Results for: solar

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.

June 23 2015

Toyo Engineering Wins Order to Build 57MW Solar Farm in Japan

The station will be completed by the end of 2016, Toyo Engineering said in a statement Tuesday.

June 22 2015

Sustainable Power Group Buys Utah Project in First Deal for Wind

The wind farm in San Juan County is expected to begin generating electricity by the end of the year, Salt Lake City-based Sustainable Power said in a statement Monday. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 22 2015

Mitsubishi Electric to Supply Energy Storage to Kyushu Electric

The system, which includes sodium sulfur batteries made by NGK Insulators Ltd., will be installed at a power station in Fukuoka prefecture, Mitsubishi Electric said in a statement Monday.

June 21 2015

Thin-Film Panel Cost Can Be Reduced Further, Solar Frontier Says

Crystalline silicon panels, which account for more than 90 percent of all panels produced, are approaching their limits for further cost reduction as the technology matures, said Satoru Kuriyagawa, chief technology officer of Solar Frontier K.K., a wholly owned unit of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.

June 19 2015

First Solar and SunPower’s 8point3 Energy IPO Nets $420 Million

8point3 sold 20 million shares at $21 each, the high end of its projected pricing range, and may sell an additional 3 million shares to the deal’s underwriters within 30 days, according to a statement Friday. The company, which will trade under the symbol CAFD, said June 10 it was seeking to raise as much as $483 million.

June 19 2015

Canadian Solar Getting $58 Million Loan for Ontario Power Plants

The short-term construction financing will be used to develop two 10-megawatt solar farms, the Guelph, Ontario-based manufacturer said in a statement Friday. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 17 2015

Canadian Solar Supplies 42.9 Megawatts of Panels for Japan Plant

Takataya Co. is developing the solar farm in Fukuoka prefecture, which is expected to begin generating enough power for about 13,600 homes in August, the Guelph, Ontario-based manufacturer said in a statement Wednesday. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 17 2015

Trina Solar Plans $500 Million India Plant Amid Ban

The 2-gigawatt facility will be in either the western state of Gujarat or southern state of Andhra Pradesh, Zhiguo Zhu, senior vice president of Trina Solar, said in a phone interview. Construction of the plant, planned in two phases, will take about 18 months, Zhiguo said. “We’ll use Indian products to export to the U.S. or even Europe,” Zhiguo said.

June 17 2015

Eurus Energy Completes 34MW Solar Power Station in Western Japan

The plant in Hyogo prefecture started operations earlier this month, the Tokyo-based developer of solar and wind projects said in a statement.