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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC Acquires Twelve Solar Facilities, Comprising 4.55 Megawatts of Generating Capacity, in Five States

July 3, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“Company”) announced today that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary Six States Solar LLC (“Six States Solar”), it recently acquired twelve operating solar photovoltaic systems comprising 4.55 MW located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Indiana. The Six States Solar Portfolio now comprises 14 facilities leased from De Lage Landen […]

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50MW GCL New Energy Project In Oregon Reaches Phase I Completion On Time

June 30, 2018 Anand Gupta

ADAMS, Ore.: GCL New Energy Inc. (GCL or “the Company”), a subsidiary of the world’s leading clean energy conglomerate GCL Group, has announced that construction on Phase I of its 50MW GCL Oregon project has been completed. The facilities, located in Adams and Elbe Solar Centers, are now in the commercial operation stages and have […]

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Energy Department Invests $13.5M to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

June 30, 2018 Anand Gupta

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 16 projects to receive approximately $13.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects that will advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with […]

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Macquarie launches green infrastructure bank GIG in North America

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

GIG was originally the Green Investment Bank, created by the UK government in 2012 as the world’s first bank dedicated to supporting green infrastructure schemes. It was sold to Macquarie Group in 2017 for 2.3 billion pounds ($3.02 billion). NEW YORK: Macquarie Capital is launching the Green Investment Group (GIG) in North America, it said […]

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Sempra Energy to sell U.S. storage, renewable energy assets

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

Earlier this month, activist investors Elliott Management and Bluescape Resources Co, who have a combined stake of 4.9 percent in Sempra, pushed for a board shakeup and strategic review at the company. New Delhi: U.S. utility Sempra Energy said on Thursday it plans to sell some of its natural gas storage and renewable energy assets […]

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MOVES-U.S. boutique bank PJ Solomon names head of renewable power

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: PJ Solomon has hired Jim McGinnis to head its renewables coverage, the firm said in a statement on Thursday, as the U.S. boutique investment bank seeks to bolster its expertise at a time of heightened interest in clean energy. McGinnis most recently served as founder and chief executive of the financing and investments […]

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SIMBA Blockchain Platform Wins Federal Grant to Build Blockchain Solution for Solar Energy Market

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

Grant is the second Blockchain SBIR for northern Indiana company PLYMOUTH, Ind.: SIMBA Chain in conjunction with ITAMCO and the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Department of Energy to develop a potential platform for a blockchain solution for the solar energy market. The Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) […]

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SEIA Releases Updated ‘SEIA Residential Consumer Guide to Solar Power’

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

WASHINGTON: To advance efforts to educate residential solar consumers across America and pave the way to a positive solar buying experience, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) launched an updated SEIA Residential Consumer Guide to Solar Power. Available online, the free guide offers those interested in going solar a one-stop shop to better understand the […]

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Maxwell Technologies Launches Advanced Energy Storage Power Delivery Solutions for Utility Grids and Microgrids

June 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

SAN DIEGO: Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL), a leading developer and manufacturer of energy storage and power delivery solutions, today announced the launch of two new highly scalable products to deliver reliable, fast responding, long lifetime storage in grids and microgrids. Having deployed over 65 million ultracapacitors globally with more than eight million in grid […]

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3 Breakthrough Technologies Changing the Energy Sector

June 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

FN Media Group Presents OilPrice.com Market Commentary LONDON: Energy has seen some big changes in the last few years. Coal has stumbled. Renewables have surged. Oil fell hard, then spent years clawing its way back up. But the biggest change in energy has been in tech. Mentioned in today’s commentary includes: Enbridge, Inc (NYSE: ENB), TransCanada (NYSE: TRP), Franco-Nevada […]