solar
2 May 2013
Wagner Solar UK has struck a distribution agreement with European solar module manufacturer Voltec Solar.
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2 May 2013
REC has won an order to deliver 72MW of solar panels for the construction of a portfolio of six power plants in Thailand.
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2 May 2013
ABB has won an order worth around $25m to supply electrical equipment to a 75MW solar plant being developed in the Northern Cape province of South Africa by WBHO.
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2 May 2013
The Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) largest ever financing initiative, the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, is set to begin its lending operations in the second half of 2013, with a pipeline of around $1bn in projects for the next three years.
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2 May 2013
In an attempt to avoid disruption to its Solar*Rewards programme for residential solar installations in Colorado, Xcel Energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) are proposing an increase to the initiative’s capacity for 2013.
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2 May 2013
The 127MW Arlington Valley Solar Energy II project in the US state of Arizona has been officially opened, fitted with modules from Kyocera.
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1 May 2013
Suntech’s efforts to restructure both its Chinese and European units are on-going as the company works to meet tight creditor and administrator deadlines.
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1 May 2013
The answer to combating illegal Chinese solar dumping is to impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese solar glass imports, according to the president of trade association EU ProSun Glass.
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1 May 2013
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has opened a 200MW solar photovoltaic tender as it aims to attract international investors by offering competitive tariffs.
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1 May 2013
US utility PSE&G has revised its investment plan for New Jersey under a new agreement formed with the state’s Board of Public Utilities.
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1 May 2013
Nasdaq-listed SolarCity has opened its largest US operations centre in Riverside, California to meet growing demand.
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30 April 2013
Greenbriar Capital CEO Jeff Ciachurski told NewNet that its newly-formed joint venture with Alterra Power through which it will target the Puerto Rican solar market could see the pair install 300MW of capacity.
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30 April 2013
SolarWorld, which today said it recorded losses of €492.4m in 2012, has come to agreements with creditors over 80 per cent of its outstanding loans.
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30 April 2013
French solar developer Soitec has closed the sale of its ZAR1bn ($111m) senior unsecured bond for the support of its 44MW solar project in the Western Cape of South Africa.
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30 April 2013
Online solar financing marketplace and sales software provider Clean Power Finance (CPF) has appointed Michael Pope as chief financial officer (CFO).
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30 April 2013
Telecommunications giant Verizon has laid out plans to invest $100m in a solar and fuel cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities across seven states in the US.
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30 April 2013
L&T Infrastructure Finance, the investment arm of Indian construction and engineering group Larsen & Toubro, will invest in distressed green assets through a newly-launched $500m infrastructure debt fund.
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30 April 2013
Illegal Chinese solar dumping will destroy the European solar industry if it is not stopped, industry lobby group EU ProSun told NewNet as the European Commission launches an investigation into complaints of the practice.
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30 April 2013
Greenbriar Capital and Alterra Power have formed a joint venture, AG Solar One, which will develop 100MW of solar power in Puerto Rico.
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30 April 2013
NSL Renewable Power Private, the renewable energy development arm of Indian conglomerate Nuziveedu, has raised $60m from development groups and private equity firms.
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