Results for: solar

October 17 2014

Abengoa Making Ethanol From Crop Waste at Plant in Kansas

The facility in Hugoton, Kansas, can make as much as 25 million gallons of so-called cellulosic ethanol a year and will reach full production next quarter, the Seville, Spain-based company said today in a statement.

October 16 2014

Orix Presses Ahead With Solar in Japan Despite Grid Constraints

The Tokyo-based company is targeting 800 megawatts of “megasolar” projects in operation by March 2018, said Yuichi Nishigori, head of Orix’s energy and eco services business. Orix currently has more than 430 megawatts of large-sized solar projects either operating or under development, he said.

October 16 2014

Europe’s Biggest Solar Bonds Downgraded on Italy’s Policy

The class A2 notes of Andromeda Finance, a SunPower Corp. project company, were lowered to B, five levels below investment-grade, from BB and given a negative outlook, Fitch Ratings said in a statement.

October 16 2014

Sungage and DCU Creating $100 Million Residential Solar Program

The loans from DCU will let about 4,000 homeowners in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts purchase systems, said Sylvain Mansier, Sungage’s chief financial officer and co-founder. The Boston-based company has helped about 300 customers install solar since it was founded in 2011.

October 15 2014

Canadian Solar Supplying 146.4 Megawatts for Honduras Projects

The two 73.2-megawatt projects in southern Honduras are expected to be complete by March, Guelph, Ontario-based Canadian Solar said today in a statement. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

October 15 2014

Sharp, Orix Complete 8-Megawatt Solar Power Station in Japan

The plant in Nagano prefecture started running on Oct. 1, Sharp, an Osaka-based maker of solar panels, said in a statement today. The equity ownership of the project wasn’t specified in the statement.

October 15 2014

India Boosts Solar Targets With 1-Gigawatt Auction Plan

Companies will be invited shortly to bid for contracts to build plants at a solar park in the southern state, according to the rules issued today by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. A quarter of the capacity will be required to use locally made panels and cells.

October 14 2014

As US renewable energy industry changes, top-ranked EPC firms will need to adapt to keep pace

  New report looks at US renewable energy construction trends, ranks companies by experience New York, 14 October 2014 – With US renewable energy capacity (excluding hydropower) expected to double by 2021, the firms that provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for solar and wind projects will need to adapt to the economic realities […]

October 14 2014

The evolving landscape for EPCs in US renewables

Executive summary Firms that provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services play a significant role in the US renewable energy industry. This report, commissioned by and with input from CohnReznick, analyzes significant themes and trends in the industry, EPC economics for solar and wind, market size projections of EPC services for these technologies, and the […]

October 14 2014

Solaria Signs Contracts for Combined 20 Megawatts in Uruguay

The projects will have a combined installed capacity of 20 megawatts, Solaria said today in a regulatory filing. The Yarnel project is in Uruguay’s Rio Negro state and the Natelu project is in the country’s western Soriano state.