Results for: solar

February 12 2015

Sumitomo Bank, Others to Invest in Solar Power Fund by Sparx

Sparx, a Japanese asset manager, will invest 100 million yen for the fund, the company said in a statement today.

February 11 2015

Leaf Solar Power Getting $75 Million to Install Rooftop Systems

The investment from New York-based Tamra-Tacoma Capital Partners primarily will be used to deploy residential- and commercial-scale systems, according to a statement Wednesday from the West Palm Beach, Florida-based company. Terms weren’t disclosed.

February 10 2015

SunEdison and PermaCity to Build Rooftop Solar in Los Angeles

SunEdison and PermaCity will lease rooftops in the area served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as part of a contract the agency awarded in 2014 to SunEdison, according to a statement Tuesday.

February 10 2015

Adiant Sells U.K. Solar Power Park to Foresight Group

The facility, located near Bournemouth in the country’s south, has a capacity of 37.3 megawatts, enough to supply power to about 12,250 homes, Zurich-based Adiant said today in an e-mailed statement. The price wasn’t disclosed.

February 10 2015

KfW Agrees to Build $2.3 Billion Germany-Norway Power Cable

The 1,400-megawatt NordLink interconnector will cost 1.5 billion euros to 2 billion euros, Frankfurt-based KfW said today in a statement on its website. Construction will start as soon as contracts with the companies responsible for the production and installation of the cable are signed, it said.

February 10 2015

Tama Home Completes 17MW Solar Power Plant in Southwestern Japan

The plant, which uses solar panels supplied by Sharp Corp., started running on Feb. 1, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement today.

February 9 2015

Corpbanca to Finance Rijn Chile Solar Project: Diario Financiero

The 54-megawatt solar project in the Antofagasta region is getting the loan for 18 years, according to the Santiago-based newspaper.

February 9 2015

ET Solar and TechAccess to Build Solar Power Plants in Pakistan

One of the stations in Pind Dadan Khan, Punjab, will produce about 11.5 megawatts, and the other will have 10 megawatts of capacity, Nanjing-based ET Solar said Monday in a statement. The projects are expected to be completed and connected to the grid in the first half of next year.

February 9 2015

NEXTracker Raises $25 Million for Photovoltaic Tracking Systems

The funding round includes contributions from SJF Ventures and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Fremont, California-based NEXTracker said in a statement Monday. The financing closed in December. Existing investors include Sigma Partners and DBL Investors.

February 5 2015

FutureGen’s Demise Shows Carbon Capture for Coal Faces Woes

The Energy Department said Tuesday it’s pulling support for FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc., a public-private partnership to build a coal plant that would store its carbon emissions deep underground instead of sending the gases skyward.