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Southern Company subsidiary and Turner Renewable Energy acquire Calipatria Solar Facility in California

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy recently announced the joint acquisition of the 20-megawatt (MW) Calipatria Solar Facility from Solar Frontier Americas. The project represents Southern Power’s 10th solar facility in California and its 25th renewable energy facility overall. “The acquisition of the Calipatria Solar Facility underscores Southern Power’s leadership in helping create […]

Nevada Copper Forms Strategic Alliance with NV Energy on Solar Development Opportunity

Nevada Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with NV Energy to conduct a study of the potential to develop a solar energy generation project on Nevada Copper’s privately-owned land (“Solar Study”). This land is adjacent to the Company’s proposed Pumpkin Hollow copper development project. Additional information on NV […]

FPL breaks ground on three new solar power plants that will triple the amount of solar it provides its customers

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today celebrated the ground breaking of its three new solar power plants with a ceremony on the site of the future FPL Manatee Solar Energy Center. The three new large, community-scale plants, which include the FPL Babcock Ranch Solar Energy Center and the FPL Citrus Solar Energy Center, are […]

Renew Financial Raises $70M in Growth Capital

Renew Financial, one of the nation’s leading clean energy finance companies,recently announced that it has raised $70 million in growth capital. Major participants in the funding round include Angeleno Group, Apollo Capital Management, Claremont Creek Ventures, LL Funds, Inc., NGEN Partners, and Prelude Ventures. “Renew Financial is changing the way Americans finance clean energy and […]

Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC Announces Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2016

On February 10, 2016, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC announced its unaudited financial results as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2015. Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2016 Three Months Ended December 31, 2015 Three Months Ended December 31, 2014 • Revenues $53,199,000 $72,536,000 • Net Income – $1,106,000 $9,828,000 • […]

Open Energy and Black Rock Solar Partner to Bring Solar to Low-Income Nevada Elementary Schools

Open Energy, an innovative commercial solar debt finance provider, today announced the closing of a construction solar loan totaling $500,000 with Nevada-based Black Rock Solar, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities access clean energy. The loan will enable construction of a 550 kilowatt project portfolio, consisting of four elementary schools serving low-income communities across […]

Fraunhofer TechBridge launches SunRISE Challenge, seeking innovations in solar energy, in partnership with DSM and Greentown Labs

Fraunhofer TechBridge is now accepting applications for the SunRISE TechBridge Challenge, in partnership with Royal DSM and Greentown Labs. The SunRISE TechBridge Challenge is seeking innovations in materials and technologies that will enable the reduction of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for photovoltaic (PV) systems, and consequently increase the penetration of affordable PV. Solar energy […]

Thousands of Mainers Call on Legislature to Protect Solar Net Metering

Maine solar installers, local and national businesses, environmental organizations, and the newly-formed Solar Energy Association of Maine delivered a petition with nearly 4,000 signatures to the Legislature today, urging Maine regulators and lawmakers to preserve current net metering policy as a side-by-side option for consumers who want to go solar. The petition comes on the […]

Sungevity Partners with CleanSpark to Provide Energy Monitoring and Management to its Growing List of Commercial Solar Customers

Sungevity, a leader in the global solar market, and CleanSpark, a microgrid technology company,recently announced a partnership in which Sungevity will include CleanSpark’s cyber-secure energy monitoring and management software with its commercial solar offering. The partnership will make CleanSpark’s technology available to Sungevity’s commercial customers with access to real-time system monitoring. The partnership was piloted […]