The State Bank of India (SBI) and The World Bank (WB) signed agreements for a facility of USD 625 Million for supporting Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Program. The agreements were signed by Mr.KarnamSekar, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India and Mr.OnnoRuhl, Country Director, World Bank India in the presence of Mr.ArunJaitley, Finance Minister, Mr.PiyushGoyal, […]
Solar Farm Developer on Track for 5GW-10GW’s of Projects for 2017
Innovative Solar Systems, LLC (ISS) continues to rapidly expand while hiring additional engineering staff and Executive Management personnel on a weekly basis now as the company’s yearly pipeline of projects has grown from approximately 500MW per year to approximately 10GW’s per year. John Green, President and CEO of ISS states that the company will have […]
Statement from SolarCity Chief Policy Officer Jon Wellinghoff on the Recommendation of the Chair of the Distributed Generation & Storage Technical Advisory Committee of the Nevada New Energy Industry Task Force
SolarCity Corp.Chief Policy Officer Jon Wellinghoff made the following statement on the recommendation of the Chair of the Distributed Generation and Storage Technical Advisory Committee to the Governor’s New Energy Industry Task Force: “We thank Chairman Jeremy Susac for his proposal to extend net metering, and applaud his leadership in proposing tangible solutions to bring […]
MOM’s Organic Market Commits to Solar
As of this morning’s sunrise at 5:42 am, family owned and operated Maryland-based, MOM’s Organic Market has begun purchasing all power from a designated solar farm in Kingsville, MD bundled with national solar renewable energy credits. This 1.5-megawatt DC system is projected to output 2,124,000 kilowatts per year. MOM’s will purchase the entire system’s output […]
Interested in Community Solar? New SEIA/CCSA Guide is for You.
This Independence Day, Americans will be celebrating the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And the solar industry, in the midst of a revolution of its own, is providing new tools that give consumers a measure of energy independence. In an effort to increase consumer understanding when choosing community solar, the […]
d.light Comprehensive Pay-As-You-Go Solar Financing Platform Now Available to Global Partners
In an effort to expand quality solar home system solutions to the 2.3 billion people worldwide without reliable access to power, d.light is licensing its pay-as-you-go financing technology to partners and distributors around the world. d.light is the market leader in solar lighting and home system solutions in the developing world, as well as one […]
Alaska Power & Telephone to Receive $3m USDA Grant to Construct 1.8 MW Wind Project Near Tok, Alaska
Alaska Power & Telephone is pleased to announce that it was selected by the US Department of Agriculture to receive $3,000,000 in grant funds through the High Energy Cost Grant Program to construct a 1.8 megawatt wind farm in interior Alaska.The 7-Mile Wind project will be a 1.8 MW Wind farm, located in a Class-4 […]
SEIA: Residential Consumer Guide to Community Solar
Deployment of solar energy systems in the U.S. has grown rapidly over the past decade. Costs have dropped, and new ownership and financing models allow more Americans than ever to choose solar. Solar is now available as a power choice in all states. The solar industry is creating even more solutions that allow all consumers […]
Fortum India eyeing greenfield solar projects
Having a plan to invest up to 400 million euros in solar projects in India, Finnish firm Fortum is looking at greenfield plants to maximise its returns.”Our keenness is that we want to look at greenfield (new) projects. We want to look at National Solar Mission projects where counter party is NTPC and Solar Energy […]
REC Silicon ASA updates third quarter production estimate due to Incident
REC Silicon ASA reported on May 3, 2016 that it would restart production at its Moses Lake, WA Silane III facility and half of its FBR capacity in May 2016. Silane IV was expected to restart with the remaining FBR capacity in June 2016. On July 1, during the startup of Silane IV an oil […]
