Results for: solar

May 29 2015

Suntech to Provide 63 Megawatts for Solar Projects in Thailand

The solar farms will generate enough power for about 24,000 homes, and the customer, Gunkul Engineering PCL, expects them to be complete by the end of the year, Wuxi-based Suntech said in a statement Friday. Terms weren’t disclosed.

May 28 2015

Hanwha Q Cells Jumps After Revenue Rises From Consolidation

Hanwha Q Cells advanced 9 percent to $2.18 at the close in New York, the most since April 16.

May 28 2015

SunEdison to Develop 14 Megawatts of Solar Plants on Long Island

The contracts with the Long Island towns of Southold and Easthampton, Nassau and Suffolk counties, and the Suffolk County Water Authority were awarded as part of the Long Island Power Authority’s feed-in-tariff program, Maryland Heights, Missouri-based SunEdison said Thursday in a statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.

May 28 2015

Energy Storage Systems in U.S. Expected to Surge in Second Half

In the first quarter, 5.8 megawatts of power-storage capacity was added, up 16 percent from the same period a year earlier. Boston-based GTM expects a total of 220 megawatts for the year, with most of that coming in the second half, according to a statement Thursday. That’s more than triple the 62 megawatts of storage capacity added in 2014.

May 28 2015

Santander, Canada Pensions Start $2 Billion Green Fund

Cubico Sustainable Investments, based in London, will be held equally by Santander, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, the investment company said Thursday.

May 27 2015

Green Power to Buy 52 Megawatts of Solar Capacity in Georgia

Green Power has agreed to a 30-year contract that will cover the electricity needs of about 8,500 households, the Georgia-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Terms weren’t disclosed.

May 27 2015

Duke to Build ‘Disney-Inspired’ Solar Farm by Florida Theme Park

The 48,000 solar panels at the 5-megawatt facility near Orlando “will be arranged in the shape of a Disney-inspired design,” the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said Wednesday in a statement. Terms weren’t disclosed.

May 27 2015

GE to Supply Battery Array in Canada Amid Growing Storage Demand

Convergent Energy + Power will install the 7-megawatt system, which is expected to be operational in the third quarter of next year, GE said in a statement Wednesday. Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.

May 26 2015

Kyocera, Partners to Build 92MW Solar Power Plant in South Japan

Construction of the 35 billion yen ($284 million) plant will start this year and operations will begin by the end of March 2018, according to an e-mailed statement from Kyocera.

May 26 2015

Low Carbon Gets $163 Million From Macquarie for U.K. Solar

Low Carbon will use the fixed-rate and retail price index-linked funding from Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions to refinance 12 operating solar parks with a combined capacity of 99.2 megawatts, it said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday.