First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it has sold the 139-megawattAC (MW) Campo Verde Solar Project to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, First Solar will complete construction of the project and will operate and maintain the power plant for 10 years. Construction of the Campo Verde project began in December 2012 and commercial operation is expected in fall 2013.
Washington, DC, April, 2013 Georgetown University is going solar with SolarCity on a project that is expected to cut the school’s energy bills by tens of thousands of dollars and reduce more than 600,000 pounds of carbon pollution over its lifetime. The student-spearheaded initiative, Solar Street, installed 75 solar panels across rooftops of six university-owned [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. – Courtney Dittmar was thrust into a tough Bay Area job market in 2009 when she lost her job of nine years at a university library. After two years of unemployment, a friend connected her with the nonprofit GRID Alternatives, which runs a Solar Intern Program funded by a $120,000 grant from Pacific [...]
November, 2012. Bonn / Somerset, NJ. The severe damage caused by the super storm Sandy is still weeks following landfall, top of the agenda on the US East Coast. Sandy also dominated discussions among over 90 participants at the final PV Briefing & Networking Forum USA for 2012 hosted by Joint Forces for Solar in [...]
Element Power and El Paso Electric working together to bring more clean, reliable solar energy to Texas and New Mexico El Paso Electric and Element Power today announced the execution of a power purchase agreement for the total output from Element Power’s Macho Springs Solar Project, a 50-MWAC solar photovoltaic power plant located near Deming, [...]
MODESTO, Calif., Oct. 30, 2012. Modesto Irrigation District (MID), K Road Power Holdings, LLC (K Road) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced today the completion of K Road’s 25-megawatt (AC) McHenry Solar Plant in Modesto, Calif., which was designed and constructed by SunPower. The project created nearly 150 construction jobs, and is generating the equivalent [...]
October 15, 2012 TexStar National Bank has implemented a plan to reduce fossil-fuel consumption at the lender’s San Antonio area office buildings. Bank officials say they are working to support the City of San Antonio area goals of becoming a clean-energy city and have already noticed an approximately 30% savings in overall energy costs. On [...]
Statement from Julia Hamm, SEPA President and CEO,Regarding Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative. Washington, D.C. – late last Month Georgia Power filed a new solar initiative — the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (“GPASIâ€) — with the Georgia Public Service Commission. Through GPASI, Georgia Power would acquire 210 megawatts (MW) of new solar capacity through long-term contracts [...]
New York, NY. EnterSolar, a leading provider of commercial solar systems to corporate customers, today announced the start of construction on a 200 kilowatt (kW) solar system to be installed at the Dykes Lumber Company’s (Dykes) facility located in Long Island City. This will be the third solar project that EnterSolar has developed for Dykes, [...]
GOODYEAR, Arizona. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd, the world’s largest producer of solar panels, today announced that its Goodyear, Arizona manufacturing plant has been selected by Arizona Business Magazine and BestCompaniesAZ as one of 40 winners for the 2012 Arizona’s Most Admired Companies Awards (MAC). All 40 winners were recognized at an awards reception in [...]
New Orleans, La. – For Entergy New Orleans customers who are looking to conserve energy and save money on their monthly electric bills, helpful tips and tools are now just a mouse-click away at entergyneworleans.com/savemoney. Customers typically use more electricity in the summer months when rising temperatures lead to increased air conditioning use. Air conditioners [...]
WILDWOOD, N.J., July 2012. www.SolarThermalMagazine.com Tioga Energy and Energy Finance Company (EFC), leading providers of renewable energy services to commercial, government and non-profit organizations, today celebrated the commissioning of a 473-kW solar electric system for the Wildwoods Convention Center overlooking the beach in Wildwood, N.J. Tioga served as the project developer and managed the project [...]
CAMARILLO, Calif., Jul 23, 2012. www.SolarthermalMagazine.com At an employee recognition and commissioning event near the town of Adelanto in California’s Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) dedicated the Adelanto Solar Power Plant, an 11.4-megawatt DC solar installation designed and supplied by SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than [...]
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