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Renovate America Completes Eleventh PACE Securitization

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

Renovate America, a leading provider of home improvement financing, today announced the closing of its eleventh securitization of HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) green bonds. The securitization, HERO Funding 2017-2, included $182 million of class A1 and A2 notes rated AAA by Morningstar, AA (sf) by Kroll and AA (sf) by DBRS, and $23 […]

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GEM Energy ranked 26th among Solar Power World’s Top U.S. Solar Developers of 2017

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

GEM Energy (www.gemenergy.com), of the Rudolph Libbe Group, is ranked 26th among Solar Power World’s Top Solar Developers of 2017, the only Ohio-based firm to make the top developers’ list. GEM Energy also is 130th among the magazine’s Top 500 Solar Contractors and 53rd among the Top Solar Utility Contractors. GEM Energy has installed a […]

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Solar Farm Developer Ramps up Massive 10GW Yearly Pipeline Expansion Plans

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

Innovative Solar Systems, based in Asheville, NC is currently the largest and highest quality developer of Utility Scale Solar Farms in the United States and is further expanding to maintain a solid 10-15GW yearly pipeline of projects to their current Capital Groups, Investors and Funds. ISS is hiring several additional In House Energy and PPA […]

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UQM Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UQM), a developer of alternative energy technologies, today announced operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. Total revenue for the quarter was $1.8 million compared to $1.4 million in the second quarter last year. Net loss for the second quarter was $1.3 million, or $0.03 per common […]

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First Solar Releases 2017 Sustainability Report

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today released its annual sustainability report which highlights the company’s environmental and safety performance progress, industry-leading utility-scale PV project development practices, and the anticipated sustainability and performance advantages of the company’s next generation Series 6 module technology. Since 2008, the company has almost halved its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity, […]

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All Energy Solar Launches Free Home Solar Sweepstakes

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

One homeowner in IA, MA, MN or WI, will win energy independence with a free solar electric system for their home (up to 3 kilowatts DC) valued up to $13,000. All Energy Solar, one of the leading solar integrators in the Midwest and western Massachusetts, has launched a home solar sweepstakes for residents in Iowa, […]

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Oregon’s First Satellite, “OreSat”, Will Use Alta Devices Solar Technology

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

Several players in the small satellite field are using Alta Devices solar technology in their exhibits at this week’s 31st Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites taking place in Logan, Utah. These projects highlight Alta Devices unique flexible, lightweight and high efficiency solar power solution for the emerging small satellite market. “Highly integrated electronics, novel […]

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Alphabet’s Green Energy Ambitions Hit Turbulence

August 5, 2017 Anand Gupta

On May 16, Makani released a YouTube video. A camera pans on a T-shaped airplane, with wings stretching 85 feet holding eight small turbines and a tether connecting it to a tall ground station. The plane swoops into the air. It dips and soars, looping elegantly in circles that mimic a windmill, something it was […]

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US informs UN its intention to withdraw from Paris Agreement

August 5, 2017 Anand Gupta

The US has submitted its formal communication to the UN indicating that it will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate agreement as soon as possible, the US State Department has said. The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promise. In a […]

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Alliant Energy announces another major wind investment

August 4, 2017 Anand Gupta

Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company is pursuing another major wind investment that will help solidify Iowa’s national leadership in renewable energy. “The customers and communities we serve will benefit from this cost effective clean energy,” said Doug Kopp, president of Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company. “Our wind projects will help keep energy costs stable over […]