Equity Financing Complete for 53.5 MW Multi-Site Solar Project in New Mexico

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Wells Fargo & Company announced this week that equity financing is complete for a 53.5 megawatt (MW) multi-site solar project in New Mexico. The 53.5MW solar project, one of largest photovoltaic solar power projects in the U.S., was fully activated in December. The multi-site solar project was made possible through a power purchase agreement between [...]

Chinese Solar Manufacturers Target U.S. as European Operations Slow

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NEW YORK, NY.  –In recent months, solar manufacturers from across the globe havefocused more attention on the United States as the European debtcrisis has caused demand uncertainty in the one time solar hotbed. TheBedford Report examines the outlook for companies in the Solar Industry and provides investment research on JA Solar Holdings Co.Ltd. JASO-0.73% and [...]

Solar Energy To Generate 10 Per Cent Of Electricity Production In Saudi Arabia By 2020

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Riyadh , Saudi Arabia – January 8, 2012: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plans to derive 10 per cent of its electrical supply from the sun by 2020 and eventually emerge as the world’s largest source of solar energy. The Saudi Government hopes that the country will be able to generate 5 gigawatts of solar [...]

Canadian Solar Supplies Solar Modules for 9 MW Project in Spain

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Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced that the company has supplied solar modules for a 9 MW solar power plant by OPDE Group in Spain. The solar system is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2011. With this project, Canadian Solar continues to extend its presence in Southern [...]

Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Three North Carolina Solar Farms

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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 [...]

Marine Solar Cell Concept Captures Sun and Wave Energy

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There is a new invention just released that captures two types of clean energy with the same device. These  inovative energy converters are designed to harness both solar and wave energy. Phil Pauley, founder of design and innovation agency PAULEY, developed the renewable power plant in a bid to drive innovation in the search for clean, [...]

UAlbany NanoCollege launches Solar Energy Development Center

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Congressman Chris Gibson (NY-20) today was joined by College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany Senior Vice President and CEO Dr. Alain Kaloyeros to announce the launch of CNSE’s Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, New York, an integral component of the CNSE green energy initiative that will retain 17 [...]

Wanted.Joint Venture Partners for Investment in Solar Farm Developments

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Aquentium Solar, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquentium, Inc. announced today that the company is seeking Joint Venture Partners for the development of solar energy farms throughout the United States and internationally. Aquentium Solar is now seeking land owners that would be interested in using their land for the development of solar energy farms. [...]

Solar Thermal and PV Efficiency Breakthrough – Stanford Solar Energy Researchers Make Big Claims

Stanford engineers have figured out how to simultaneously use the light and heat of the sun to generate electricity in a way that could make solar power production more than twice as efficient as existing methods and potentially cheap enough to compete with oil. Unlike photovoltaic technology currently used in solar panels – which becomes [...]

Tennessee Jail House Switches to Solar Thermal Energy to save Money on Natural Gas

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A new solar farm will soon enable Tennessee’s Knox County officials to harvest sunshine to meet the hot water demands at the county’s 1,036-bed detention facility. Officials anticipate that the new solar thermal system, one of the nation’s largest for domestic hot water according to FLS Energy – the solar company with which Trane worked [...]

India Commits over $210 Million to Solar Thermal Projects totalling 1300 Mwatts by 2013

According to a recent article written by the Press Trust of India, the Union Government of India has pledged Rs 1,000 crore ( $ 210.5 million U.S) for subsidising solar thermal power generation, it says is in line with its plan to boost utilisation of renewable energy resources. The announcement was made by Union Ministry of [...]

Siemens Invests $15 Million U.S. in Israeli Solar Company Arava Power

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Siemens invests USD 15 million in Israeli solar company Arava Power First solar farms for Israel – green technologies dynamically expanding at Siemens Siemens is investing USD 15 million in Arava Power, the Israeli market leader in developing solar power plants. An agreement was signed at Kibbutz Ketura in the Arava today, securing Siemens a [...]

Stirling Energy System Announces A New Division to Manufacture Solar Thermal Suncatchers

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  Stirling Energy Systems recently announced the launch of a new solar development company named Tessera Solar. Tessera Solar is developing solar power world wide using their patented technology called SunCatchers. Manufacturing of SunCatchers at production volumes will commence in 2010, utilizing Tier 1 automotive suppliers for key components. With over 90% North American content, [...]

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