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Ecovia Renewables Announces Major Partnership; Raises $1 Million in Seed Financing

April 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

Ecovia Renewables teams up with specialty ingredient supplier Seppic to jointly-develop and market high-performing biobased and biodegradable polymers for health and beauty markets. This partnership combines Ecovia’s expertise in fermentation and derivatization with Seppic’s expertise in formulation and large-scale production. ANN ARBOR, MICH.: Ecovia Renewables Inc. announced today that the company has signed a multi-year […]

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Energy Cost Savings from Rooftop Solar at Sheppard AFB Homes Enable Community, Home Enhancements

April 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas: Balfour Beatty Communities, a leading provider of property management, development and related real estate services for the multifamily, military and student housing markets, today announced first year energy cost savings resulting from the rooftop solar program implemented at Sheppard AFB Homes have totaled more than $30k. Sheppard AFB Homes is a Balfour […]

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Google matches all of its electricity consumption with 100 percent renewable energy

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

Google is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world In 2007, Google announced its intentions to become carbon neutral. A state which is characterised by a company’s ecological footprint or in this case, lack thereof or zero percent emissions. Google’s plan was to focus on three things: 1.Reducing energy consumption 2.Use and […]

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JinkoSolar Supplies Modules for America’s Largest Solar PV Plant in Mexico

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

SHANGHAI: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has supplied solar modules for America’s largest solar PV plant in Mexico. According to terms of the contract, JinkoSolar has supplied high efficient solar modules to a European counterparty for its 754 […]

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Google Bought Enough Clean Power for Whole Company and Then Some

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

Google has more clean power than it needs. The Alphabet Inc. unit used about 7 terawatt-hours of electricity to run all of its global operations last year, and it sourced even more than that, according to Neha Palmer, its head of energy strategy. Corporate buyers are major purchasers of wind and solar power. While part […]

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Forecasting the Future for Renewable Energy Procurement

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

Last month, ACORE hosted an executive roundtable in Washington, D.C. with prominent corporate procurers, financiers and developers in the renewable energy sector to discuss corporate leadership in the renewable energy economy. The roundtable highlighted the ongoing shift in purchasers’ interests from conventional agreements for their own operations to a broader push for renewable energy adoption […]

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Trump Targets Chinese Wind, Battery and EV Imports, but With Limited US Impact

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

Solar products were not included on the administration’s list of products that could be subject to new tariffs. The U.S.solarindustry breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when Chinese-made solar cells and modules were not included on a list of products that could be subject to new Trump administration tariffs. Inverters were also absent. Other clean […]

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AP 17C Disclosure 04.02.18 Aboitiz Power launches rooftop solar venture AMENDED

April 5, 2018 Anand Gupta

AP 17C Disclosure 04.02.18 Aboitiz Power launches rooftop solar venture AMENDED For more information please see below link: Source: aboitizpower

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EnSync Energy Announces Sale of Solar Power Purchase Agreement for Honolulu Apartment Building

April 4, 2018 Anand Gupta

Investor interest in Hawaii renewable energy grows with sale of condominium power agreement HONOLULU: EnSync, Inc. (NYSE American: ESNC), dba EnSync Energy Systems, a leading developer of innovative distributed energy resources (DERs), announced today the sale of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Nuuanu Terrace to an undisclosed investor. The PPA offers the Honolulu […]

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Prosody Exits Solar Development Company

April 4, 2018 Anand Gupta

Late-Stage Development Assets Sold to Private Equity Buyer KANSAS CITY: Prosody Investments I, LLC, today announced its successful exit from a joint venture encompassing a portfolio of approximately 100 MWs of late-stage, distributed solar photovoltaic assets located in the northeast United States. When placed into service later this year, the projects will provide discounted power […]