Results for: solar

June 29 2015

Triodos Starts Share Issue to Raise Funds for Local Solar Farm

The companies plan to raise 2.75 million pounds ($4 million) to finance a solar energy facility in Chelwood that will produce enough electricity to power about 1,160 homes, Zeist, Netherlands-based Triodos said Monday in an e-mailed statement.

June 25 2015

Rooftop Solar Provider Sunrun Files for Initial Public Offering

The San Francisco-based company is seeking to raise as much as $100 million, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities & Exchange Commission, a placeholder amount that may change. Sunrun will trade under the symbol RUN.

June 25 2015

TerraForm Deal With Duke Energy Expands Stake in Solar Portfolio

The power plants have a total of 34 megawatts of capacity and were built jointly by Duke Energy Corp. and Integrys Energy Group Inc. Bethesda, Maryland-based TerraForm bought 9 megawatts of capacity from Duke, according to a statement Thursday, after a 23-megawatt purchase from Integrys announced June 4.

June 25 2015

Foresight Agrees to Buy Solar-Power Project in Central England

The 30-megawatt solar facility in Nottinghamshire will expand Foresight’s portfolio to 263 megawatts, the London-listed fund said Thursday in an e-mailed statement, without disclosing terms. It expects the project to receive government subsidies once operational.

June 25 2015

Itochu, Partners Complete 34MW Solar Power Plant in West Japan

Sharp Corp. supplied solar panels for the plant in Ehime prefecture, Itochu said in a statement Thursday. The electricity will be sold to Shikoku Electric Power Co.

June 24 2015

Yingli Supplying 40 Megawatts of Solar Modules in Honduras

Yingli is delivering 25 megawatts for the first phase of a 50-megawatt project in Nacaome and 15 megawatts for a utility-scale solar farm in Choluteca, the Baoding, China-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Terms of the sale to Sybac Solar LLC weren’t disclosed.

June 24 2015

Japan Added 18,757 Megawatts of Clean Energy From July 2012

During the period, Japan added 18,108 megawatts of solar capacity. The figures are through the end of March.

June 23 2015

SoftBank plans $20B India solar venture

SoftBank is investing in a green energy project in India. The company will tie up with Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn in a $20B solar power venture. Bloomberg’s Ashish Sethia discusses the project on “Trending Business.”

June 23 2015

Five seismic shifts to shake global electricity over next 25 years

BNEF’s forecast to 2040 sees $2.2 trillion boom in small-scale solar as consumers seize control of their power, and weaker growth in electricity demand, but prospects for the climate are bleak London and New York, 23 June 2015 – Global power generation will experience five dominant trends over the next 25 years, putting unprecedented pressure […]

June 23 2015

Landis+Gyr to Supply Energy Storage System for Finland’s Helen

Landis+Gyr will supply a 1.2-megawatt storage system to be set up next to the Suvilahti solar power plant, the largest in Finland, according to a statement by Toshiba Corp. which acquired Landis+Gyr in 2011.