Solar thermal magazine January 2013 | Page 4 of 5
Berkeley, California. Efforts to find alternative fuels from sunlight will be getting some needed help soon as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) broke ground late last year on its latest research facility, the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC). The three-story structure will be nearly 40,000 sq. ft. in size and will house approximately 75…
BELMONT, California. SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR), applauds the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) “Going Green” sustainability initiative, which is expected to save the state’s taxpayers more than $45 million. Throughout a six-year relationship, SunEdison implemented and continues to manage 18.4 MW…
Washington, D.C. – Late last year, Georgia Power filed a new solar initiative — the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (“GPASI”) — with the Georgia Public Service Commission. Through GPASI, Georgia Power would acquire 210 megawatts (MW) of new solar capacity through long-term contracts over a three year period. Julia Hamm, President and CEO of the Solar…
Company grew megawatt deployment 117 percent on annual basis, exceeding plan SAN MATEO, California, Jan. 3, 2013. SolarCity Corporation (Nasdaq: SCTY), a provider of clean, distributed energy, today announced an update on the Company’s megawatts (MW) deployed for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012 and Q4 2012, and provided guidance on this metric for…
Secured by the company’s RGS Energy division; installations address key market segments Louisville, CO, December 2012 – Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL), a leading provider of turnkey solar energy solutions, has recently secured more than 5 megawatts in solar power projects across Arizona and California in key education, municipal, and commercial market segments. These…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (January 2, 2013): EDF Renewable Energy, formerly enXco, announced today that it completed financing on the 143 MWp Catalina Solar project in California’s Mojave Desert. Majority interest in the project was acquired by a group of investors comprising GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a wholly…
Antelope Valley Solar Projects Will Generate 579 Megawatts for Southern California Edison PHOENIX and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 2, 2013. Today, MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables, and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced MidAmerican Solar’s acquisition from SunPower of the 579-megawatt Antelope Valley Solar Projects (AVSP), two co-located projects in Kern and Los Angeles…
SAN JOSE, CA ― December 2012 ― Bentek Solar, a leading designer and manufacturer of PV products connecting PV panels to inverters worldwide for the commercial and utility-scale marketplaces, will supply 170MW of 1000VDC Ungrounded String Combiners and Cable Harnesses for the Centinela Solar Energy Facility project located in Calexico, CA. Shipments are scheduled to…
Southborough, MA – January 2013 – Baker Solar, a division of M.E. Baker, announces that its new Web site is now available. The new site, located at www.bakersolarinc.com, is an informative, user-friendly resource for current and prospective customers. The online resource now provides extensive background information about the company including its history, an overview of…
Hans Fritzsche will be added to the Board of Management of Sputnik Engineering AG as CSO, Gerald Znoyek will become the new General Manager of the German Sputnik Engineering GmbH Dr. Hans-Thomas Fritzsche, up to now General Manager of the German subsidiary of the inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering, will transfer into the Board of Management…
