn more about how Bechtel is partnering on projects that
power communities around the world at
https://impact.bechtel.com/powered/.
About Bechtel
Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction and project
management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by
the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the
most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our
customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since
1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects
in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs,
grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's
infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital
services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Bechtel serves the Energy; Infrastructure; Manufacturing &
Technology; Mining & Metals; and Nuclear, Security &
Environmental markets. Our services span from initial planning and
investment, through start-up and
operations. www.bechtel.com
About Sabanci
Sabanci Climate Technologies, a subsidiary of leading Turkish
conglomerate Sabanci Holding, is a renewable energy developer in
the US aiming to develop and operate a 1 GW renewable portfolio by
2025. The company focuses on utility scale solar, onshore wind and
battery projects; mainly in ERCOT, MISO and PJM markets. Following
the company's establishment in June
2022, Sabanci first acquired 272 MW Cutlass Solar 2 project
in October 2022. www.sabanci.com
Contact: Juliet
Whitcombe | jwhitcom@bechtel.com
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