solar energy project News
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Abengoa’s General Manager joins CSP Today South Africa 2014
Kevin Smith, CEO at SolarReserve will be participating at CSP Today South Africa 2014 (8-9 April, Cape Town). SolarReserve has the largest molten salt CSP tower globally with 110 MW and 10 hours storage capacity. Mr. Smith will be joined by CEOs from Abengoa, Emvelo and ACS Cobra amongst others, who will discuss the best strategy to meet government procurement targets and crucial lessons learned ...
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Array Technologies Awarded ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Array Technologies (NASDAQ: ARRY) (“Array”), a leading provider of tracker solutions and services for utility-scale solar energy projects, today announced it has obtained ISO 9001:2015 certification from DQS Inc. as of January 22, 2021. “We are proud of our commitment to producing products of the highest quality,” said Stuart Bolland, Chief Operations Office at Array ...
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U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Geological Survey Release Online Database of Large-Scale Solar
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) includes the location, size, and other characteristics of large-scale solar projects. This new public ...
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Array Technologies Secures Contract for up to 4GW of Trackers
ArrayTechnologies (NASDAQ: ARRY) (“Array”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ground-mounted systems used in solar energy projects, today announced it has been awarded a contract for up to 4GW of trackers from Primoris Services Corporation (NASDAQ: PRIM), a leading provider of specialty contracting services. The contract includes a commitment to purchase 2.5GW of ...
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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 ...
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Apple to build solar plant to power data center
Apple Inc. said it will pay for construction of an 18-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant in northern Nevada to provide power for a data center the technology giant plans east of Reno. The Fort Churchill Solar Array, to be built in Yerington, was included in a filing Monday by NV Energy Inc. with the Public Utilities Commission. Apple announced plans last year to build the data center. The solar ...
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Cranfield University and Global CSP partner to further develop small CSP collector with ORC generators
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is very unlikely to be installed in the United Kingdom -unless global warming turns UK into a sunny tropical island-, but research and dvelopment is often independent from the future application sites. UK’s Cranfield University and Global CSP, are joining efforts to develop two solar energy projects involving a CSP collector and an Organic Rankine Cycle ...
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Sustainability and Environmental Protection for Sportlifestyle Leader, Giving Rise to One of the Largest Solar Energy Projects in Los Angeles County
PUMA North America and Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRW), a global leader in the development, design, engineering and construction of solar power systems for commercial, government and utility markets globally, jointly announced today the completion of a 1.9 megawatt (MW) solar energy system in greater Los Angeles. The two Brookvale International buildings, in Carson and Torrance, ...
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Lightsource bp announces a 1.4GW global purchase agreement with Array Technologies
Lightsource bp has entered into a purchase agreement with Array Technologies that will supply Lightsource bp’s newly developed solar portfolio of 1.4GW across the world with DuraTrack HZ v3 single-axis solar trackers equipped with plant optimizing SmarTrackTM technology. Once constructed and connected, this newly added solar capacity will generate enough combined renewable electricity to ...
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Natcore Technology to Serve as Technical Advisor For 1,000 MW Solar Facility in Middle East
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Malta-based developer of international renewable energy projects under which Natcore would serve as the science and technology advisor for a large vertically-integrated project in the Middle East. The 1,000 MW project would comprise: A solar array consisting of 100 individual solar power plants, ...
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Largest solar plant of the world to be launched in California
BrightSource Energy, a U.S. company specializing in solar thermal electricity generation, is about to inaugurate by the end of the year the largest production center ever built in the Mojave Desert in California. The new plant of Ivanpah, in the County of San Bernardino, is the project of the world's largest solar power plant, and has a focus on solar thermal concentrating technology towers. ...
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Winter Park Falls
On Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, at 10:30 a.m., the City of Winter Park will show how much it “loves” its newly installed rooftop solar panels at the Public Works Compound located at 1409 Howell Branch Road. Last summer, the City Commission approved an agreement with Clean Footprint, central Florida’s leading solar development and finance company to add solar ...
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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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Power purchase agreement announced with Ernst & Young for Norfolk solar farm
Lightsource bp, a global leader in the development and management of solar energy projects, has been selected to provide Ernst & Young LLP (‘EY’) with its first zero-carbon Power Purchase Agreement. Lightsource bp’s solar plant will generate enough electricity to supply 100% of EY’s electricity needs in the UK. Lightsource bp has financed and developed the solar plant ...
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NV Energy Announces Largest Clean Energy Investment in Nevada’s History
NV Energy recently (5/31) announced it has contracted for more than 1,000 megawatts of new renewable energy resources to be built in Nevada, and for the first time, is requesting approval to build 100 megawatts of battery energy capacity. Three of the projects will be located in northern Nevada and three will be located in southern Nevada. The company will file this resource plan with the Public ...
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Capital Dynamics US Solar Energy Fund Acquires 12.8 MWp Solar PV Portfolio From EDF Renewable Energy
Capital Dynamics, a global private asset manager, and EDF Renewable Energy are pleased to announce that the Capital Dynamics US Solar Energy Fund has acquired a 12.8 megawatt peak (MWp) portfolio of solar energy projects in Long Island, New York from EDF Renewable Energy (formerly known as enXco). The 12.8 MWp portfolio of seven solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, in both operation and advanced ...
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Solar research laboratory opened at Cranfield
Cranfield University today cemented its importance in the field of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) with the opening of the ‘Global CSP Laboratory’. The University is home to the largest CSP research activity in the UK and Cranfield is the only UK representative on the EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) Joint Committee on CSP. The new Global CSP Laboratory – the UK ...
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Four New Solar Plants to Deliver Clean Energy for Florida
Black & Veatch has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on four solar energy projects for Florida Power & Light (FPL). The plants are part of an extensive renewable energy program designed to help deliver additional electric supplies to meet increasing population and business growth in the region. The combined output of the projects will ...
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Emerson to apply Ovation technology at first U.S. commercial-scale solar power facility with fully integrated energy storage
Ovation platform’s integrated control and diagnostics will deliver operations and maintenance efficiencies at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract to apply its Ovation expert control system at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. When it comes online at the end of 2013, this 110-MW concentrated solar power ...
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Amazon Launches Latest Rooftop Solar System on 813,000 Square Foot Fulfillment Center in North Las Vegas
Amazon recently announced the launch of a 1.1 megawatt solar rooftop installation on its North Las Vegas fulfillment center, which brings the company one step closer to its long-term goal of powering its global operations footprint with 100% renewable energy. The project is Amazon’s second in the state of Nevada, and its 17th rooftop solar installation over the past 14 months in the U.S. The ...
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