Facilities will add 13.4% to ERCOT solar capacity Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Most of the solar capacity is in or near Permian Basin Two 100-MW utility-scale solar photovoltaic generation projects are either under construction or will soon be in two west Texas counties situated within the Permian Basin. One of the projects is to be owned by Duke Energy Renewables, the other by Germany’s E.ON. The Duke Energy Renewables project, announced February 8, is the 100-MW Lapetus Solar Energy Project that is slated for Andrews County, Texas. Duke has acquired the Lapetus project from developer 7X Energy and said in a February 8 statement that construction of the facility is expected to begin before the end of March and is scheduled to begin operations by the end of this year. “Once operational, the solar energy from Lapetus will be sold […]