SolFocus, Inc. joined with Mexican land and real estate developer Grupo Musa and U.S.-based energy developer Synergy Technologies, LLC to announce the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja California near Tecate, Mexico. The project, planned as a 450 megawatt total capacity, will be built in 50 megawatt tranches, with construction on the [...]
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, announced that its panels will soon be helping to meet more than 75 percent of the electric needs of Bonnie Brae’s campus in Bernards Township, NJ. Bonnie Brae is one of the nation’s preeminent therapeutic learning environments for at-risk adolescent boys. “This [...]
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) announced today that Enbridge has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the 50-megawatt (MW) Silver State North photovoltaic (PV) project that First Solar has developed and constructed in Clark County, Nevada, near the community of Primm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Silver State [...]
Baker Valley Unified School District voted unanimously to award PsomasFMG, LLC a contract to design, finance, build and operate a photovoltaic system on District Land. The 2.5-3 MW revenue generating project will feature Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) technology from Sol Focus. The district will pay no money up front and is set to receive a percentage [...]
Rabobank and SolarCity® today announced $42.5 million in structured financing to fund over 30 commercial solar projects in California. This new fund is the latest iteration of a Rabobank-SolarCity collaboration that has produced a solar-powered electric vehicle charging corridor to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a series of solar installations at local bank [...]
Program Builds on Last Year’s Success to Raise Awareness of the Benefits of Solar Power Trina Solar Limited, a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, and actor, race car driver, and advocate Patrick Dempsey (as part of Dempsey Racing) today announced a new philanthropic initiative to bring affordable clean energy to communities around [...]
Onyx Service & Solutions, Inc. announced today that the Company has informed its Honduran partners as well as local government officials that it has made the decision to terminate development of its 22-megawatt solar project on the Island of Roatan. Though the project had garnered significant support from the local government and potential end-users, ONYX [...]
Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced that it has been working with leading solar project developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, in the completion of four solar power plants throughout England. The new ground-mounted PV plants were built in Cornwall (Bodmin), Lincolnshire (Spalding) and Somerset (Taunton), with a combined capacity of [...]
Mars Chocolate North America, makers of Las Vegas’ own Ethel M Chocolates, announced today the grand opening of a new solar garden at its Henderson chocolate factory. The state-of-the-art solar installation provides 100 percent of the electrical energy to the Ethel Ms plant during peak operating hours. The project’s completion was commemorated with a ribbon-cutting [...]
New Contract Strengthens Company’s Position in Growing Federal and Military Market Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it was awarded a contract by the General Services Administration (GSA). Through the contract, Borrego Solar is now certified to provide its solar installation services [...]
Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”) CSIQ +0.51% , one of the world’s largest solar companies, today updated its guidance for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. The updated guidance is based on Canadian Solar’s current views with respect to operating and market conditions, its current order book and customers’ forecasts, all [...]
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 [...]
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Investment in India out-paces the rest of the world, thanks to the improving cost-competitiveness of wind and solar Clean energy investments in India reached $10.3bn in 2011, some 52% higher than the $6.8bn invested in 2010. This was the highest growth figure of any significant economy in the world. [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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