A CleanTechnica reader recently asked how Latin America’s largest solar farm would compare with the largest solar farms in North America. That led me to updating our lists of the largest solar PV and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants on our Solar Power page. I have to say, despite covering … [continued]
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is not beating around the bush when it comes to making his state the greenest in the nation. The Green Communities Act he pushed in 2008 started Massachusetts down the road of expanded conservation and investment in renewable energy. One of his current goals is to … [continued]
By Maud Texier. Hardware costs for solar have substantially dropped over the past years. Solar module prices have decreased by 70% from 2010 to 2012. The attention is now directed towards soft costs and financing. An NREL study published in September 2013 analyzed the increasing share of soft cost in … [continued]
The 300 MW GDF Suez solar project in Chile is moving forward, according to recent reports — the solar PV power plant’s Environmental Impact Declaration was recently approved by the proper authorities. While the French energy giant GDF Suez is the ultimate backer of the project, the actual developer of … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Ari Phillips. Last week President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Mexico for what’s traditionally called the “Three Amigos” meeting. In the daylong rendezvous, energy issues were slated to play a major role, with Obama and Harper jockeying for room when it comes … [continued]
A recent $40 million dollar equity financing deal may just herald a shift toward the future of mid-sized solar power project financing.
Originally published on The ECO Report. In 2010, concentrating solar power (CSP) projects like Ivanpah were heralded as the future of utility-scale solar projects. Spain and the US led the world in the development of this technology. Since then, they have largely fallen to the wayside in the wake of … [continued]
Originally published on The ECO Report. Tesla has released some preliminary plans. The rumours about it looking at sites in New Mexico and Nevada were correct. There are also potential locations in Arizona and Texas. Tesla is making a final site selection and hopes to start construction on the Gigafactory this year. … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The US government has announced that the US solar industry is more than 60 per cent of the way to achieving cost-competitive utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity, an achievement it credits partly to support from the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative. SunShot was set up in 2011 … [continued]
Canadian Solar’s production facility in Suzhou, China experienced a fire on February 17th, according to reports from Chinese media. The fire, which is said to have started at a solar cell manufacturing line, reportedly resulted in no employee injuries and only minimal impacts on infrastructure. While there have yet to … [continued]
