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Rusnano readies to write off $700mn over solar energy projects

published: 2013-04-03 14:16

Rusnano has reserved some 21.8 billion roubles (almost $700 million) over risks connected with solar energy projects, according to the company’s financial statement. Some 65% of this sum is meant for Rusnano’s strategic investmen... more

Solar Impulse is Set to Visit the United States

published: 2013-04-02 14:23

Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft that amazed European aviation fans when it flew its 26-hour, record-setting maiden flight from its base in Switzerland to Spain and Morocco in July 2010, is set to wow audiences in the U.S... more

CK Solar Korea collaborates with Pakistan government to develop 300MW solar plant

published: 2013-04-02 14:22

Korea-based energy company CK Solar Korea has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Baluchistan government in Pakistan for the installation of 300MW solar power plant. The plant, which is being developed at Quetta will c... more

SolarCity Expanding Operations Into Nevada

published: 2013-04-02 14:20

SolarCity, one of the top solar energy providers in the United States, recently announced its planned expansion to Nevada. With the support of Governor Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Office of Economic Development, the Solarcity ex... more

Chinese Solar Companies Decline as Suntech Power Declares Bankruptcy

published: 2013-04-01 14:48

Chinese solar equities have experienced a sharp decline in recent weeks as Suntech Power's recent bankruptcy has raised concerns that other Chinese manufacturers may be over-leveraged. Ticker Spy's Chinese Solar Stocks Index (CHSO... more

A sunny outlook for at least one solar energy company

published: 2013-04-01 14:47

While the U.S. stock market is hitting new highs, one sector hasn’t been invited to the party: solar energy companies. To diss stocks in the solar business as dogs would be impolite to canines. Solar has been just about the most ... more

SunEdison ROC celebrates 1GW of solar energy under management

published: 2013-03-29 14:18

SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR), today announced a global milestone in the company's solar operations as it now has more than 1 gigawatt ... more

Toshiba Enters Solar Power Generation Business With 6.5MW Plans

published: 2013-03-29 14:12

Toshiba Corp. (6502), the Japanese maker of flash-memory chips, elevators and nuclear reactors, will enter the solar power generation business through projects with combined capacity of 6.5 megawatts. A 1.5 megawatt plant in Kana... more

Solar 21 buys seventh Italian energy farm for €13m

published: 2013-03-29 14:07

SOLAR 21, a Dublin-based investment firm, has paid €13m to buy its latest Italian solar energy farm. The deal to buy the 3.5MW farm in Lazio, in the west of the country, brings to seven the number of solar projects the Irish comp... more

LDK Solar Closes Sale of 17 Million Shares at Discount

published: 2013-03-29 14:02

LDK Solar Co. (LDK), a Chinese solar manufacturer that’s declined 75 percent in the past year, sold additional shares to Fulai Investments Ltd. for about 30 percent less than it paid a month ago. Fulai bought 12 million shares fo... more

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