IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced plans to install solar atop its future Grand Prairie, TX store opening Fall 2017 as the company’s second Dallas-Fort Worth-area store. Pa...  more
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First Solar to Review Alternatives for the Sale of Its Interests in 8point3 Energy Partners |
published: 2017-04-06 17:54 |
First Solar, Inc. announced today that it, working together with its financial and legal advisors, is reviewing alternatives for the sale of its interests in 8point3 Energy Partners. First Solar will coordinate this review ...  more
SolarWorld: China’s Trade Aggression Still Costs Jobs in U.S. Solar Industry |
published: 2017-04-06 17:45 |
For SolarWorld, China’s trade aggression in the solar sector is a textbook example of how the country – employing an arsenal of price dumping, massive subsidization, cyber-espionage and closed markets &ndas...  more
GE Renewable Energy Selected by Lincoln Clean Energy and I Squared Capital for 250 MW Texas Wind Project |
published: 2017-04-05 17:47 |
Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, announced today the financing of its Willow Springs project, a 250 megawatt wind farm in Haskell County, Texas. GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) will supply...  more
Sumitomo Electric Supplies Redox Flow Battery to Taiwan Power Research Institute |
published: 2017-04-05 17:29 |
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has recently supplied a redox flow battery that has a rated output of 125 kW to Taiwan Power Research Institute.
Taiwan has actively been promoting solar power generat...  more
IEC calls on disruptive technology for universal energy access |
published: 2017-04-05 17:20 |
The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is stepping up efforts to bring electrical energy to the 1,3 billion people who have no access to electricity, via a disruptive technology – low voltage direct current (LV...  more
2016 a Record Year for Renewables, Latest IRENA Data Reveals |
published: 2017-04-05 17:15 |
Global renewable energy generation capacity increased by 161 gigawatts (GW) in 2016, making the strongest year ever for new capacity additions, according to data released today by the International Renewable Energy Age...  more
REC Launches Commercial Production of All-black Multi-si PERC Panels |
published: 2017-03-31 14:59 |
REC, a Norway-based and Singapore-sited integrated solar manufacturer, has announced the new REC TwinPeak 2 BLK2 Series and its commercial production. The new panels features all-black look, five busbars and half-cut cells with a ...  more
Capital Dynamics Acquires the 250MW Moapa Solar Project from First Solar |
published: 2017-03-31 14:25 |
First Solar has completed the sale of the cash equity interests in the 250MWac Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project in Nevada to global private asset manager Capital Dynamics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Minority t...  more
A 6.2MW PV Project in Oahu Goes Online |
published: 2017-03-31 14:22 |
Altus Power America, Inc. announces the completion of a 6.2MWdc ground-mounted solar installation in Waiʻanae, Hawaiʻi, on the west side of Oʻahu. The solar energy system, known as the Aloha Solar Project, will sell clean, ...  more