Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited , one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, known as “Yingli solar,” recently announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 12b-25 (the “Form 12b-25”) to extend by fifteen days the due date for filing its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year […]
Private Warehouses at Port of LA to Anchor Nation’s Largest Solar Feed-in Tariff Project
A Los Angeles-based solar developer will build the largest solar Feed-in Tariff project in the nation this year, a 2 million-square-foot rooftop solar array that will power Los Angeles homes with clean energy while generating hundreds of jobs in low-income neighborhoods near the Port of Los Angeles. The project on the roofs of the Westmont […]
Legend Solar Donates $10M to Dixie State University
Legend Solar announced recently that the solar power provider is contributing $10 million toward renovating the Dixie State University football stadium, aptly renamed Legend Solar Stadium, making it the largest donation in the school’s history.Legend Solar co-founders Shaun Alldredge and Shane Perkins along with Dixie State administrators announced the gift of funds and solar technology from […]
Duke Energy Renewables acquires six North Carolina solar projects from Community Energy
Duke Energy Renewables recently announced it has acquired six 5-megawatt (MW) solar projects in Eastern North Carolina from Community Energy.Five of the six sites are in service, with the final project, Seaboard, coming on line in May. Collectively, these facilities will generate enough solar energy to power about 6,000 homes. “Last year, our commercial and regulated […]
YouTube star and environmentalist Prince Ea calls for renewable innovations
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, and spoken word artist Prince Ea, have launched a unique project calling on people to ‘pre-order their future’ by putting forward ideas for inventions from renewable materials.The ‘Pre-Order the Future’ project will specifically consider submissions related to entertainment, along with four additional lifestyle categories: public spaces, travel, […]
BayWa r.e. Introduces Innovative r.e.Connect Partner Program for Installers
BayWa r.e.’s subsidiary BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, a US solar wholesale distributor, has recently introduced its new r.e.Connect Partner Program. In creating an innovative program, BayWa r.e. worked directly with installers in its partner network to discover the biggest challenges in a solar installation company’s daily operations. Popular benefits are co-op funds for marketing […]
Energy Department Announces $25 Million to Accelerate Integration of Solar Energy into Nation’s Electrical Grid
As part of the Energy Department’s ongoing efforts to modernize the nation’s grid through the Grid Modernization Initiative, the Energy Department today announced $25 million in available funding through an effort called Enabling Extreme Real-Time Grid Integration of Solar Energy (ENERGISE) to help software developers, solar companies, and utilities accelerate the integration of solar energy […]
5 Trends Shaping the 66GW Global Solar Market
After a record-breaking 2015, GTM Research expects the global solar PV market to grow 21 percent and add 66 gigawatts of capacity by the end of the 2016. Tempered by policy pullbacks across major markets China, Japan and the U.K., PV growth will slow in 2017, but the market will reach 95 annual gigawatts by […]
Indian Overseas Bank acquires GPTLs property
Orient Green Power Company today said Indian Overseas Bank has taken the possession of a biomass plant of its subsidiary Global Power Tech Equipments on account of non-payment of principal and interest amount due to the bank.”Companys wholly-owned subsidiary Global Power Tech Equipments (GPTL) has received a letter dated April 26, 2016 from its lender […]
Wind energy capacity touches 3,472.15 MW in 2015-16
Amid the focus on tapping renewable energy sources, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association today said the total installed capacity of wind energy in the country has touched 3,472.15 MW in 2015-16 and is set to cross 4,000 MW in 2016-17.The total installed capacity for 2015-16 was 3,472.15 MW which was higher than the previous […]