IPL Developing the Largest Cumulative Solar Power Project in the U.S. Midwest

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 14, 2012. Sunrise Energy Ventures (SEV) announced today that it has been awarded the opportunity to provide solar power at three, 10 megawatts (MW) sites by Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL). The power SEV generates at these sites would be purchased by IPL under a 15 year power purchase agreement. The completed [...]

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Greece Continues to Diversify into Solar Power Infrastucture

Roseville, CA, August 7, 2012— SPI Solar, a leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) solar developer, announced today that it has completed construction and successfully interconnected two large-scale solar energy facility (“SEF”) projects in Greece. A 2-megawatt development in Evros and a 4.4-megawatt SEF in Orestiada were completed and interconnected by July 26th. Both systems are [...]

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New Project Doubles Georgia’s Solar Power Production

Georgia Power and Atlanta-based Solar Design & Development (SD&D) have collaborated to develop and install around the state a series of solar projects totaling 19 megawatts (MW) – Georgia Power’s first retail utility-scale solar power development. When complete, the projects will more than double Georgia’s solar production. The 19 MW of solar capacity, part of [...]

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enXco Announces Solar Module Supply Agreement With First Solar

enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, today announced that they have signed a solar module supply agreement with First Solar Inc. FSLR -1.97% . First Solar will deliver 61 megawatts peak (MWp) of thin film modules starting in September 2012 for enXco’s Catalina Solar Project located in Kern County, California. Catalina Solar will be built [...]

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Mitsubishi Expanding Solar Energy Offering in Ontario

Solar energy in Ontario. Recurrent Energy last week announced that it intends to sell a portfolio of Ontario, Canada solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to Mitsubishi Corporation and Osaka Gas. The transaction will represent approximately 100 megawatts (MW) of solar power that will be made available to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). The acquisition is scheduled [...]

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Solar Plane’s Historic Flight to Morocco Connects Continents with Power of Sun

WASHINGTON. Highlights World Bank-financed Morocco solar project to link Europe, N Africa to power from Sahara sun The Swiss solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, touched down to a warm welcome in Rabat, Morocco last night, flying from Madrid and successfully completing the second leg of its record-breaking 2,500-kilometer intercontinental flight from Switzerland to Morocco. Mustapha Bakkoury, [...]

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First Solar and Enbridge Announce Completion of 50MW Silver State North Nevada Solar Project

Enbridge Inc. and First Solar, Inc. have announced the completion of Enbridge Inc.’s 50-megawatt (AC) Silver State North Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada.

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SPI Solar to Build 7.4 MW in Greece

SPI Solar a vertically integrated photovoltaic solar developer has announced that the Company will serve as the EPC contractor for the design and construction of 7.4 megawatts in Greece.

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SunPower Updates Its Manufacturing Cost Reduction Initiatives

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) has announced an update to its manufacturing cost reduction initiatives.

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U.S. Air Force Releases 1GW Renewable Energy Fact Sheet

The United States Air Force has set itself a goal of obtaining 1GW of power from renewable sources by 2016, a step towards achieving 25% of all installation electricity from renewable energy by 2025.

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PsomasFMG and NRG Solar to Build Distributed Solar Projects in California

PsomasFMG LLC and NRG Solar LLC, a division of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) plan to develop jointly an initial portfolio o fsolar projects totaling over 11 megawatts (MW). The two largest projects are a 7.3 MW project for the William S. Hart School District in Santa Clarita, Calif., and a 3.3 MW project with the County of [...]

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Solar Concentrating Panels, Waste Heat Recovery and PV planned for Desert Hot Springs California

GDT Tek today announced that escrow has closed on 109 acres of prime solar farm property in Desert Hot Springs (DHS), CA. GDT Tek has implemented a plan to develop the DHS property with a combination of traditional PV commercial solar panels and also plans to use its own waste heat to electricity technology combined [...]

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The Mount Signal Solar Project. 200 Megawatts of Clean Energy

8minutenergy Renewables, LLC, signed a 25-year contract to sell 200 megawatts (200MWac) of clean, renewable solar energy from the Mount Signal Solar project in Imperial Valley, Calif., to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). The transaction was conducted with 82LV 8ME, LLC, a subsidiary of 8minutenergy Renewables, a leading independent solar PV developer based in [...]

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