Smartenergy Renewables recently completed the overhaul, conversion, and facility upgrade of its now fully-automated solar panel manufacturing plant in Luckenwalde, according to a release from the company. The completely overhauled facility — set up to assemble crystalline solar panels in an automated line, and possessing a maximum capacity of 120 … [continued]
Opower — up until now a software-as-a-service company that partners with utilities around the world to promote energy efficiency — is now eyeing the distributed solar energy market as well, according to a recent announcement. The announcement comes on the heels of the company’s successful release of its fifth-generation software … [continued]
Advocates for mountaintop coal mining lost a big one last Friday, when the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the EPA’s new environmental review process.
Europe will invest around $1 trillion into growing its renewable energy capacity by the year 2030, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Of this, a very substantial amount is expected to be into rooftop solar PV ($339 billion) and onshore wind energy ($250 billion). The growing … [continued]
Italy’s recent move to introduce retroactive anti-solar measures is a form of robbery according Photon Energy’s CEO Georg Hotar. And while it’s to be expected that the Southern European country’s move would have investors and many in the industry foaming at the mouth, it’s still quite hard not to agree … [continued]
Apple, the electronics wizard, has permission to establish its third solar farm in North Carolina. Apple plans to spend $55 million, to create this 17.5 MW new solar farm. It estimates that the construction will be completed 5 years after purchase of the land. This development will be in the … [continued]
Clean Energy Advocate and founder of New Energy Finance Michael Liebreich is mulling a run for mayor of London.
NextEra Energy’s recent initial public offering (IPO) for a new renewable energy yieldco vehicle was closed last week after strong interest was shown. In addition to the closing of the public offering — which was 16.25 million shares at $25 a pop — the underwriters exercised their option to purchase … [continued]
The Dubuque-based solar developer Eagle Point Solar has just won a big legal battle that could break the US rooftop solar market wide open, in Iowa and beyond.
With “no money down” and “zero maintenance” to attract homeowners, solar leasing has become the overwhelming favorite for residential solar installations. And with the complexity of tax incentives, rebates, and financing, it’s hard to find fault with homeowners that choose this low-effort option. But giving up ownership means giving up … [continued]
