Financiers Connor, Clark & Lund Infrastructure and Samsung Renewable Energy have closed a CA$633 million solar bond financing for the 100MW Kingston Solar project in Canada.
Electrical engineering firm Ingeteam will supply a control, protection and measurement system for the 220/33kV substation of Acciona Energia’s 246.6MW solar PV plant in Chile.
On Friday, in Arlington, Arizona, the Department of Navy (DON), Department of Energy (DOE), and developer Sempra Energy were joined by the White House Office of Federal Sustainability for the inauguration of a 210MW solar facility that facility represents the federal government’s larges investment in clean energy history.
In an unexpected development of the planned merger of Tesla and SolarCity, the electric car manufacturer has said that it had tentatively agreed with Japanese electronics firm, Panasonic to begin solar cell and module production at SolarCity’s Riverbend production plant in Buffalo, New York state in 2017.
A Minnesota state regulatory board approved a new resource plan for Xcel Energy Thursday that will see the company procure 1.4GW of solar generation over the next 15 years.
California-based PV energy provider Vasari Energy has signed a contract to buy 182 hectares of land in Maricopa County, Arizona, for the development of a 68MW solar installation.
In this week's Movers & Shakers segment, PV Tech reports on management shuffles in yieldcos and Chinese module manufacturers. In addition, a Canadian energy company continues its US expansion, the REEEAC appoints new members and CleanChoice Energy reveals how community solar can become 'retail 2.0'.
The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday that will see both parties collaborate on a number of renewable-energy initiatives.
NEC Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, announced that it is supplying the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) of Sterling, Massachusetts, with a 2MW, 3.9 MWh energy storage solution.
