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Utility-Scale Solar Plant Goes Online in Nevada
BOULDER CITY, Nevada (ENS) - Nevada Solar One, the first concentrating solar power plant in Nevada went on line on Saturday. Covering 250 acres of desert in the El Dorado Valley near Boulder City, this 64 megawatt concentrating solar plant is the first modern utility-scale solar electric power plant in the United States. It is the largest solar electric power plant to be built globally in the ...
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BluEarth Renewables to Purchase Four Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants From Canadian Solar
GUELPH, Ontario and CALGARY, Alberta, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into a sales agreement with a BluEarth Renewables Inc. subsidiary ("BluEarth"), whereby BluEarth will acquire from ...
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ReNew Power to commission its 300 MW solar plant in Karnataka
The project has generated direct and indirect employment for around 1,500 people and will directly employ over 100 more post commissioning. India’s renewable energy producer, ReNew Power Ltd. has recently announced that it will be commissioning a 300 MW solar plant at the Pavagada Solar Park, located in Tumkur district in Karnataka. Reportedly, this would be ReNew Power’s biggest ...
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First PPA Signed for Utility-Scale Solar PV Plant in Jordan
In December 2013, Phoenix Solar and Mustakbal Clean Tech signed an agreement for the contract of a 1MW PV plant for the Ma’an Development Company. This is the first-utility-scale project confirmed to go ahead in the country. Phoenix solar, an international EPC contractor, is the engineering lead and responsible for procuring components. It has also been confirmed that Trina solar modules ...
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Kyocera TCL Solar Completes 28MW Solar Power Plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kyoto/London − Kyocera and Tokyo Century Corporation (herein “Tokyo Century”) announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”) has completed construction of a 28 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant in the town of Taiwa, Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The company has developed this 28MW solar power plant in collaboration with ...
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Kyocera TCL Solar Completes 29.2MW Solar Power Plant on Repurposed Land in Japan
Kyoto/London − Kyocera and Tokyo Century Corporation (herein “Tokyo Century”) announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”) has completed construction of a 29.2 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The solar modules were installed on 1.2km2 of land originally designated for a golf course and ...
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NREL Researchers Measure Impact of Eclipse on Electrical Grid
During last summer’s total eclipse, solar energy output in the West dropped by about 5.9 gigawatts (GW) according to new analysis from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The August 21, 2017, solar eclipse cast a shadow from Oregon to South Carolina, completely concealing the sun along a 70-mile-wide path and causing the rest of the continent to ...
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Scatec Solar to build first large scale solar plant in West Africa
An historic agreement to Build-Own-and Operate West Africa’s first utility-scale solar power plant was signed here today by Norwegian company Scatec Solar (http://www.scatecsolar.com) and its partners, the Malian Ministry of Energy and Water and Electricité du Mali (EDM), the electricity utility of Mali. To be located near the ancient city of Segou in South-East Mali, 240 kms from ...
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Solaria Introduces Frameless Solar Modules
Furthering Solaria’s Drive to Reduce Costs While Enhancing Performance FREMONT, Calif.- Solaria Corporation, a global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, announced today that it is now shipping its patented frameless solar module to customers worldwide. Strong and durable, the frameless modules feature Solaria’s breakthrough PV technology, which reduces solar power systems ...
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SunPower Concentrated Photovoltaic C7 Tracker Delivers LowestCost for Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) today launched the SunPower(TM) C7 Tracker, a solar photovoltaic tracking system that concentrates the sun's power seven times to achieve the lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for utility-scale solar power plants available today. The C7 Tracker combines single-axis tracking technology with rows of parabolic mirrors, reflecting light ...
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Ormat Sells Heber Solar PV Project for $35.25 Million
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada, Inc., signed an agreement with RET Holdings, LLC to sell the Heber Solar project in Imperial County, California for $35.25 million. Ormat received the first payment of $15 million with the remainder expected to be paid in the second quarter of 2014, subject to fulfillment of certain milestones. As ...
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Eaton sets standard in reliability, performance with new utility-scale inverters for solar applications
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today introduced the Power XpertTM Solar 1500 kilowatt (kW) inverter for utility-scale, solar applications. The Power Xpert Solar inverter converts direct current (DC) power into clean alternating current (AC) and is designed to improve plant levelized cost of energy (LCOE), maximize customers’ energy harvest, operate reliably in harsh ...
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EDF Renewable Services Signs Operations and Maintenance Agreement With MidAmerican Renewables for 81 Megawatts
EDF Renewable Services -- formerly enXco Service Corporation -- has signed a multi-year agreement with Bishop Hill Energy II LLC, a subsidiary of both MidAmerican Renewables and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to provide operations and maintenance services for the 81 megawatt (MW) Bishop Hill II Wind Project. The project, located near the town of Galva, northwest of Peoria, Illinois, is ...
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TotalEnergies Starts Up in Texas a 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant with Battery Storage
TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football fields, Myrtle produces ...
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Soitec Completes ZAR 1,000,000,000 Inaugural Solar Financing Bond Transaction in South Africa
? Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for energy and electronics successfully finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000 (more than $100 millions) solar financing bond issued by CPV Power Plant No.1 Bond SPV (RF) Ltd, an affiliate of Soitec Solar GmbH. The bonds will finance the construction of a 44 MWp utility-scale concentrator ...
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SunPower Closes New $275 Million Revolving Credit Facility and Enters Into Additional $200 Million Letter of Credit Facility
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced that it has signed a new two-year revolving credit facility. This multi-bank syndicated facility, totaling $275 million, will be used for general corporate purposes including the repayment of the company's $50 million revolving credit facility with Union Bank, N.A. and its Euro 75 million revolving credit facility with Societe Generale, Milan ...
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Canadian Solar Signs C$310 Million EPC Agreement for the Construction of a 130 MW DC Solar Power Plant in Ontario
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement with Grand Renewable Solar LP, a solar energy project developed by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc.for the construction of a 130 MW ...
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EDF Renewable Services Signs Operations and Maintenance Agreement for 222.4 Megawatts With Detroit Edison
EDF Renewable Services -- formerly enXco Service Corporation -- has signed a multiyear Operations and Maintenance agreement with Detroit Edison for two wind projects for a combined 222.4 megawatts of wind-powered generating capacity. The 110.4 MW Thumb Wind Project and the 112 MW Echo Wind Project, located in Huron and Sanilac counties, Michigan consist of General Electric (GE) 1.6 MW turbines. ...
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Canadian Solar and Algonquin Power Partner on 10 MW AC Utility-Scale Solar Power Project in Ontario
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10 MW AC Module Supply Agreement with Algonquin Power Co. ("APCo"), to provide Canadian Solar modules for a utility-scale solar power project in Cornwall, Ontario. Construction is scheduled to ...
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Q CELLS Reveal First Gapless Solar Modules at SPI 2019
Q CELLS, one of the largest solar cell and module manufacturers in the world, will reveal prototypes of its first ever gapless solar modules at the 2019 Solar Power International (SPI) exhibition in Salt Lake City, Utah (US). With its high-performance premium solar modules, the Company is aiming to further strengthen its leadership position in the U.S. residential solar market.* Q CELLS to ...
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