Solar electricity News for August 2014

Solar electricity News Archive

Seminole Financial Services, LLC surpasses $500 million mark in renewable energy financing

Niche renewable energy project financing company facilitates solar and wind projects across the US.

REC Group wins 85 MW solar panel supply contract

Deal represents REC Group's largest US utility-scale solar panel order to date.

Midwest Renewable Energy Association receives Federal award under DoE's 'SunShot Initiative'

$1.87 million in funding allocated to help homes, businesses, and municipalities in the Midwest region cut red tape for residential and small commercial rooftop solar systems.

SolarMax partners with Wagner Renewables

Wagner Renewables adds SolarMax’s domestic P series and the three-phase commercial MT range to product offering.

Sustainable Energy Association of Australia names new CEO

Dermot Costello brings years of experience across various renewable energy fields.

Solectria Renewables to power 45MW entropy solar projects in North Carolina

Seven solar projects anticipated to generate 1.1 billion kWh, enough to power up to 130,000 homes.

Nominations now open for Regen SW's Green Energy Awards 2014

Awards programme celebrates the projects, companies and innovators behind the sustainable energy revolution in the south west of England.

Boston Properties, Healthy Planet Partners and Solaire Generation team up for milestone solar project

840 kW solar array claimed to be Northeast’s largest garage-mounted canopy.

Installed solar PV capacity in the UK reaches 5GW, NPD Solarbuzz says

90 per cent of solar PV capacity has been installed in the past three years alone.

ABB to host automation and communication training prior to first PAC World Americas conference

Free pre-event educational seminar and Smart Grid Center of Excellence tour set for 22 September in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Windiga Energy to develop first solar power plant in Burkina Faso, Africa

20 MW photovoltaic plant, which will be located in Zina, in the Mouhoun province, will be the largest photovoltaic power station in Sub-Saharan Africa, Windiga claims.

Vikram Solar opens US sales office

Move designed to support launch of Vikram solar modules in North and South America.

First Solar and XSOL ink distribution deal

Agreement calls for XSOL to supply First Solar's cadmium telluride thin-film modules in Japan.