Category: News

November 5 2014

Ormat Agrees to Build $22.3-Million Utah Heat-to-Energy Project

The system will produce electricity from heat at the Veyo gas plant that’s otherwise wasted, Reno, Nevada-based Ormat said in a statement today. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

November 5 2014

Pattern Energy to Co-Develop 300-Megawatt Wind Project in Canada

Pattern will own half of the project in Parry Sound District, according to a statement today from the San Francisco-based company. Henvey Inlet First Nation’s Nigig Power Corp. will own the remaining 50 percent.

November 4 2014

SunPower to Build 160-Megawatt South Africa Solar Panel Factory

The facility also will include engineering and construction operations, the San Jose, California-based company said today in a statement. SunPower earlier this year completed two solar farms with a total of 33 megawatts of capacity in the country’s Northern Cape province.

November 4 2014

Abengoa Agrees to Buy BrightSource Stake in Solar Thermal Plant

Abengoa will become the sole owner of the Palen Solar Energy Generating Station and will scale down what was initially proposed as a 500-megawatt project, the Seville, Spain-based company said today in a statement. Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.

November 3 2014

Solatio, Renova and Enel Biggest Winners in Brazil Solar Auction

The three companies won contracts to deliver more than 70 percent of the solar capacity awarded in the event, the Sao Paulo-based electricity trading board CCEE said in an e-mailed statement today.

November 3 2014

BluEarth Gets C$81 Million for Renewable Energy Projects

Major shareholders Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and ARC Financial Corp. increased their investment in the company, Calgary-based BluEarth said today in a statement.

November 3 2014

Ormat Signs 25-Year Power Contract for Kenya Geothermal Project

Ormat’s majority-owned Kenya unit will build and operate the Menengai power plant, according to a statement today from the Reno, Nevada-based company. Construction is expected to begin after financing is completed, and terms of the power sale weren’t disclosed.

October 31 2014

Eolica Faisa Approved to Start 27-Megawatt Wind Plant in Brazil

Brazil’s electricity regulator, known as Aneel, authorized the start of the Faisa V wind farm in the state of Ceara, according to the government’s official gazette yesterday.

October 31 2014

Impax Selling 206-Megawatt Wind Farm Portfolio, SparkSpread Says

The company has shortlisted four to five potential buyers and is looking for “firm bids” on Dec. 4, according to SparkSpread. The portfolio comprises 11 wind farms with a total capacity of 124 megawatts. Impax declined to comment on the news today.

October 30 2014

European Commission Allocating $816 Million for Energy

About 75 million euros will be spent in the U.K. on electricity interconnection, smart grid and gas-storage projects, according to an e-mailed statement today.