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HERO Bond Platform Designated As Green

Renovate America, the nation’s leading provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the U.S., announced that its first four securitizations, which were completed in 2014 and 2015, have been designated as green bonds. Sustainalytics, a leading provider of ESG and corporate governance research and ratings, provided a second opinion that the bonds […]

Brazil’s new legislation to foster investment in distributed solar: A helpful step, yet off target to realize the market’s true potential

Brazil has made international headlines on political and economic issues lately, most of which did not paint a rosy picture of the country’s current situation. Nonetheless, development of the solar sector is on a promising path, with the successful execution of several large-scale PV auctions and increasing interest from industry players to set up a […]

NRG Partners with DigitalKap to Bring Solar Power to Haitian Non-Profits, GHESKIO and SOIL

NRG Energy, Inc.’s  philanthropy program – NRG Global Giving – joined forces with Haitian solar company DigitalKap to unveil two newly installed rooftop solar arrays at Haitian non-profits Les Centres GHESKIO (GHESKIO) in Port au Prince and Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) in Cap-Haïtien. Both organizations received systems that total 20kW. The respective systems, made […]

RNRG and Ventus install Wind Iris Lidar at first-ever Uruguayan wind farm to boost turbine performance

RNRG and Ventus Ingenieria have announced the acquisition and installation of a Wind Iris nacelle-mounted Lidar at the 20MW Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay. The Wind Iris will monitor turbine performance and offer optimization solutions for the project. Located in the Sierra de Caracoles in the Maldonado region, the project is composed of ten Vestas […]

Hydro Power Plant Project in Ecuador Obtains $11.5M Funding Agreement from Capital Corp Merchant Banking

The $11.5 million hydro power project consists of the construction of a hydro power plant that will have an output of 5.5MW and will be developed in the northern part of Ecuador. The government provides tax incentives for such projects to encourage the further development of clean energy projects.Capital Corp Merchant Banking has been much […]

Bank of America Provides NYCEEC with $10 Million Loan for Clean Energy Projects

Recently, the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC) announced that Bank of America extended a $10 million loan, enabling NYCEEC to increase its impact and expand its portfolio of clean energy projects.”The impact of our partnership with Bank of America is significant,” said Susan Leeds, NYCEEC’s Chief Executive Officer. “We’re continuing to drive innovative […]

Pipedream Becoming Reality: Blymyer Engineers Crafts First-Ever 1,500 Volt PV System. Will 1,500 V Architecture be the Future for Solar?

Blymyer Engineers, the nation’s leading solar design firm, announced today the company is finishing the designs on a 1,500 volt PV system across three sites in Florida. When completed the Gulf Coast project will generate 123.75 MW of AC power.The project is utilizing 1,497,000 First Solar thin film modules on AET fixed tilt racks, and […]