Category: News

December 17 2014

Acciona to Invest $500 Million for Chile Renewable-Power Plants

The company is planning 225 megawatts of renewable-power projects that must go into service in 2018, Alcobendas, Spain-based Acciona said today in an e-mailed statement. The contracts run for 15 years.

December 17 2014

Duties Set by U.S. on Imports of China, Taiwan Solar Goods

The Commerce Department also finalized its plan to include in the tariffs any solar panels assembled in China, no matter the origin of the cells.

December 16 2014

California Drought Needs 17 Million Olympic-Sized Pools

Water storage in the state’s Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins was about 11 trillion gallons below seasonal levels during the peak of the three-year drought, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said today in a statement. An Olympic-size pool contains about 660,000 gallons of water.

December 16 2014

Biggest Wind Farm in Central America Gets $300 Million From IFC

The loan will be used to finance phases II and III of InterEnergy Holdings’ Penonome wind power plant, 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Panama City, the Washington-based multilateral lender’s International Finance Corporation, said in statement today.

December 16 2014

Boralex Offers to Buy Enel Green Power for C$400 Million

Buying Enel Green Power France, owned by Enel Green Power International BV, would add 12 French wind farms with a combined capacity of 186 megawatts to the portfolio, Quebec-based Boralex said today in a statement. Enel Green Power said the offer will be evaluated by EGP’s board.

December 15 2014

MDCPar Plans Biomass Expansion With Stake in Energias Renovaveis

MDCPar is planning to expand into biomass energy through the deal, it said in a filing today with Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade.

December 15 2014

American Water Slides After 2015 Earnings Estimates Falls Short

American Water declined 1.2 percent to $51.73 at 1:29 p.m. in New York. Earlier, it fell as much as 1.8 percent to $51.41, the lowest intraday since Nov. 7.

December 15 2014

SunPower Backing Tendril, Licensing Energy-Management Technology

The technology will help San Jose, California-based SunPower monitor customers’ power consumption habits, according to a statement today.

December 12 2014

U.K. Water Bills to Drop 5% in 2015 After Price Review

Ofwat announced the prices that 19 water and waste companies, including United Utilities Group Plc and Severn Trent Plc, can charge for the five-year period starting 2015. It said average water rates will drop by 5 percent, reducing bills by about 20 pounds ($31) to 376 pounds a year before inflation. The U.K.’s current inflation is 1.3 percent.

December 12 2014

LDK Solar Agrees to Provide Panels for Power Project in China

LDK will begin delivering the panels immediately to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Electric Power Design Institute, the Xinyu, China-based manufacturer said today in a statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.