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Vivint Solar Expanding Service to Texas

published: 2016-09-22 15:01

Vivint Solar announced its expansion into Texas, with services beginning in the Austin area. The Texas market presents a compelling opportunity for Vivint Solar. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Texas... more

Canadian Solar Secures US$100 Million Guarantee Facility

published: 2016-09-22 14:58

Canadian Solar has signed a financing agreement, pursuant to which, Export Development Canada (EDC) has agreed to provide guarantees or letters of credit of up to US$100 million to Canadian Solar to support its global activities o... more

AUO to Sell Stake in Malaysian JV to SunPower and Focus on Downstream Sector

published: 2016-09-21 18:12

AUO, a Taiwan-based technology company, announced to sell its stake in its joint venture, AUO SunPower Sdn. Bhd. (AUSP), in Melaka, Malaysia. AUO’s partner will purchase AUO’s portion of the JV by paying AUO US$170 million.... more

L'Oréal USA to Build Two PV Power Plants for Achieving 100% Renewable

published: 2016-09-21 17:42

L'Oréal USA is aiming 100% of renewable energy, and the group selected Scenic Hill Solar as the partner to achieve the goal. The two companies will jointly develop two large-scale commercial solar projects respectively in Kentucky... more

Sharp Aims to Return to the USA Residential Solar Market in 2017

published: 2016-09-21 16:59

Sharp has been re-adjusting many of its business directions after being taken over by Foxconn. Sharp’s solar business (Sharp Solar) will get back on the horse and is estimated to return to the USA market in 2017. It will mo... more

8point3 Energy Partners to Acquire 49% Stake in SunPower’s 102MW PV Project

published: 2016-09-21 16:13

8point3 Energy Partners announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SunPower's 49% stake in its 102MW Henrietta solar project for $134 million. "Our acquisition of SunPower's 49% minority interest in He... more

REC Solar Exceeds 100 Agricultural PV Project Installations

published: 2016-09-21 16:02

REC Solar, a leading provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, announced today, in conjunction with Taylor Farms, that it surpassed 100 installations for the agriculture sector. To reach this milestone, REC Solar and Tayl... more

New Cell Efficiency Record of 26.33% Achieved by NEDO and KANEKA

published: 2016-09-20 17:34

By combining heterojunction and back-contact technologies on a crystalline silicon solar cell with a practical size of 180cm^2, Japan’s Kaneka Corp. and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) jointly ... more

Georgia Power's 30MW PV Plant at SUBASE Kings Bay Now Online

published: 2016-09-20 16:47

Leaders from Georgia Power and the Department of the Navy (DON) joined elected officials, community leaders and other dignitaries at Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) Kings Bay near St. Marys, Ga. to mark the start of operations of a ... more

Bank of America Commits to Carbon Neutrality and 100% Renewable Electricity by 2020

published: 2016-09-20 16:43

Bank of America announces new environmental operations goals to be met by 2020, including plans to go carbon neutral. This announcement supports the bank’s continued efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of its operat... more

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