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 [...]
Constellation Energy has announced that its retail business is offering a solar panel leasing program to residential customers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Constellation’s residential leasing makes solar generation a real option for homeowners, with a choice of a little-to-no money down or prepaid lease for a 20-year term. The [...]
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The two installations have created 700 jobs during the construction phase and 50 for their operation. ACCIONA Energy has put its 50 MW “Palma del Río I” CSP plant into service to generate clean electricity equivalent to the consumption of around 35,000 homes. It represents an investment of around 247 million euros and it is [...]
Pepco Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. and a leader in energy savings performance contracting, participated in a ceremonial “Switch to Solar” event on January 8, 2011, the opening day of the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, PA, to celebrate the completion of the Pennsylvania Guaranteed Energy Savings Act project at the [...]
Solar Trust of America, LLC, an integrated solar solutions company, announced today that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a final decision from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for its 500 Megawatt (MW) Palen Solar Power Project.
260 MW Of SolarReserve Solar Thermal Projects Proceed To Final Stages Of Financing SolarReserve, a developer of utility-scale solar power projects, says it is proceeding with purchases of long-lead materials and equipment as it advances in financing arrangements with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan-guarantee program for its Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in [...]
SunMaxx Solar announced today the company will soon be starting a large solar thermal system installation in the United States at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Located approximately 60 miles from the state capital of Austin, Fort Hood covers a total of 340-square miles and supports multiple units, a corps headquarters and a [...]
SunWize Technologies this week announced its intentions to off-set the Company’s carbon emissions by contributing to renewable energy projects through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF). “We chose to partner with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to lessen our impact by offsetting the carbon emissions produced during our regional training summits. One of our goals for these events [...]
Southern Nevada’s First Non-Solar Renewable Energy Project Completed Ormat Technologies, Inc. and Kern River Gas Transmission Company today dedicated southern Nevada’s first non-solar renewable energy project, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station. Located 35 miles south of Las Vegas, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is the first renewable energy project owned by NV Energy. The project [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Palen Solar Power Thermal Project in Riverside County. The project is a concentrating solar trough thermal electric generating facility with two adjacent and independent units of 250 megawatts each for a total capacity of 500 megawatts. The proposed project would use parabolic trough [...]
Walmart Canada has announced the opening of its first sustainable fresh food distribution centre, a state-of-the-art facility that will be an estimated 60% more energy-efficient than the company’s traditional refrigerated centres and that will help the company avoid approximately $4.8 million in energy costs over five years. One of North America’s most energy-efficient distribution centres, [...]
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