03.17.2010
Adding to a development pipeline of nearly 4,000 megawatts of wind power, Pattern Energy Group LP said this week it has bought the 283-MW Gulf Wind project from Babcock and Brown. Gulf Wind, located on the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico, is comprised of...
03.16.2010
After receiving $24.7 million from Sacramento County via the federal Recovery Act, Solar Power Inc. said last week it is considering opening a solar panel manufacturing plant in the county and has begun plans to build a utility-scale photovoltaic solar system...
03.16.2010
In what represents about 80 percent of the utility’s installation program, SunPower Corp. will provide up to 200 megawatts of solar photovoltaic capacity to Southern California Edison under a contract announced last week. SCE’s large solar PV...
03.16.2010
Adding to an existing power purchase agreement, First Solar, Inc., last week said it signed a new deal to supply 300 megawatts of power to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from its utility-scale solar photovoltaic Desert Sunlight project, to be built near Desert...
03.16.2010 | Eric Lindeman
The project will include innovative battery storage technology—a 10 MW per hour system—to enhance electricity load stability. The patented battery storage technology was developed by Texas-based Xtreme Power and will enable the Kahuku wind project...
03.12.2010
With solar panels that were manufactured in the state in the background, Gov. Jack Markell (D) said he will seek legislation to extend Delaware’s renewable portfolio standard beyond the current 20 percent by 2019. In a statement made March 12 in the...
03.11.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Barely a week after a group of four Democratic senators sent the wind energy industry into a frenzy with a legislative proposal to block foreign-based companies from U.S. stimulus funding, a consortium of companies including China’s A-Power Energy...
03.10.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Hoping to reap some of the benefits of the province’s liberal incentives for clean energy manufacturers and generators, Bosch Solar Energy AG, a subsidiary of German engineering firm Robert Bosch, and Calgary-based Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd...
03.09.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week ended the historic preservation consultation process for the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind energy project in Nantucket Sound, clearing the way for him to a final decision on the project. Salazar notified the...
03.09.2010 | Eric Lindeman
A solar module manufactured with Global Solar Energy’s production line thin-film material has achieved 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency, the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed. Arizona-based Global...
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