North America green energy

Duke Energy buys solar farm in Murphy

published 2011 年 04 月 14 日 10:42
Duke Energy Corp. recently bought a 1-megawatt solar farm on the grounds of an elementary school in Murphy for an undisclosed price. The farm comprises 4,400 ground-mounted photovoltaic solar modules at Martins Creek Elementary S...  more

SDG&E Announces New Solar Power Contracts

published 2011 年 04 月 14 日 10:38
San Diego Gas & Electric Wednesday announced solar power deals that are expected to bring its percentage of renewable energy sales to 29 percent by 2015. SDG&E signed 25-year contracts for solar projects with subsidiaries...  more

DelSolar Completes First Project at U.S. Foodservice Facility

published 2011 年 04 月 14 日 10:20
Fremont, CA, April 14, 2011 – DelSolar USA, a subsidiary of DelSolar Co. Ltd., completed a 1MW solar PV project for U.S. Foodservice Inc in Livermore, CA, which is the first one in a series of similar projects for the nation...  more

Wind Works Power acquires 75% stake in US wind energy project

published 2011 年 04 月 13 日 17:17
Canada-based Wind Works Power has acquired a 75% interest in the 150MW Thunder Spirit wind energy project located in the US state of North Dakota. Construction of the wind farm, which is expected to cost $300m, is planned to begi...  more

DOE gives $1.187 bln conditional commitment to SunPower

published 2011 年 04 月 13 日 17:02
A federal program to support the development of clean energy technologies escaped the budget ax this week and the Energy Department wasted no time announcing major commitments to fund two of the world's largest solar projects. Su...  more

Google Invests $168M in Solar Energy Project

published 2011 年 04 月 12 日 14:03
The commitment announced Monday is part of the financing that BrightSource Energy needs to build solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert. BrightSource also has lined up $1.6 billion in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Departme...  more

Google, Buffett showing interest in wind power

published 2011 年 04 月 11 日 10:37
Google and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have shown interest in buying wind turbines to supply power along railroad lines and at computer server farms, two of the world's largest manufacturers said. "Railroads ...  more

GE to build nation's largest solar power plant

published 2011 年 04 月 11 日 10:27
GE is taking aim at the world's biggest solar company in a bid to expand into a fast-growing renewable energy market. General Electric Co. announced Thursday that it would spend $600 million to build the nation's biggest solar pa...  more