Results for: solar

December 7 2015

As Solar Pushes for U.S. Tax Break, One CEO Says Don’t Bother

But John Berger, the chief executive of Houston-based residential solar-power installer Sunnova Energy Corp., is on a one-man mission to get them to drop the idea.

December 4 2015

ADB to Support Expansion of Off-Grid Solar Systems in India

The loan will help Simpa Energy India Private Ltd. finance 75,000 additional solar systems for both homes and small businesses next year, the ADB said in a statement Friday. Simpa Energy has installed almost 15,000 solar home systems in India, mainly in Uttar Pradesh state where the electrification rate is low, according to the statement.

November 27 2015

Spain’s Power System Posts First Surplus in More Than 10 Years

Revenue exceeded electricity-system costs by 550 million euros ($529 million) in 2014, the Spanish Energy Ministry said in an e-mailed statement.

November 26 2015

SoftBank’s 111MW Solar Station to Start Running in North Japan

The plant will begin commercial operations Dec. 1, and will produce enough electricity to power 30,000 homes annually, according to the statement.

November 24 2015

McCrone: What is a nation’s real cost of renewables support?

Angus McCrone, Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance   What do the minerals tourmaline and cordierite, and the much-discussed contemporary garment #TheDress have in common? The answer is that they look different depending on who you are and where you are standing. It is rather the same with energy policy. Subsidy support for renewables is […]

November 23 2015

Financing China’s renewable future – Plenary BNEF APAC Summit (in Mandarin)

China has more operating renewable energy assets than any other country and will increase this by another ten-fold by 2040. To achieve this, the country needs more than just money but also innovative ways of raising it. At Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s APAC Summit in Shanghai, on November 4, 2015, we hear from leading clean […]

November 20 2015

Topping wealthier nations, key emerging markets attract record $126bn in clean energy investment

View this press release in PDF. Ahead of important round of climate talks, new study shows majority of 2014 clean energy investment, activity occurred in 55 developing nations London and Washington D.C., 23 November 2015 – Developing nations eclipsed the world’s wealthiest countries in 2014, attracting more clean energy investment and building more wind, solar, […]

November 19 2015

Daiwa Securities Completes 9MW Solar Power Plant in North Japan

The station will start commercial operations on Dec. 2, Daiwa PI Partners Co., a wholly owned unit of Daiwa Securities, said in a statement Thursday. The unit has invested in two other large-scale solar power plants in Japan, according to the company website.

November 13 2015

Japan Gaming Machine Maker Completes 20MW Solar Power Plant

The 5.7 billion yen ($46 million) plant will sell all the electricity it produces to Tokyo Electric Power Co. under Japan’s incentive program for clean energy, Oizumi said in a statement.

November 5 2015

Japan Asia Group to Build 17MW Solar Power Station Near Tokyo

Kyocera Corp. will supply solar panels to the plant to be built in Tochigi prefecture, Japan Asia Group said in a statement Thursday.