Originally published on Solar Love. Last Friday, North America’s SkyPower announced that it would be signing a solar deal with Kenya for a 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatt), $2.2 billion development project. SkyPower released a media advisory last Friday, which announced that the self-proclaimed “world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale PV energy projects” … [continued]
Well, there are a lot of stories from the past week still flying — new Tesla Model X & Gigafactory pics, the Edison Electric Institute & Tesla Motors video post, a great India solar story from Bridge to India’s founder, the Dutch solar boom, graphene production news, and the used Leaf vs … [continued]
SunEdison’s dominance in the global renewable energy business has received yet another stamp of approval at the Renewable World 2015 convention held recently at New Delhi. Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison’s President of Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, was named the ‘Solar Power Person of the Year’ during the Renewable World International Convention in … [continued]
This ultra low cost, DIY solar tracker purifies water while deploying the ancient principles of water clocks and gravity to boost solar panel efficiency.
Masdar and The Abu Dhabi Development Fund have extended financial help to another island nation struggling with limited energy resources. The island nation of Seychelles, located in the Indian Ocean, has signed an agreement with Masdar to develop renewable energy projects. As per the agreement, Masdar will set up wind energy … [continued]
Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa is teaming up with the Technical University of Madrid to develop and operate a high-performance aerodynamic testing wind tunnel. Gamesa made the announcement on Tuesday, revealing that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) for the joint design, development, … [continued]
Update: The Vivint Solar acquisition never went through, and SunEdison tumbled dramatically into bankruptcy. SunEdison has continued its absurdly prolific acquisition spree this week, announcing the purchase of Vivint Solar in conjunction with its yieldco TerraForm Power, and a separate acquisition of the British company Mark Group. SunEdison, in partnership … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost.eu. By Peter F Varadi The invention of the YieldCo is a gamechanger that will enable spectacular growth of solar PV, writes solar pioneer Peter F. Varadi. According to Varadi, the PV YieldCo offers significant advantages over investments in fossil fuel power: no fuel supply is needed, … [continued]
Ready for an epic Tesla, electric car, and other clean transport news & views link drop? Yeah, get comfy first. Here’s the tsunami: Tesla Motors Tesla P85D Burns A Mercedes SLS AMG (Fan Commercial) Can Tesla’s Door Handles Trap Your Hand? (Video) Model S At DEF CON Hacker Convention August 6-9 Best Place To Work? … [continued]
SunEdison yieldco TerraForm Power has announced plans to issue green bonds worth $300 million to fund renewable energy projects. TerraForm Power has announced issuance bonds with 6.125% return due for maturity in 2025. The company plans to use a portion of the net proceeds from the bonds issue to fund … [continued]
