Rockford Solar Partners, a renewable energy development joint venture between Elgin-based Wanxiang America and Chicago-based New Generation Power, received DOE and FAA environmental approval to proceed on an American-based commercial airport solar farm. The Company said the airport has over 70 prime acres to install the solar panels, and Rockford is well known for its [...]
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management has been awarded $1.5 million in federal funds from the RI Office of Energy Resources to install solar panels at nine DEM facilities throughout the state. The solar panels are designed to turn the energy from the sun into electricity that will be used to offset the energy [...]
ENERACTIVE Solutions (ENERACTIVE), an independent, full-service energy consulting, engineering, and project development company, recently completed the installation of a 112 kW solar photovoltaic system on a floating racking system atop the reservoir at New Jersey American Water’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment Facility located in Short Hills, NJ. By harnessing the power of the sun, this [...]
One of the U.S.’s premier homebuilders, today announced that it is significantly expanding its popular solar initiative by making solar power systems a standard feature of homes in nearly all of its communities across Southern California. Including the high-efficiency SunPower(R) solar power systems — now available at 28 communities — with a new KB home [...]
Duke Energy Renewables has acquired three 1-megawatt (MW) commercial solar projects in the southwestern corner of the state. The company now owns seven commercial solar farms in North Carolina. Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses, purchased the portfolio of photovoltaic (PV) projects from ESA Renewables, LLC, which designed and built the generation [...]
FLORENCE, Arizona. Congressman Raul Grijalva today joined state and local officials and energy industry leaders to celebrate Arizona’s newest and largest commercial-scale solar power project at the dedication of Iberdrola Renewables’ Copper Crossing Solar Ranch in Florence. Located in Pinal County, the 20-megawatt project sits on 144 acres and began operation earlier this year. Under [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week announced that USDA has selected for funding 67 projects nationwide that are focused on helping rural agricultural producers reduce energy consumption and costs; use renewable energy technologies in their operation; and/or conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy projects. Funding is made available through the Rural Energy for America Program [...]
Constellation Energy and the city of Vineland, owner and operator of the Vineland Municipal Electric Utility, today announced the completion of an aggregate 6.5-megawatt (AC) solar generation project that will supply affordable energy to the utility’s customers. Baltimore-based Constellation Energy’s retail business built, owns and maintains the solar power system. In return, the city purchases [...]
Social media company the first of its kind to adopt Cogenra’s solar PV and thermal cogeneration technology at its new corporate campus in Menlo Park Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, today announced a solar cogeneration project at Facebook’s new Menlo Park campus. Producing renewable hot water [...]
Arizona Public Service Co. and First Solar announced the completion of the 17-megawatt (MW) Paloma Solar Power Plant — the first facility to reach commercial operation as part of the AZ Sun Program. Earlier this week, APS also placed the Cotton Center Solar Plant in commercial operation, the second AZ Sun facility to come online. [...]
Saint-Gobain announced today that construction work on Saint-Gobain Solar’s mirror line for solar thermal power stations has begun. Located in Goodyear, Ariz., (near Phoenix), the plant will be Saint-Gobain Solar’s first manufacturing facility in North America. The facility will supply primarily the domestic market and will eventually produce millions of square feet of solar mirrors [...]
Xcel Energy and its regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Company, along with SunEdison and state and local officials, announced today the activation of the first three of five solar power plants that make up the 53.5 MW solar project deployed by SunEdison and Xcel Energy in Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico. The [...]
Canadian Solar, Inc. ,one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide solar panels for a new 2.1 megawatt solar power installation at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The project is scheduled to begin construction in October, 2011. The hospital will invest $9M in [...]
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