Results for: solar

June 9 2015

U.S. Rooftop Solar Capacity Jumps Record 76% in First Quarter

Residential installations jumped 76 percent from a year earlier to 437 megawatts, according to a report by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. That helped increase total U.S. solar capacity by 1.3 gigawatts, the sixth straight quarter more than 1 gigawatt was added.

June 9 2015

Mainstream, Actis Venture to Build Wind and Solar Farms in Egypt

Lekela will install the solar farm in Aswan, in the country’s south, and the wind project near the Gulf of Suez, it said Tuesday in an e-mailed statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 9 2015

JinkoSolar to Supply 20 Megawatts of Modules to Turkey Projects

JinkoSolar will deliver the panels to Else Enerji, a Turkish engineering and construction firm, by October, the Shangrao, China-based manufacturer said Tuesday in a statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 8 2015

Canadian Solar Completes Financing for Four U.K. Power Projects

Terms of the project financing facility, which closed May 7, weren’t disclosed by the Guelph, Ontario-based panel producer in a statement Monday. Investec Bank Plc was the deal’s sole arranger.

June 5 2015

JA Solar Surges on CEO Proposal to Take Company Private

JA Solar’s American depositary receipts jumped 12 percent to close at $9.07 in New York. Earlier, shares rose 16 percent, the most intraday since Sept. 4, 2013. Each ADR is worth five ordinary shares.

June 5 2015

JinkoSolar Supplying 34 Megawatts of Modules for Chile Project

JinkoSolar delivered the panels to Rijn Capital BV’s Chile unit, a renewable-energy developer with a solar pipeline of about 500 megawatts in the South American nation, the Shangrao, China-based manufacturer said Friday in a statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.

June 5 2015

NextEnergy European Solar Plans London Share Sale to Fund Plants

The company, managed by NextEnergy Capital Ltd., seeks returns of 10 percent to 12 percent, it said in a statement.

June 4 2015

Japan to Review Clean Energy Incentive Program After Solar Surge

The ministry will set up a taskforce to look at several aspects of the incentive program, including the increase in fees paid by consumers for renewable energy, Yasuhiro Matsuyama, the official in charge of the program, said by phone Friday.

June 4 2015

TerraForm Acquiring 23 Megawatts of Solar Plants From Integrys

TerraForm is paying $45 million and assuming $10 million of debt to own about two-thirds of 48 projects in six states, the Bethesda, Maryland-based company said Thursday in a statement. The deal closed Wednesday.

June 4 2015

Alberta Renewables Shift Seen as Premier Looks to Ontario

A few thousand miles west, Alberta’s coal-fired generating stations and oil-sand operations spew a third of the country’s carbon emissions, while a solar-power potential similar to northern Spain remains largely untapped.