SOLV Energy (Nasdaq: MWH), one of the United States largest renewable EPC contractors, used the CLEANPOWER 2026 conference in Houston this week to put numbers on the size of the next wave of US clean power: more than 4 GWdc of utility-scale solar and storage projects, each exceeding 600 MWdc, are now under contract or construction across its book.
Where The Gigawatts Are Landing
SOLVs highlighted projects span four states and multiple ISO regions: a 910 MWdc solar-plus-BESS-plus-SCADA site in Nevada; an 820 MWdc solar-and-SCADA build-out in Texas; a 1,200 MWdc multi-phase solar and battery project in Arizona the largest single award in SOLVs history; a 1,150 MWdc Texas solar plus substation and transmission program across two phases; and a 650 MWdc solar plus substation, transmission and SCADA project in North Carolina that is expected to be the states largest solar project.
Bigger Projects, Tighter Execution
The portfolio reflects a structural shift in the US grid: as data-center load, electrification and reshored manufacturing layer on top of each other, utilities and corporate buyers are signing increasingly large, integrated EPC packages rather than chasing 100 MW shards. SOLV says its average project size under construction or contract is now over 300 MWdc.
Lifecycle, Not Just Construction
SOLV bundles EPC with O&M, high-voltage testing, SCADA engineering and performance optimization, and currently supports nearly 22 GW of operating solar and storage across roughly 155 sites. CEO George Hershman framed customer choice in stark terms: As projects approach and exceed gigawatt scale, customers need partners with the experience, resources, and operational discipline to deliver with certainty.
Clean Power Goes Industrial
The announcement lands alongside a broader US clean-energy build-out hyperscalers committing tens of billions to AI infrastructure and SMR developers like Holtec advancing the Blue Castle SMR project in Utah. Solar at 600+ MWdc scale is, increasingly, how that demand actually gets served.
Reporting based on coverage from GlobeNewswire, SolarQuarter and SOLV Energys CLEANPOWER 2026 release.