Electric power holding company Duke Energy has received approval to develop a 17MW solar power plant at Naval Support Activity Crane — also known as the Crane naval station — located around 40 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana.
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power has acquired a controlling interest in the 102MW Henrietta Solar Project in Kings County, California, from SunPower. SunPower will own the remaining interest in the site.
PV solutions provider SPI Energy announced that it has signed off on a non-binding deal with private equity firm GSR GO Scale Capital Advisors for the issue of US$500 million in convertible bonds.
Technology solutions provider Sungevity and Easterly Acquisition Corp. have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will see Sungevity list its shares as a public company in an attempt to spur growth and tap into a new base of customers.
GameChange Solar announced that three EPC companies have ordered over 158MW of pile driven fixed tilt racking systems from GameChange for immediate production.
Applied Energy Technologies (AET) announced that it has completed a 5MW solar installation project with Rosendin Construction Puerto Rico, in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The modules added to the project are Hanwha Q Cells 300W. The installation is expected to generate power to a Medtronic Pharmaceuticals site.
Hive Energy is set to become the first British company to net a major PV project contract in Cuba. As part of the deal, Hive Energy will develop a 50MW installation — which will stand as the first utility-scale site to be developed in the country.
Clean energy developer ET Energy announced that it has founded a new South African subsidiary — ET Solutions South Africa Pty Ltd., which will offer engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, along with operations and maintenance (O&M) for large-scale solar power plants.
