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Enel Starts Construction Of Latin America’s Largest Solar Power Plant In Brazil

July 6, 2016 Anand Gupta

Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda. (“EGPB”), has started construction of the 292 MW Nova Olinda solar power plant in Brazil which, once completed, will be the largest in Latin America. The construction of this new facility builds upon EGPB’s leading renewable energy presence in Brazil, where the company […]

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OneRoof Energy Announces Sales of Solar Project Portfolios

July 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

OneRoof Energy, Inc., a residential solar services provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of One Roof Energy Group, Inc.announced that it entered into definitive agreements with two different third parties (each, a “Transaction,” and collectively, the “Transactions”) to sell 19.8 MW of its solar project assets (the “Project Assets”) in the aggregate. The Transactions are expected to […]

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Solar Farm Developer on Track for 5GW-10GW’s of Projects for 2017

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

Innovative Solar Systems, LLC (ISS) continues to rapidly expand while hiring additional engineering staff and Executive Management personnel on a weekly basis now as the company’s yearly pipeline of projects has grown from approximately 500MW per year to approximately 10GW’s per year. John Green, President and CEO of ISS states that the company will have […]

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Statement from SolarCity Chief Policy Officer Jon Wellinghoff on the Recommendation of the Chair of the Distributed Generation & Storage Technical Advisory Committee of the Nevada New Energy Industry Task Force

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolarCity Corp.Chief Policy Officer Jon Wellinghoff made the following statement on the recommendation of the Chair of the Distributed Generation and Storage Technical Advisory Committee to the Governor’s New Energy Industry Task Force: “We thank Chairman Jeremy Susac for his proposal to extend net metering, and applaud his leadership in proposing tangible solutions to bring […]

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MOM’s Organic Market Commits to Solar

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

As of this morning’s sunrise at 5:42 am, family owned and operated Maryland-based, MOM’s Organic Market has begun purchasing all power from a designated solar farm in Kingsville, MD bundled with national solar renewable energy credits. This 1.5-megawatt DC system is projected to output 2,124,000 kilowatts per year. MOM’s will purchase the entire system’s output […]

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Interested in Community Solar? New SEIA/CCSA Guide is for You.

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

This Independence Day, Americans will be celebrating the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And the solar industry, in the midst of a revolution of its own, is providing new tools that give consumers a measure of energy independence. In an effort to increase consumer understanding when choosing community solar, the […]

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d.light Comprehensive Pay-As-You-Go Solar Financing Platform Now Available to Global Partners

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

In an effort to expand quality solar home system solutions to the 2.3 billion people worldwide without reliable access to power, d.light is licensing its pay-as-you-go financing technology to partners and distributors around the world. d.light is the market leader in solar lighting and home system solutions in the developing world, as well as one […]

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Alaska Power & Telephone to Receive $3m USDA Grant to Construct 1.8 MW Wind Project Near Tok, Alaska

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

Alaska Power & Telephone is pleased to announce that it was selected by the US Department of Agriculture to receive $3,000,000 in grant funds through the High Energy Cost Grant Program to construct a 1.8 megawatt wind farm in interior Alaska.The 7-Mile Wind project will be a 1.8 MW Wind farm, located in a Class-4 […]

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SEIA: Residential Consumer Guide to Community Solar

July 4, 2016 Anand Gupta

Deployment of solar energy systems in the U.S. has grown rapidly over the past decade. Costs have dropped, and new ownership and financing models allow more Americans than ever to choose solar. Solar is now available as a power choice in all states. The solar industry is creating even more solutions that allow all consumers […]

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IESO expands role of renewable generation in Ontario with latest round of Feed-in Tariff (FIT) contract offers

July 1, 2016 Anand Gupta

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) recently announced it will offer 936 long-term contracts for 241.430 megawatts (MW) of small-scale renewable generation, including solar, wind, hydroelectric and bioenergy projects. These contracts are the result of the latest procurement under the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, known as FIT 4. FIT projects have an installed capacity between 10 […]