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How to Value a Solar Development Pipeline, Part 2
Recently, in a quiet moment between energy transactions, I pondered: When does a solar project become a solar project? It’s a philosophical question, perhaps. Thankfully (and not surprisingly), my colleagues in engineering had a few opinions. While no two opinions were the same (also not surprising), each opinion did tie to one concept — interconnection. In this second installment ...
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Clean Footprint Attends Keep Florida Beautiful Annual Meeting
John Porter, Founder of Clean Footprint, Central Florida’s leading solar finance and development company, and Chairman of Keep Florida Beautiful Annual (KFB) will be attending KFB’s Annual Meeting today. Being held at the Governors Club on Adams Street in Tallahassee Florida, the focus of the annual meeting will be creating a cleaner state through various initiatives. Affiliate ...
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Will solar development survive in North Africa and Middle East?
In recent weeks the world has seen a dramatic change in the political structure in North Africa and Middle East. With all eyes of the world on the region the question remains what does the future economy hold and what does this mean for investment and the development of solar projects. On first impression you are lead to think that solar energy development has been put to the back burner as ...
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New BLM maps propose areas for solar energy development
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid today announced a series of initiatives, including proposed “Solar Energy Study Areas,” that would expedite the development of solar energy on public lands in the western United States. The Bureau of Land Management believes that the selected areas, which have high solar energy potential and are located near existing transmission ...
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The jasmine revolution opens the door for solar development in MENA
The socio-economic changes facing the North Africa and Middle East region has provided a great opportunity for solar development. During a recent webinar hosted by MENASOL 2011, Dr Nazar Hassan, Deputy Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau of Science in Cairo advocated that socio-economic instability can be solved by developing clean energy projects. Part of this strategy involves working ...
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Clean Footprint Sets Appointments with Solar Developers for Solar Power International 2013
Representatives from Clean Footprint, Central Florida’s leading solar finance and development company, are attending Solar Power International 2013 (SPI) in Chicago, Illinois on October 21st through the 24th. Currently, the company is setting appointments with solar developers interested in Clean Footprints turn-key solar solutions, including solar financing, EPC, O&M and their ...
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Grid connectivity in Chile to unlock solar potential
The connection of the two biggest electric systems (named SIC and SING) has recently been approved in Chile. This game-changing decision will create a balance between the energy supply and demand in the country, helping the installation of solar power plants in the north where solar radiation is higher. At ChileSol 2014 (27 and 28 May, Santiago de Chile), the new Executive Secretary of the ...
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Clean Footprint to Host Webinar Regarding Solar for Massachusetts Businesses
Representatives from Clean Footprint, Central Florida’s leading solar development and finance company will be hosting a webinar entitled, ‘Why Massachusetts Businesses are Rushing to Go Solar’. The webinar, set for Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 from 2:00 until 2:30 EST, will focus on: · Why now is the best time to go solar? · The current opportunity for ...
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reNEWS - Cero picks partners to deliver 100MW Greek PV project
Solar developer Cero Generation has selected Ameresco and Sunel Group as partners to deliver a 100MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Greece. The Delfini solar plant is expected to reach completion by the third quarter of 2023. As part of the project, Ameresco Sunel Energy, a joint company already established in Greece, will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services the ...
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Cooperative Solar Skyrockets
By the end of 2017, the total solar energy capacity of America's electric cooperatives will be five times what it was two years ago, according to data released today by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). This year, co-ops are on pace to add 480 megawatts of solar, which would bring their total capacity to 873 MW. This more than quadruples the 180 MW reached in 2015 and ...
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ACWA Power secures 550MW of solar power in MENA
The Saudi power & water company is paving its way as the leading solar developers in the Middle East and North Africa region with 550 MW of solar power secured this month. In the first 2 weeks of January, ACWA Power secured 350 MW of CSP in Morocco and 200 MW of PV in the United Arab Emirates. These latest achievements place the Saudi company as the leading solar developer in the region. In ...
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National solar conference
The National Solar Conference is the longest-running educational event for solar energy professionals in the U.S. Now in its 40th year, the SOLAR 2011 program will be developed by solar energy experts in all topical areas - technology, buildings, policy, professional education, workforce development, and consumer education. Many sessions will offer continuing education credits for architects, ...
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Duke Energy’s Community Solar Program
Though North Carolina is ranked second in the nation for total installed solar PV capacity, there are still many NC residents who don’t have the necessary sunny sight conditions or face some other obstacle to “going solar.” Here at NCSEA, we hope that the community solar model of solar development can make solar more accessible to all North Carolinians. The community solar ...
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First Solar Completes Acquisition of NextLight Renewable Power
TEMPE, Ariz. - First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has completed the acquisition of NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, a solar development firm formed by the inaugural fund of Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure. With the NextLight acquisition, First Solar now has power purchase agreements for 2.2 ...
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Floating Solar Opens New Markets For Renewable Energy
Norway-based Ocean Sun was founded three years ago with the aim of disrupting the status quo in the solar industry. Its vision is to provide the technology that rapidly makes clean energy production the cheapest alternative to large populations around the world. To achieve this, it has developed technology that will enable large-scale solar developments on coastal seawater, lakes, and ...
By Ocean Sun AS
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NYC relaxes zoning restrictions, opens 8,500 acres of parking lots to solar canopy development
This week, New York City passed landmark legislation that relaxes restrictions on solar developments through a carbon neutrality zoning amendment. This “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” zoning initiative will move the city toward more equitable and sustainable living. ...
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CPV experts to gather in Seville on November 18-19 to discuss how to prove CPV´s commercial viability
SEVILLE, SPAIN With more than 20 MW installed to date, CPV’s commercialisation is firmly underway. It has been predicted that the CPV market will soar in value to over a quarter of a billion dollars by 2014 leading to exponential growth of 6GW by 2020. To address the critical issues that the industry will face on the way to commercialisation, CPV Today will be bringing together over ...
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Prothea completes its first round of equity fundraising and start up Prothea Solar
Prothea completes its first round of equity fundraising and start up Prothea Solar to develop a pipeline of 20MW solar energy projects in Italy, France and the Mediterranean area. Prothea Solar has been established in November 2009 as the solar PV development and investment wing of Prothea, after successful completion of the first round of equity fundraising (EUR 250,000). The mission of ...
By Prothea srl
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How to Value a Solar Development Pipeline, Part 1
Photovoltaic solar projects have become a conventional asset class. The technology is proven at scale, the revenue stream looks and feels like an annuity, and with mainstream customers like Walmart and your local utility, the sizzle has faded. In recent years, investors have flocked to the space hoping to seize on the final few opportunities for high returns coupled with infrastructure-like ...
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CSP tipped to emerge as dominant solar technology in MENA
Political stability is being cited as the biggest challenge for solar development in North Africa and Middle East, according to research conducted by CSP Today. CSP Today’s industry survey, Outlook on Solar in North Africa & Middle East, featuring around 400 solar industry players, indicated that 38.2% of respondents believe that political stability is going to be the major issue for ...
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