solar development project News
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SolarSTEP Group, Frontier Renewables Complete 1 MW Rooftop Plant
solarSTEP GmbH & Co. KG, a German engineering, procurement and construction company, and German-American utility scale solar project developer Frontier Renewables completed a 1 MWp solar PV plant in Braunschweig, Germany. The plant, known as Frontier-BS-Zwei, will generate enough electricity to power 300 ...
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Sol Systems Launches Mid-Market Financing Solution: Call for Solar Projects 50 kW-2 MW
Sol Systems launches Mid-Market Solution to address financing challenges facing small commercial solar projects. We are actively seeking solar projects 50 kW-2 MW in size for immediate acquisition. This is a fast moving opportunity - our investors are looking to close deals by the end of March 2013. Solar developers with projects should contact Sol Systems as soon as possible, as funding is ...
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Dongfang Electric selects bluebee® for Garadagh Solar PV Plant in Azerbaijan
Chinese EPC Dongfang Electric selected the bluebee® Smart O&M solution for the 230 MW Garadagh Solar PV Plant in Azerbaijan. The nation's first foreign-invested independent solar power project, developed by Masdar (the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company), is expected to start commercial operation in 2023. The Smart O&M system will be ready in time for start-up, ensuring best O&M ...
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FPL Accelerates Major Solar Energy Development Projects
Florida Power & Light Company, the largest generator of solar energy in Florida, recently announced the expansion of its near-term plans for new universal solar generation. FPL now plans to build new universal solar power plants at eight locations by early 2018 - comprising more than 2.5 million solar panels. "We have been working hard to drive down the costs of adding solar so we can ...
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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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The CSP industry gears up to meet in Delhi
All eyes are on Indian project developers as the global CSP community meets in Delhi on 14-15 March The 3rd CSP Today India Summit is only one week away, taking place on 14-15th March at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Gurgaon and over 250 of CSPs most influential figures, innovators and hands-on experts have now confirmed to attend. The event will bring together leading experts throughout the ...
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SunPower Appoints Lisa Bodensteiner Executive Vice President and General Counsel
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that energy veteran Lisa Bodensteiner has been named SunPower's executive vice president and general counsel. She will lead the company's global legal organization effective June 25. Bodensteiner comes to SunPower from First Solar where she ...
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Sol Systems Brings New Tax Equity to Solar, Finances 5 MW
Sol Systems successfully placed $15 million in tax equity into two 2.5 MW North Carolina projects on behalf of a Fortune 100 company. The financing arrangement marks the Fortune 100 company's first investment in solar and provides the solar industry with a new source of tax equity. The US solar industry is supported by a 30% investment tax credit that generally requires outside investors with ...
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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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Sempra Energy to Sell U.S. Solar Assets to Consolidated Edison
Sempra Energy recently (9/20) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. non-utility operating solar assets, solar and battery storage development projects and one wind facility to Consolidated Edison, Inc. for $1.54 billion in cash, subject to adjustments for working capital and pre-closing cash contributions. "This sale represents an important step forward in the ...
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Tom Hayes visits Mainstream’s Cape Town office
Tom Hayes visited Mainstream’s Cape Town office to meet with staff and receive a briefing on the company’s operations in South Africa. The Minister was accompanied by Tony McCullagh, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, South Africa. Mainstream, which was founded by Eddie O’Connor in 2008, has been operating in South Africa since 2009 and was last week named “Lead ...
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Online Tool Released to Provide Strategic Solar Program Recommendations to Utilities
WASHINGTON, DC August 8, 2007: The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) announced today that it has released a free online Solar Programs Options Tool (SPOT) for electric utilities interested in developing solar projects or programs. SPOT is a unique tool that combines quantitative data with a short user survey to recommend and prioritize types of solar activities for further utility ...
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PV Evolution Labs Introduces New Soiling Measurement System for Solar Photovoltaic Modules
North America’s premier PV module testing lab, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), today introduced a new Soiling Station program for measurement of power and energy loss due to module soiling in the field. Soiling is the accumulation of dirt on PV modules, which can reduce annual energy output of a plant by up to 10% depending on the site location. Rather than guess about the level of soiling ...
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First Solar Acquires Chilean Project Developer Solar Chile
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) and Fundación Chile today 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 early- to mid-stage utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power projects ...
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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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Scale Microgrids Acquires over 100 Megawatts of Community Solar Projects
Scale Microgrids recently announced they will acquire from CSG-Gutami more than 100 megawatts of New York community solar projects in late stage development which Scale will construct, own and operate. The deal with Gutami, a Netherlands-based global clean energy developer, is part of Scale's growing pipeline that is helping New York hit its mandated goal of a zero-emissions electricity sector ...
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Solar Lease Financing Arrives in New Mexico
Affordable Solar announced that its retail business is offering a solar panel leasing program to residential customers in New Mexico. For less than the monthly cost of their electric bills, many New Mexicans can now use renewable solar energy to help power their homes. Affordable Solar's new solar financing program, in cooperation with Sunnova Energy Corp., will provide New Mexico homeowners ...
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ENGIE Storage Unveils New Wholesale Market Participation Offering in ISO-New England
ENGIE Storage recently (8/31) unveiled a new supply and services offering for developers of in-front-of-the-meter (IFOM) solar and energy storage projects in New England and emerging markets. Comprising energy storage system design support, supply, operations, performance guarantees, and payments for rights to participate in ISO-New England wholesale markets, the offering improves project ...
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Chile: Interest in small solar parks grows
Cap Vert's 3.6 MW San Francisco project is located in the municipality of Colina, Chacabuco province. Cap Vert Energie According to the November’s monthly report on renewables, published by the National Energy Commission (CNE) of Chile, local environmental authority SEA accepted six new solar projects for review in October, totaling 54 MW. Each of the projects has a capacity of 9 ...
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Mainstream gets planning consent for the 182 megawatt Aurora wind farm in Chile
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, has received environmental consent from the Chilean Environmental Evaluation Service to build and operate the 182 megawatt Aurora wind farm in the commune of Llanquihue in the Los Lagos region of Chile. Upon reaching financial close, Aurora will transfer to Aela Energía, the Chilean wind and solar platform established by Actis, a ...
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