Results for: solar

October 30 2014

NPR – KCRW: When will the sun be the motor of the world?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/first.bloomberglp.com/documents/BNEF+Radio/kcrw-oct31-charlie.mp3   On Los Angeles’ NPR station – KCRW: Sunlight is free, and solar-power will soon be cheaper than oil, coal or natural gas — even in the United States. Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Charlie Blanchard discusses what that could mean for current energy industries, public utilities, government regulators and the homeowners of America. Oct […]

October 30 2014

Canadian Solar Supplying Equipment for Power Plant in Nicaragua

The Planta Solar Zona Franca Astro Nicaragua in Tipitapa, near Managua, will supply about 30 percent of the power for 26 companies in an industrial park, Canadian Solar said today in a statement.

October 30 2014

Axion Supplying Energy-Storage System to Pennsylvania Solar Farm

The Coatesville Solar Initiative, being developed by Keares Electrical Contracting Inc., could end up using 5,000 to 6,000 batteries for energy storage and frequency regulation, New Castle, Pennsylvania-based Axion said today in a statement. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

October 29 2014

Brazil Raises Power-Rate Cap on Projects for Next Auction

Bidders at the Nov. 28 auction for hydroelectric projects with as much as 50 megawatts of capacity will be allowed a maximum rate of 164 reais ($67) a megawatt-hour, up from 158 reais originally proposed, the country’s electricity regulator, known as Aneel, said by e-mail today. For thermal plants that use biomass, coal or natural gas, the cap was raised to 209 from reais 197 reais per megawatt-hour.

October 29 2014

Solar Power Inc. to Buy Shanghai All-Zip Roofing for $54 Million

Solar Power will use ordinary shares valued at $2.38 apiece to pay for the purchase, the Roseville, California-based company said in a statement today. The deal is expected to close 10 working days after Shanghai All-Zip Roofing completes a reorganization.

October 29 2014

SunEdison Arranges $130 Million Loan for Solar Project in Chile

Corpbanca SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA are providing non-recourse debt for the 69.5-megawatt Javiera solar farm, St. Peters, Missouri-based SunEdison said today in a statement. The lenders also will provide a local Chilean peso VAT facility worth $30 million.

October 29 2014

JinkoSolar Supplying 19 Megawatts of Panels for Chile Solar Farm

The project in the Atacama Desert will generate enough electricity for about 30,000 homes, the Shangrao, China-based solar manufacturer said in a statement today. The buyer and terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.

October 28 2014

Liebreich: Nuclear – the thin end of a failing wedge

By Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board Bloomberg New Energy Finance Just over a decade ago, Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow of Princeton University published “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies”. They postulated that if sufficient investment was made in a number of technology “wedges”, a […]

October 28 2014

Climatescope 2014

Executive summary For years, it has been widely accepted that only the world’s wealthiest nations have the means to enjoy the benefits of zerocarbon emitting sources of energy. Developing nations, it was assumed, could afford only fossil generation. This belief guided numerous investment decisions and policies. It has even shaped the dynamics of international climate […]

October 28 2014

Climatescope 2014 – Spanish version

Un reportaje importante de Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF): Climatescope 2014 está ahora publicado y disponible online de forma gratuita. El conjunto de los datos es el resumen más claro sobre la inversión en energía limpia en 55 países en desarrollo de América Latina, África y Asia. El Departamento para el Desarrollo Internacional (DFID), el […]