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MCLB Albany solar project reaches milestone

April 6, 2016 Anand Gupta

Georgia Power announced recently a major milestone in the development of the new 31 megawatt (MW) alternating current, or 44 MW direct current, solar generation facility at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany. The company recently executed a real estate outgrant with the Department of the Navy (DON) that authorizes the company to use land on […]

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First Solar, Silicon Ranch Build On Strategic Partnership

April 6, 2016 Anand Gupta

First Solar, Inc. and a subsidiary of Silicon Ranch Corporation have entered into a framework agreement for 231.6 Megawatts (MW) DC of First Solar’s advanced technology thin film modules for use in Silicon Ranch projects to be constructed in 2017 and early 2018. This agreement builds on previous agreements for more than 180MW DC of […]

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OutBack Power Showcases Easy-to-Install Solar Equipment during NABCEP

April 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced power electronics for solar energy, will participate in an energy storage panel on April 5 at 1:00 p.m. PT and will showcase its prewired system line at the 2016 NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) Continuing Education Conference, leading with the FLEXpower Radian […]

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SunPower by EmPower Solar Offering Nation’s First Fully Integrated Solar Solution to New York Homeowners with SunPower Equinox™

April 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

SunPower by EmPower Solar is now offering the SunPower Equinox™ system to New York homeowners. It is the first residential solar solution in the nation in which every major component has been designed and engineered by one company to work seamlessly together, delivering unbeatable power, long-term performance and curb appeal. With a typical SunPower Equinox […]

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Con Edison and SunPower Partnership Offers Electricity Savings to Greater New York Homeowners

April 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

Con Edison, the utility that provides electricity to 3.4 million customers in the New York City area, and SunPower, one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable solar companies, today announced a collaboration to offer high-performance SunPower® solar energy systems to homeowners. Con Edison will deliver personalized energy usage details to its customers through the […]

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Enel Starts Construction Of New Solar Park In Brazil

April 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

Enel, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações (“EGPB”), has started construction of the Lapa solar park, which is located in Bom Jesus da Lapa in Brazil’s north-eastern state of Bahia.The solar park is composed of two facilities, the 80 MW Bom Jesus da Lapa and the 78 MW Lapa. Once up and running, […]

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NREL, SLAC Scientists Pinpoint Solar Cell Manufacturing Process

April 5, 2016 Anand Gupta

Scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to pinpoint for the first time what happens during a key manufacturing process of silicon solar cells.Their paper, “The formation mechanism for printed silver-contacts for silicon solar cells,” appears in the journal Nature Communications. The paper was […]

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Greensmith Energy Secures Market Leader Position—Reaches 70 Megawatts of Energy Storage

April 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

Greensmith Energy, one of the largest providers of energy storage software and turn-key solutions, announced 70 megawatts of energy storage deployments – all powered by the company’s proven GEMS software platform. While most of the capacity was integrated and installed by the company over the past two years, Greensmith is also reporting growth in software […]

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8point3 Energy Partners Enters Into Agreements to Acquire Interests in 90 Megawatts of Solar Projects

April 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

8point3 Energy Partners LP the joint venture formed by SunPower and First Solar , announced recently that it has entered into agreements to acquire an interest in the 50 megawatt (MW) Hooper Project from SunPower and the 40 MW Kingbird Project from First Solar. These drop-down acquisitions are expected to generate approximately $9 million in combined […]

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SunPower Awarded Approximately 500 Megawatts of Solar in Mexico’s First Electricity Auction

April 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

SunPower Corp. announced recently that, under Mexico’s first electricity power auction, the company has been awarded power purchase agreements with CFE, Mexico’s state-owned electric utility, to deliver one terawatt-hour of energy, equivalent to approximately 500 megawatts, over the term of the agreements. The auction was held as a result of Mexico’s sweeping energy sector reform, which […]