Renewable News
SOLON Launches SOLquick for Leaner, Faster Rooftop Solar Installations
Oct 18, 2011
SOLON Corp., a provider of turnkey solar power plants and PV products in the U.S., recently launched SOLquick, a patent pending new plug-and-play commercial rooftop solution. more >>
Virginia Planning Offshore Wind Turbine Testing Center
Oct 18, 2011
Virginia’s Eastern Shore is on the cusp of becoming the North American leader in the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines. more >>
Cupertino Electric Completes Multi-Site San Bruno Park School District Solar Project
Oct 18, 2011
Cupertino Electric Inc.'s (CEI) Energy Alternatives Division announced at a dedication ceremony the completion of a nine-site, 837-kW solar PV system for Northern California's San Bruno Park School District. more >>
Pattern Energy Completes Financing on Puerto Rico’s First Commercial Wind Power Project
Oct 18, 2011
Pattern Energy Group LP announced that financing has been completed for Finca de Viento Santa Isabel, the first commercial wind energy project in Puerto Rico. more >>
Exelon, Constellation Strengthen Merger Proposal
Oct 18, 2011
Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy last week filed rebuttal testimony with the Maryland Public Service Commission that strengthens the companies' commitments related to the proposed merger, which is currently under review by the PSC. more >>
First Solar Measures and Reports Its Carbon Footprint
Oct 18, 2011
First Solar Inc. announced that the company participated in and received a score on its inaugural response to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an organization that gathers and reports greenhouse gas emissions for corporations around the world. more >>
Hawaii PUC Approves SunPower-Hawaiian Electric Contract for 5-MW Solar Farm
Oct 18, 2011
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a contract for SunPower to sell energy to Hawaiian Electric Company from a 5-MW solar PV farm planned for Kalaeloa in West Oahu. more >>
Suntech Selected by Cupertino Electric for 35 MW of Solar Projects
Oct 03, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co., a producer of solar panels, announced it has supplied solar panels for two solar power plants in central California. more >>
AWS Truepower Supplies State-of-the Art Wind Resource Data For Wind-Wildlife Assessment Tool
Oct 03, 2011
AWS Truepower LLC , an international leader in renewable energy consulting and information services, has provided state-of the-art, 80 m-level wind resource data for the Landscape Assessment Tool (LAT), an online map designed by the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). more >>
New Polar-Axis Solar Tracker From Grupo Clavijo To Be Introduced at SPI
Oct 03, 2011
In line with its innovation philosophy and responding to market needs, Spanish firm Grupo Clavijo has designed a new polar-axis solar tracker (one-axis), which it will present at Solar Power International 2011 in Dallas, thus expanding its wide range of solar trackers (one- and two-axis) and fixed structures, which the company has been manufacturing, marketing and installing worldwide since 2005. more >>
SMA America to Showcase New Utility-Scale, Turnkey Power Solutions at SPI
Oct 03, 2011
SMA America will unveil new utility-scale, turnkey power solutions, as well as recently announced grid-tied and off-grid PV inverters, at this year’s Solar Power International, scheduled for Oct. 17-20, 2011, at the Dallas Convention Center. more >>
NCCER Releases Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician Curriculum
Oct 03, 2011
Thirty-seven. That is the current number of states with utility-scale, installed wind power. Utility scale wind farms, in some cases, consist of hundreds of wind turbines, all of which need to be regularly maintained once they are installed. more >>
Tenaska Solar Ventures Chooses First Solar to Construct Imperial Solar Energy Center South
Oct 03, 2011
In a major step in the development of the Imperial Solar Energy Center South, Tenaska Solar Ventures, the solar energy affiliate of Tenaska, has selected First Solar to be the technology provider and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project. more >>
Solar Power Technologies Brings Clarity to the Performance of Large Scale Solar Assets
Oct 03, 2011
Solar Power Technologies Inc., a leader in intelligent monitoring and optimization solutions for large scale solar arrays, is pleased to introduce the Clarity system, an intelligent suite of hardware and software solutions that provides an unprecedented level of insight and control to maximize the performance of commercial and utility scale solar sites. more >>
First Zoomlion Crawler Crane Sold in U.S.
Sep 23, 2011
Global Crane Sales, as part of its newly-formed partnership with Zoomlion, announced the sale of its first QUY260 Crawler Crane in the United States to Axis Crane, a full-service crane rental and construction company with locations in Albany, N.Y., Portland, Ore., and Seattle. more >>
DOE Finalizes $102 Million Loan Guarantee for Maine Wind Project
Sep 23, 2011
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $102 million loan guarantee to Record Hill Wind. more >>
Abengoa Receives $134 Million DOE Loan for Commercial-Scale Biorefinery
Sep 23, 2011
Abengoa announced that its subsidiary, Abengoa Bioenergy, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office to receive an offer of a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the construction of its “first of a kind” commercial-scale biorefinery facility to produce renewable liquid fuel from earth’s most abundant organic feedstock source — plant fiber or cellulosic biomass. more >>
Lincoln Electric Demonstrates Commitment to Renewable Energy
Sep 23, 2011
Lincoln Electric, a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, has long been a major supplier to the wind tower fabrication industry. more >>
Siemens Upgrades West Chicago Plant to Produce PV Solar Inverters
Sep 23, 2011
Siemens Industry Inc. celebrates the production of its SINVERT solar inverters at its recently-updated manufacturing plant located in West Chicago, Ill. more >>
OSHA Forms Alliance With the American Wind Energy Association
Sep 23, 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) formed an alliance focused on preventing worker exposures to electrical, crane and fall hazards in the wind energy industry. more >>
Pattern Energy Completes Financing on Nevada’s First Wind Power Project
Sep 23, 2011
Pattern Energy Group LP has completed the financing of Spring Valley Wind, the first wind energy project in the state of Nevada. more >>
