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Georgia Power named to SEPA Top 10 list for solar connected in 2015

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), formerly the Solar Electric Power Association, has named Georgia Power to its annual Top 10 Utility Solar list. SEPA made the announcement Tuesday at the Utility Solar Conference in Denver. The annual list recognizes a select group of U.S. utilities for solar connections to the grid in the past […]

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Tri Global Energy Dominates U.S. Wind Project Construction

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

Dallas-based renewable energy company, Tri Global Energy, continued to lead the U.S. with nearly 2,100 megawatts of wind energy projects under construction, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s Annual Market Report for 2015, released yesterday. Tri Global Energy is the single largest leader of all wind power projects under construction in Texas, which dominated […]

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Solar rankings: Duke Energy among Top 3 in the nation

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

Duke Energy continues to be a national leader for the amount of solar energy connected to the grid for its retail customers.In the Top 10 utility solar lists compiled by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), Duke Energy Progress (DEP) was ranked third among all utility companies for bringing on new solar capacity during 2015. […]

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Regency Centers Completes Major Solar Panel Installation in California

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

Regency Centers, a national owner, operator, and developer of grocery-anchored shopping centers, in partnership with SoCore Energy and several of its retail partners, is announcing the installation of over 750 KW of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems at Persimmon Place in Dublin, CA and East Washington Place in Petaluma, CA. Combined, the systems include approximately 2,500 […]

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Gary Aguinaga to Join Harvest Power as COO of Energy Business

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

Harvest Power, Inc., a leader in organics sustainability solutions, recently announced that Gary S. Aguinaga is joining its senior leadership team as the Chief Operating Officer of its Energy Business, furthering the company’s momentum on the food waste to renewable energy frontier.“Gary has a tremendous background and the right experience to accelerate the growth in our […]

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USAID Awards $5 Million For New Ways To End Extreme Poverty

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) U.S. Global Development Lab has announced $5 million in new grants to eight organizations from around the world. The awards are funded through the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program, a year-round open competition that seeks innovative, breakthrough development solutions. The new awardee organizations will implement their solutions in […]

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JinkoSolar Wins 188MWac Solar Project in Mexico’s First Tender Auction

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. , a global leader in the solar PV industry,recently announced that it has won 3 solar PV projects totaling 188 MWac in Mexico as part of the country’s first long-term electricity auction since the implementation of energy reforms. JinkoSolar will develop and build the solar power plants. Two of the projects are […]

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RNRG’s CMS system TurbinePhD installed at Grant County Wind Farm

April 14, 2016 Anand Gupta

RNRG has announced recently that the site-wide installation of its “TurbinePhD” condition monitoring systems has been completed at the 21 MW Grant County Wind Farm in Minnesota, USA.Originally constructed in 2010 and owned by Aspenall Energies, the project is composed of ten 2.1MW Suzlon S88 wind turbines. Suzlon, who delivers the long term service agreement for […]

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SolaTrim™ Provides Readymade Solution for Solar Pest Protection Requirements Added to 2015 Canadian Electrical Code

April 13, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolaTrim™ LLC , innovators in protective barriers to beautify and safeguard residential solar systems, today announced that the SolaTrim protective barriers are fully compliant with the solar system rodent protection requirements outlined in the recent 2015 update to the Canadian Electrical Code. This year, SolaTrim has been actively expanding distribution of its protective barriers into […]

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Xcel Energy Named No. 1 Utility Wind Provider for 12th Consecutive Year

April 13, 2016 Anand Gupta

Xcel Energy’s leadership in wind energy reached another milestone recently as the American Wind Energy Association named the company the country’s top utility wind energy provider for the 12th consecutive year.“It’s an honor to lead the nation in wind energy for a dozen years running,” said Ben Fowke, Xcel Energy chairman, president and CEO. “It reflects […]