VANCOUVER, BC, March 23,
2023 /CNW/ - Revolve Renewable Power Corp.
(TSXV: REVV) ("Revolve" or the "Company"), an
owner, operator and developer of renewable energy projects is
pleased to provide an update on the ongoing development activity of
both its 80MWh/20MW Vernal Battery Storage project (the "Vernal
BESS Project") and 50MW Primus Wind Energy project (the "Primus
Wind Project").
Vernal BESS Project
Summary
The Vernal BESS Project is an 80MWh / 20MW battery storage
project, located on a 47-acre land parcel wholly owned and
administered by the State Land Trust (the "State Trust") in
Uintah County, 4 miles north of
Vernal, Utah. The project site
already benefits from excellent access through the existing local
road network and is in close proximity to existing transmission
infrastructure. The company is targeting a RTB (ready to build)
date of 2024 for the Vernal BESS Project.
Development Highlights
As indicated in the previous project update issued on
November 22, 2022
(https://revolve-renewablepower.com/revolve-provides-development-update-on-its-80mwh-20mw-vernal-battery-storage-project-in-the-us/)
the Company initiated an active development program for the project
during 2023. An update on this development program is outlined
below.
- Interconnection – the Vernal BESS Project is ideally
located less than a half mile from the existing transmission
network in the area. In May 2022 the
company applied for an interconnection with PacifiCorp the
transmission system operator / owner of the interconnection
infrastructure located adjacent to the project site as part of
their 2022 Cluster 2 study.
- The results of this first phase of the study process were
received by Revolve in November 2022
and the following completion of our internal analysis a decision
was made to progress to the second phase of the interconnection
process. The Company secured a surety facility of US$1.8m, which facilitated meeting the financial
security posting requirements under the PacifiCorp interconnection
regulations in order to move to this second phase. The second phase
study is expected to be received later this year.
- The Company is targeting having a signed interconnection
agreement for the Vernal BESS Project in 2024.
- Permitting – Commencement of the work to prepare
applications for the state and local county permits required for
the project has now begun. These include a cultural resources
survey and report, a conditional use permit and easements / permits
required for the short transmission line that will be constructed
to connect into the nearest substation. We are targeting approval
for a number of these permits throughout 2023.
Primus Wind Project
Summary
The Primus Wind Project is a 49.6MW wind project, located north
of Burlington in Kit Carson County along the Eastern Plains of
Colorado, one of the main wind
energy states in the US. Development activity on the Primus Wind
Project commenced in August 2021 and
to date has consisted of securing site control, interconnection and
energy resource assessment
Development Highlights
As indicated in the previous project update issued on
November 2, 2022
(https://revolve-renewablepower.com/revolve-provides-development-update-on-49-6mw-primus-wind-project/)
the Company targeted a number of key development milestones for the
project during 2023 with a view of targeting ready to build status
during 2024. An update on these development milestones is outlined
below.
- Interconnection – the Primus Wind Project is located in
close proximity to the existing transmission network in the state.
In addition to this there are plans to significantly upgrade the
transmission network across the Eastern Plains in Colorado to facilitate the continued expansion
of renewable energy electricity generation projects. An
interconnection application was submitted to Tri State in May
2022. The results of this first phase of the study process
were received by the Company in January
2023 and the following completion of our internal analysis a
decision was made to progress to the second phase of the
interconnection process. The Company is targeting having a signed
interconnection agreement for the Primus Wind Project in 2024.
- Permitting – a final permitting schedule has now been
completed for the Primus Wind Project and permitting works are due
to start in the coming weeks. The initial permitting works will
consist of the certificate of public convenience and necessity,
which includes a detailed investigation of cultural and biological
resources as well as a conditional use permit, which requires a
site plan, impact, geotechnical and mitigation analysis and a
certification of intent. Wood Group have been appointed to manage
the permitting process on behalf of the Company.
- Energy Resource – the Company has continued to collect
wind resource data from the site from the meteorological mast that
was installed in September 2022. The
Company expects to commission an energy yield assessment report at
the end of this year following collection of an initial 12 months
of data from the project site.
- Basic Engineering – the Company is in the final stages
of appointing a 3rd party engineering firm to begin
basic engineering works, which will focus on a preliminary design
of the project layout and location of the turbines. This is
expected to be completed by the end of June this year and will be
refined as further information is received from the wind resource
assessment campaign over the course of this year.
For additional information on our assets visit:
https://revolve-renewablepower.com/company-news/
About Revolve
Revolve was formed in 2012 to capitalize on the growing global
demand for renewable power. Revolve develops utility-scale wind,
solar and battery storage projects in the US and Mexico with a portfolio of approx. 2,350MW
under development. The Company has a second division, Revolve
Renewable Business Solutions which installs and operates sub 20MW
"behind the meter" distributed generation (or "DG") assets. Revolve
Renewable Business Solutions currently has an operating portfolio
of 2.85MW with an additional 6.2MW under construction phase and
71.8MW under development.
Revolve has an accomplished management team with a demonstrated
track record of taking projects from "greenfield" through to "ready
to build" (or "RTB") status and successfully concluding project
sales to large operators of utility-scale renewable energy
projects. To-date, Revolve has developed and sold over 1,550MW
of projects.
Going forward, Revolve is targeting 5,000MW of utility-scale
projects under development in the US and Mexico, and in parallel is rapidly growing its
portfolio of revenue-generating DG (distributed generation)
assets.
Forward Looking
Information
Although Revolve believes, considering the experience of its
officers and directors, current conditions and expected future
developments and other factors that have been considered
appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking
information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on
them because Revolve can give no assurance that they will prove to
be correct. When used in this press release, the words "estimate",
"project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan",
"predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or
such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to
identify forward-looking statements and information. The
forward-looking statements and information in this press release
include information relating to the business plans of Revolve and
Revolve's management's expectation on the growth and performance of
its business in the United States
and Mexico, including the planned
MW capacity of its projects; its expansion into the distributed
generation market; potential opportunities in the distributed
generation market; the completion and timing of
the development of its planned portfolio of distributed
generation projects; the completion of the Transaction, including
final approval of the transaction by the TSXV; potential revenues
and cashflows generated from its DG division; and the Company's
plans to develop, construct and finance rooftop solar, battery
storage and energy efficiency projects of up to 5MW and enter
into long term power purchase agreements for the sale of
electricity from the projects with the underlying customers. Such
statements and information reflect the current view of Revolve
and/or Revolve, respectively.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release
are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and
assumptions, having regard to the Company's experience and its
perception of historical trends, and includes, but is not limited
to, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions relating
to the extent of regulations pertaining to the Company's projects
and Revolve's ability to continue as going concern. Risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and
information, including but not limited to: the effects of weather,
catastrophes and public health crises, including COVID-19; labour
availability; disruptions to the Company's supply chains; changes
to regulatory environment, including interpretation of production
tax credits; armed hostilities and geopolitical conflicts; failure
to obtain necessary regulatory approvals in a timely fashion, or at
all; risks related to the development and potential development of
the Company's projects; conclusions of economic evaluations;
changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; the
availability of tax incentives in connection with the development
of renewable energy projects and the sale of electrical energy; as
well as those factors discussed in the sections relating to risk
factors discussed in the Company's continuous disclosure filings on
SEDAR. Such statements and information reflect the current view of
Revolve. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future
events, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking information contained in this press
release represents the expectations of Revolve as of the date of
this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after
such date. Readers should not place undue importance on
forward-looking information and should not rely upon this
information as of any other date. Revolve does not undertake to
update this information at any particular time except as required
in accordance with applicable laws.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy
of this release.
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