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Rising from the Ashes: How PG&E’s Bankruptcy Could Impact the Energy Sector and California’s Progress on Climate Change

February 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

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Author: Dianne Coffino, William R. Collins, James R. Dean Jr., W. Andrew Jack, Jake Levine, Bill Massey, Mark Perlis, Kevin Poloncarz and Donald Ristow of Covington & Burling LLP February 4, 2019 With potential liabilities in excess of $30 billion stemming from a series of deadly wildfires that ignited across Northern California in 2017 and […]

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Industry Stunned as Mexico Cancels Clean Power Auction

February 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

A new president looks to hand the market back to state-owned entities. Mexico’s renewables sector is reeling from the cancellation of an upcoming clean energy auction and the likely handing of power back to state entities. The auction was due to take place last December, but was placed under review after a new government, led […]

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Solar Software Pioneer, Aurora Solar, Closes $20M Series A Round

February 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Energize Ventures leads the round in Aurora Solar, which makes selling and designing solar faster and cheaper by using LIDAR data, computer aided design and computer vision SAN FRANCISCO:Aurora Solar, the leading software platform for distributed solar, today announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A round, led by Energize Ventures. S28 Capital also joins existing investor, Pear, in […]

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NIPSCO Announces Addition Of Three Indiana-Grown Wind Projects

February 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

MERRILLVILLE, Ind.: NIPSCO, a subsidiary of NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), today announced the first phase of its plans to transition to lower-cost renewable energy resources, with the addition of three new wind farms that will be based in Indiana and tied into NIPSCO’s electric system serving nearly 500,000 electric customers. The announcement is part of the energy provider’s “Your […]

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GES Sells World’s Largest Airport PV Power Station

February 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

GES USA, subsidiary of General Energy Solutions Inc. (GES), has sold out two subsidiaries to CleanCapital, including its 13.2 MW PV power capacities, at US$24.25 million (NT$700 million), announced United Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., parent company of GES, on Jan. 29. The deal includes a PV power station at Indianapolis International Airport, which boasts 25.5 […]

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Super Bowl organizers, partners expand bid to run clean energy show

February 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: Sunday’s U.S. Super Bowl will score on the clean energy front, with an environmental group and a beer maker for the first time offering to offset greenhouse gas emissions linked to fans’ travel and the host city of Atlanta, organizers said. More than a million people were expected to visit the Southern city […]

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Spectacular Solar Deal with Top Amazon Seller Could Now Approach $3 Million

February 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

ISELIN, N.J.: Doug Heck, CEO of Spectacular Solar, Inc., (a Nevada Corporation) (OTCPK: SPSO) is pleased to announce that the company has inked its first solar installation contract of the new year and that his meeting today with Royal Quality Group CEO Vulcan Coklv yielded plans for a more elaborate and longer-term project. These new […]

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Atlas Renewable Energy Deploys NEXTracker’s TrueCapture Control System Across Latin American Portfolio

February 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

TrueCapture™, the latest in smart optimization technology to be installed on Atlas Renewable Energy’s solar fleet in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay FREMONT, Calif.: NEXTracker™, a Flex company, along with Atlas Renewable Energy, announced that the TrueCapture smart control system, developed by NEXTracker, will be deployed across Atlas Renewable Energy’s existing Latin American solar plants and on select greenfield projects […]

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FPL’s four newest solar power plants now powering customers, adding more than 1 million solar panels to one of the cleanest systems in the country

February 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

– New solar power plants in North, Central and South Florida begin powering FPL customers today, for a total of 18 FPL solar power plants in commercial operation across Florida – In the midst of one of the largest solar expansions ever in the U.S., FPL generated 10 times more solar energy for Floridians in […]

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From Local Innovator to Global Leader of Solar Energy

February 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

Array Technology celebrates 30-year anniversary Albuquerque, NM: Manufacturing the world’s gold standard in reliable solar tracking, Array Technologies has stood the test of time. Array’s 30th anniversary in 2019 marks three decades of industry leadership. “When I started in the solar industry over 30 years ago, I dreamed about the growth and development that this […]