Results for: solar

December 1 2014

Argentina Province Schedules Auction to Build First Solar Farm

The 1 megawatt project in central Argentina will cost about 34 million pesos ($4 million) and must go into operation within six months, according to a statement on the state government website Nov. 28.

November 28 2014

TRIG Buys Onshore Wind Farm in Ireland for 17.3 Million Euros

TRIG bought the 25.3-megawatt operational wind farm in County Cork from Renewable Energy Systems Ltd., Guernsey-based TRIG said today in an e-mailed statement. It takes its total portfolio of onshore wind and solar plants to about 439 megawatts, it said.

November 25 2014

McCrone and Bullard: Fossil Fuel Divestment – Slippery transition or financial shock?

By Angus McCrone, Chief Editor and Nathaniel Bullard, Director of Content Bloomberg New Energy Finance   Market economies have two, apparently contradictory, characteristics. One is the ability to prosper despite periods of hectic transition. The other is to slip on banana skins on a regular basis. Frequently, those banana skins can be spotted in advance […]

November 25 2014

Yingli Solar Falls on Lower 2014 Shipments; Loss Narrows

The company expects to ship 3.3 gigawatts to 3.35 gigawatts of panels this year, compared with forecasts of 3.6 to 3.8 gigawatts in August and as much as 4.2 gigawatts previously, it said in a statement today.

November 25 2014

JX Energy to Build Four Solar Power Stations Across Japan

The company will build a 2.5-megawatt station in Akita, a 2-megawatt plant in Ibaraki, a 1.1-megawatt plant in Saitama and a 1.3-megawatt plant in Hiroshima, according to a statement today. No financial terms were disclosed.

November 24 2014

SunEdison Targets Brazil With $30 Million Solar Plant

SunEdison will invest $30 million in a panel factory in Brazil and has agreed to build solar power plants with local renewable energy developer Renova Energia SA, Jose Perez, the company’s president for Latin America, said today.

November 24 2014

Canadian Solar Sells Mojave Desert Project to Dominion

Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed. The West Antelope Valley facility, which began operating this year, has a 20-year contract to sell power to PG&E Corp., Guelph, Ontario-based Canadian Solar said today in a statement.

November 24 2014

Sustainable Power Signs $65 Million Utility Solar Deal

Under a 21-year contract worth about $65 million, Sustainable Power will supply electricity at 5.3 cents a kilowatt-hour, the Tempe, Arizona-based utility said in a statement on its website. Salt River Project pays an average of about 4 cents a kilowatt-hour for power during peak periods.

November 24 2014

China Buying REC Solar for $640 Million Avoids Trade Spat

The deal by a unit of China National Chemical Corp. would follow a surge in demand for solar panels, absorbing much of the production that companies supported by the government in Beijing built in the past decade.

November 20 2014

Sunnova Raises $250 Million to Expand in U.S. and Overseas

The residential solar company operates in more than 20 U.S. states and territories and “we fully intend to become a global company,” Chief Executive Officer John Berger said today in an interview. “This capital enables us to take a giant step in the direction of that goal.”