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Suncor to build multiple solar and wind projects in Alberta

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

Suncor, the largest oil sands producer in Canada, is exploring the possibility of building multiple solar and wind farm projects in southern Alberta. “Suncor is in the very preliminary development stage of three proposed solar projects in Alberta,” Suncor spokesperson Nicole Fisher said on Monday, noting that the three sites included theHand Hills project east […]

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Duke Energy Renewables acquires 20-MW Longboat Solar Project in California from EDF Renewable Energy

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired the development assets associated with the proposed 20-megawatt (MW-AC) Longboat Solar Power Project in California from EDF Renewable Energy.The project will be built in San Bernardino County near the city of Barstow. With this addition, Duke Energy Renewables has seven solar power projects in Californiatotaling more than 130 megawatts, enough […]

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CalPERS’ Infrastructure Program to Purchase Stake in California Solar Power Generation Company

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase up to a 25 percent ownership stake in Desert Sunlight Investment Holdings, LLC (Desert Sunlight), which owns two solar photovoltaic power generation facilities near Palm Springs, California.The facilities began commercial operations in late 2014 with a capacity […]

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NREL Raises Rooftop Photovoltaic Technical Potential Estimate

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

Analysts at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for 128 cities nationwide, along with improved data analysis methods and simulation tools, to update its estimate of total U.S. technical potential for rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems. The analysis reveals a technical potential of 1,118 gigawatts […]

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CalPERS’ Infrastructure Program to Purchase Stake in California Solar Power Generation Company

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

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SunLink PowerCare Awarded O&M Contract for Solar Projects at Arizona State University

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

The SunLink PowerCare team has taken on O&M responsibility for a group of tracker and rooftop solar projects installed at Arizona State University (ASU). ASU has elected to install VERTEX, SunLink’s next-generation, secure SCADA and performance monitoring platform, on the tracker installations for which SunLink will be responsible to improve its O&M efficiencies. SunLink Corporation […]

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Vigilant Energy Management Selected for Comprehensive Solar Photovoltaic Operations and Maintenance Services

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

Vigilant Energy Management (Vigilant), a Maryland-based company providing comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services for PV solar installations, today announced it has been selected by a leading energy company to provide O&M services for 28+ megawatts of its Solar Distributed Generation Portfolio in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and the District of […]

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Syncarpha Capital and Pacolet Milliken Recycle Land to Complete 12 Megawatt Solar Project

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

Syncarpha Capital and Pacolet Milliken are pleased to announce the addition of three solar projects, located in the towns of Leominster, North Adams and Palmer, to their jointly-owned solar portfolio. The grid-connected projects, all privately funded, are currently delivering 12 megawatts of clean, renewable energy. “Not only are we assisting public sector customers in reducing […]

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Duke Energy Renewables acquires 20-MW Longboat Solar Project in California from EDF Renewable Energy

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

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In the Lab with SolarWindow Technologies, Inc.

March 25, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. , the leading developer of electricity-generating transparent coatings for glass and flexible plastics, released recently ‘behind the scenes’ video of its collaborative research and development taking place at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).This comes just weeks after SolarWindow announced it had entered into Phase III of its longstanding […]