On Earth Day, SolarCity announced that it has activated a fund including an investment from Credit Suisse that is expected to finance more than $1 billion in commercial solar energy systems, including battery storage systems, for businesses, schools and government organizations across the U.S.
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s pioneering renewable energy company, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, announced this week plans to launch the Masdar Solar Hub to expedite the development of solar technologies.
Stanford University has entered into an agreement with SunPower to build a 68-megawatt peak solar plant on approximately 300 acres in California. The solar farm, which will be called the Stanford Solar Generating Station, will be composed of more than 150,000 high-efficiency SunPower solar panels and is expected to provide half of all campus electricity.
2.6 MW Solar Array at Houghton College
Houghton College announced last week the completion of its 2.5 megawatt on-site solar energy installation, which is currently the largest on a college campus in New York State.
1.7MW floating solar power plant at Nishihira Pond
Kyocera and Century Tokyo Leasing announced today that Kyocera TCL Solar, a joint venture established by the two companies, has completed construction of two floating mega-solar power plants at Nishihira Pond and Higashihira Pond in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
SunPower Corporation announced this week that it plans to partner with Apple to build two solar power projects totaling 40 megawatts (MW) in ABA Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefectures in Sichuan Province, China.
“Laberinto Project” solar PV plant located in the Atacama Desert in the region of Antofagasta in Chile.
Marubeni has entered into a partnership agreement with EDF Energies Nouvelles, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF) to jointly invest in Laberinto Project, a 146 MW photovoltaic solar plant located in the Atacama Desert in the region of Antofagasta, Chile, which has the highest level of irradiation in the world.
American Rio Tinto Stadium announced yesterday a partnership with Auric Solar to install the State of Utah’s largest privately-owned solar array at the world-class Sandy venue. The ambitious project is expected to be completed in six months, and operational in October 2015.
Copper Mountain Solar 3
One Millionth Module Installed at 250-MW Copper Mountain Solar 3 Project in Nevada
The U.S. Energy Alternatives Division of Cupertino Electric announced yesterday that it has reached a major installation milestone on Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development’s 250-megawatt (MW) AC Copper Mountain Solar 3 project located in Boulder City, Nevada.
GE Energy Financial Services and Virginia Solar Group subsidiary Pacifico Energy, a Japanese power plant development company, have partnered for a third time to construct a solar power project in Hosoe on Kyushu Island, Japan.
TerraForm Power, a global owner and operator of clean energy power plants, yesterday announced it acquired solar power plants comprising 168 MW from SunEdison during the first quarter of 2015.
Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Recurrent Energy, a leading North American solar energy developer, from Sharp Corporation.
