Monthly Archives: August 2012
Vestas supplies its First Turbines with Intelligent Aviation Lights, reducing the Visual Impact of Wind Power Plants
Vestas, the world leader in wind power, has for the first time supplied radar-controlled aviation lights to a wind power plant. The Obstacle Collision Avoidance System – or OCAS – is an innovative solution that only activates the lights when an aircraft is operating in the immediate vicinity of a wind power plant. This minimises [...]
Penn Energy Renewables and Canadian Solar Close 18.7 MW AC Deal for Two Solar Farms in Canada
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has closed an 18.7 MW AC turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract and operations and maintenance agreement for the construction and operation of two new solar energy farms [...]
Gilligan’s Island Gets a Solar Makeover from SolarCity
New Solar System on Coconut Island Expected to Save University of Hawai’i More Than $2 Million on Utility Bills The scenic island made famous by the popular 1960s television series Gilligan’s Island is going solar: Coconut Island, or Moku o Lo’e, is home to the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Hawai’i, [...]
Community Energy Partners with City of Lafayette, Colorado to launch Innovative “Solar Gardens” Power Project
Xcel awards Community Energy Solar with 1 MW of capacity in the City of Lafayette Community Energy Solar (Community Energy) today announced that it has received one megawatt (dc) of capacity in Xcel’s Solar*Rewards Community standard offer program. With this capacity, two solar gardens are made possible through a visionary partnership between the City of [...]
Aquamarine Power lines up for £10 million Saltire Prize
Aquamarine Power has lined up with several other leading marine energy developers to vie for the £10m Saltire Prize – the Scottish Government’s global ocean energy challenge. The Saltire Prize ‘Grand Challenge’ period, during which competitors must produce commercial quantities of electricity from the sea, was launched officially by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon [...]
Westinghouse Solar Enters Italian Commercial Solar Market Through a Joint Venture With CBD Energy
Agreement for Up to 50% Interest in Projects Companies to Share Profits Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEST), a designer and manufacturer of integrated rooftop solar power systems, and CBD Energy Ltd. (AUST:CBD), a diversified renewable energy company, today announced a joint venture to design, engineer, procure and construct (EPC) commercial projects in Italy. Westinghouse Solar CEO [...]
Canadian Solar Completes Sale of Solar Power Plant to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced the Company has completed the sale to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners (“Stonepeak”) of a utility-scale solar power plant for approximately C$48.0 million (US$48.4 million). As the developer, EPC and construction financier, Canadian Solar built the solar power plant to provide enough clean, renewable energy to [...]
GGE Chile Limitada Completes Most Productive Geothermal Well in South America
GeoGlobal Energy Chile Limitada (GGE Chile), a whollyowned affiliate of U.S.-based GeoGlobal Energy LLC (GGE), today announced the successful completion of the exploratory drilling program on the northwestern flank of the Tolhuaca mountain in southern Chile. One of the wells, Tolhuaca No.4, is the most productive geothermal well ever drilled in South America. A long-term flow test [...]
Tenaska Solar Ventures Acquires Silverleaf Solar Project in Imperial Valley, California
Tenaska Solar Ventures, LLC (TSV), an affiliate of Omaha-based Tenaska, today announced that it has acquired the Silverleaf photovoltaic solar project, a proposed 160-megawatt (MW) solar energy project under development in Southern California, from Agile Solar Holdings, an affiliate of Agile Energy, LLC (Agile Energy), and Bregal Energy, an affiliate of Agile Solar Holdings. The [...]
China Hydroelectric Corporation Announces Management Change
China Hydroelectric Corporation (NYSE: CHC, CHCWS) ( “China Hydroelectric” or “the Company”), an owner, developer and operator of small hydroelectric power projects in the People’s Republic of China, announced that on August 22, 2012, “James” Tie Li resigned as President of the Company. The Board has accepted Mr. Li’s resignation and was informed that Mr. [...]