Goldman Sachs Sells Solar Gen2 Solar PV Power Plant to First Solar

TEMPE, Arizona. First Solar, Inc. has acquired the 150-megawattAC (MW) Solar Gen 2 power project from an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), Energy Power Partners and a third equity partner for the project. Construction of the facility, which is located in Imperial County, Calif., near El Centro, is expected to start [...]

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First Solar Acquires Chilean Solar PV Project Developer Solar Chile

TEMPE, Arizona  & SANTIAGO, Chile. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) and Fundación Chile this week announced that First Solar has acquired Solar Chile, a Santiago-based solar development company in which Fundación Chile was an early investor. This culminates a strategic working alliance the two companies formed in Oct. 2011. Solar Chile has a portfolio of [...]

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JinkoSolar Modules Power 600 North Carolina Homes

SHANGHAI, October, 2012. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd, a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced that a 6.4-megawatt solar farm utilizing JinkoSolar photovoltaic (PV) modules, was completed in Robeson County, North Carolina. Built by North Carolina-based Strata Solar, the Watts solar farm is the most recent addition to Strata Solar’s “southern cluster” of solar [...]

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Principal Solar Institute Provides Information and Guidance to Accelerate Mainstream Adoption of Solar

DALLAS, Jul 30, 2012. Principal Solar, Inc, a publicly traded solar energy holding company executing a unique roll-up strategy to create the world’s first distributed solar utility, today launched The Principal Solar Institute, an online reference center and resource guide for solar development and installation professionals in the commercial and utility scale market. The Institute [...]

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First Landfill Solar Farm Dedicated in New Jersey

Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today joined the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and SunDurance Energy to dedicate the Kearny Landfill Solar Farm, the first solar project on a state-owned landfill. The 3-megawatt (MW) installation is part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 Allâ„¢ program and was built on a 13-acre capped section of the closed NJMC 1A Landfill.

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SPI Solar to Build 6.4 Megawatts of Solar Developments at a Resort New Jersey

SPI Solar a vertically integrated photovoltaic solar developer, announced that it has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with a subsidiary of KDC Solar to design and build multiple solar energy facilities for KDC Solar at the Mountain Creek Resort and Grand Cascades Golf Resort in Vernon, New Jersey

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JCM Capital Launches $10 Million Solar Development Capital Fund for FIT Projects in Ontario, Canada

JCM Capital has announced that they have launched a $10 million solar development capital fund that will invest in early-stage photovoltaic projects installed on large commercial and industrial buildings across Ontario, leveraging the Province’s Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program

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Colorado Solar Energy Company honored as Part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” Initiative

Imagine transforming every parking lot in the United States into a clean energy plant

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MiaSole Continues Global Expansion Into India Solar Market

MiaSole ,a manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced the appointment of Preetha Nair as Country Manager India.

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Silverado Power Announces Three Solar Energy Contracts with Southern California Edison

Silverado Power has announced signing new power purchase agreements (PPA) with Southern California Edison for three solar energy projects in Victorville, California. Each project will generate two megawatts of clean power. The agreements will extend for 20 years.

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1 Megawatt Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facility in Rhodope, Greece

Third large-scale Greek project for SPI Solar in less than a year SPI Solar, a leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) solar developer and engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) services provider, announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the necessary contracts and permits to serve as developer of a 1 megawatt fixed-ground-mount solar [...]

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Southern California Desert Communities Overwhelmingly Support Solar Development According to New Poll

Vote Solar, a non-profit solar advocacy group, in partnership with Probolsky Research, today announced the findings of a recent survey to assess the attitudes toward solar energy development in California’s Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino counties. Results indicate that a decisive majority of citizens in California’s desert communities strongly support the development of solar [...]

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800 Plus New Jobs in Solar Manufacturing. San Antonio Texas

In a unique, first-of-its kind generation-to-manufacturing proposal, CPS Energy is entering into negotiations for a power purchase agreement from one of the nation’s largest solar projects. The project will mean new corporate headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations for global companies in San Antonio. The offer from OCI Solar Power is expected to result in 400 [...]

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