Tag: solar projects

October 24, 2019

Amazon announced three renewable energy projects on Thursday, saying it was committed to minimizing carbon emissions following criticism earlier this year. The tech giant said the facilities would provide energy to its Amazon Web Services data centers. A wind farm, […]

October 3, 2019

Philippines utility Meralco has sunk PHP424 million (US$8.2 million) of equity funding into its renewables subsidiary, MGreen, to support 210MW of solar projects. The solar projects are estimated to have a total project cost of PHP10.01 billion (US$193 million). The […]

December 17, 2018

Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported solar panels are stifling progress. But those prices have fallen so far and so fast that the damage has been dulled. The economic uncertainty, nonetheless, remains a huge pall hovering over the solar sector. Roughly […]

November 27, 2018

A subsidiary of Missouri-based clean energy startup Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC has acquired the rights to three North Carolina solar projects currently under construction. Greenbacker acquired the SE Solar Portfolio from SunEnergy1 LLC. The three farms, totaling 21.8 MW, […]

July 26, 2018

The adage goes that a picture is worth 1,000 words. But in the solar industry, a picture is worth about $500 – and maybe a lot more. At least that is one conclusion that can be drawn from a recent […]

October 5, 2017

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced a collaboration with True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC) – a privately owned, specialized energy infrastructure asset management firm –to establish a $140 million fund expected to […]

December 15, 2016

“May you live long enough to have the plants you permitted be replaced by other plants you permitted,” said Robert Schulte, Principal at Schulte Associates, at a session about bringing energy storage to market at PGI 2016 in Orlando. It […]

September 26, 2016

One of the studies we might like to see is the turnover rate for new solar installation companies. Exactly how well can new solar contractors expect to do in today’ssolar marketplace? When I first entered the solar market in 2008, […]