The entity responsible for the development of two solar power parks with a cumulative capacity of 1 gigawatts recently signed a funding agreement to finance the first phase of development.
Oil giant Shell has stepped up its investment in renewable energy, announcing this week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 43.83% stake in leading US solar developer, owner, and operator Silicon Ranch Corporation, a deal set to be worth up to $217 million.
Low cost solar panels are already pushing small diesel generators out of the off grid power market in Nigeria, and now push is coming to shove.
Originally published on CleanTechnica by James Ayre The shipping giant UPS will be investing around $18 million in new onsite solar photovoltaic (PV) projects expected to be completed by the end of the year in the US, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica. The new onsite solar energy projects will increase UPS’s total onsite […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica by Zachary Shahan The executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, was on a Global Action Day panel last week in Abu Dhabi and he made his usual pitch for what Obama basically called an “all of the above” energy strategy. For countries, companies, and organizations that have large investments in […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica by Joshua S Hill New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week, in the same speech where he pledged to back offshore wind, to award $360 million in funding to 11 separate large-scale renewable energy projects. Last week we reported on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State speech, in which he […]
Apple is serious about solar energy. It has 200 megawatts of installed solar in China and has just announced a partnership with NV Energy to add 200 megawatts in Nevada to power its enormous data center located there.
The Union of Concerned Scientists say $7 million in public investment in solar energy and other renewables could save residents of Vermont $14 million a year in utility bills.
Kevala specialized in data collection that makes accurate grid maps available so solar developers can see where the least expensive and most efficient areas are to build solar power facilities.
Originally published on EV Obsession. The prominent advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has given its recommendation to support Tesla’s $2.3 billion SolarCity acquisition/merger, telling shareholders that Tesla would be able to bridge the funding gap with SolarCity, and also that the acquisition was an important step in the firm’s path to becoming an integrated sustainable […]