Inside Clean Energy: Here Is How Covid Is Affecting Some of the Largest Wind, Solar and Energy Storage Projects

MATHESON, CO - SEPTEMBER 18: Xcel Energy's Rush Creek Wind Farm and Transmission project turbines along CR 149 in Matheson mix agriculture and technology in the largest single-phase wind project in the United States, September 18, 2018 in Matheson, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

We already know that Covid-19 is leading to project delays and layoffs across the clean energy economy. Today, I’m going to zero in on what’s happening with some of the country’s largest wind, solar and battery storage projects that were previously scheduled to be completed this year.

I asked developers for updates. The companies that responded are reporting, at worst, small delays, which add up to no more than a few months of lost time.

This is good news, signaling that while the economic disruption caused by the virus is great, major projects are still going forward.

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