Recent Solar
City of Sacramento and SolarCity Announce Completion of Solar Projects at Two City Water Treatment Plants
City’s drinking water will now be delivered with clean, renewable energy SolarCity® Corporation (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy, and the City of Sacramento today announced the completion of two solar installations to power the city’s E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant on the American River and the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant on [...]
SolarCity, Forest City Team to Install Solar on up to 6,500 Homes in Project at Navy, Marine Corps Bases in Hawai’i
Primarily Financed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Latest SolarStrong Project expected to be SolarCity’s Largest to Date and will Significantly Reduce State’s Oil Consumption Construction has started on the first phase of a massive solar project by Forest City Military Communities and SolarCity® (Nasdaq: SCTY) to provide solar electricity to 6,500 military family residences [...]
Romania: Conergy builds Second Solar Power Plant with 2 MW Total Capacity
Solar park profitable thanks to Power Purchase Agreements and “green certificates” Conergy is currently building a further 2 megawatt solar power plant in the Romanian region of Slobozia. It was only in January this year that the PV solution and service provider had announced its entry into the market in the Eastern European country with [...]
Mechanical Technology announces First Quarter 2013 Operating and Financial Results
Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (MTI) (Trading Symbol: MKTY), a company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of test and measurement instruments and systems through its subsidiary MTI Instruments, Inc. (MTI Instruments), announces its first quarter 2013 financial and operating results. The Company´s total revenue for the first quarter of 2013 increased to $2.2 million or [...]
Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Inks 1 MW Solar Deal with SolarCity to Power the Municipal Water District
Solar Project will bring $2 Million in Savings The Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) today announced that a new solar power system will be installed at the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District headquarters in Calabasas within the next year. The JPA signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with SolarCity that [...]
SolarMax P Series and MaxView – the Perfect Combination for Residential Solar Power Plants
The SolarMax P series (2-5kW) is complemented by the web-based MaxView application. This way, location-independent monitoring of PV power plants for single family homes and multiple dwellings is possible without an additional data logger. The new SolarMax P series string inverters from the Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering are characterized by maximum yields at the [...]
First Solar, Inc. announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
Net sales of $755 million Non-GAAP EPS of $0.69 per fully diluted share GAAP EPS of $0.66 per fully diluted share Cash and Marketable Securities of $1 billion Maintains full-year 2013 guidance First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Net sales were $755 million in the quarter, [...]
NRG Solar Cuts Ribbon on Alpine Solar Generating Facility
Event Celebrates Completion of the Largest Operating Photovoltaic Facility in California, providing consumers with cleaner energy choices NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced that it will commemorate the opening of the Alpine Solar Generating Facility in Lancaster, Calif., at a ribbon-cutting event later this morning. The 66 megawatt [...]
Scientists detect Residue that has hindered Efficiency of Promising Type of Solar Cell
Drivers who have ever noticed a residue on their windshields after going through a car wash will sympathize with nanoscientist Seth Darling’s pain. Darling and his colleagues at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have worked for years to develop a new type of solar cell known as organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Because of [...]
ET Solar Globally Launches New Module Castor
ET Solar Group Corp. (“ET Solar”), a leading solar one-stop solution provider, today announces that it introduces upgraded new product ET Binary Star Series-Castor to global market. Binary Star Series represent ET’s new achievement in terms of enhanced design of the junction box, advanced process technology and improved overall performance. For Castor, its more scientifically [...]