Originally published on Solar Love. China’s already aggressive solar initiative is set to get a massive boost with favourable changes and new introductions to government’s regulatory supportive mechanisms. The Chinese government recently released templates for long-term power purchase agreements for large solar power projects. This template can be used by … [continued]
Did the Cadillac ELR’s official price tag of $76,000 sound a bit high to you? Well, if so, it looks like you’re not the only one that thought so — car dealers around the country, reportedly, are heavily discounting the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in order to move them faster. GM … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. SolarReserve is bringing 20 MW of utility-scale solar power to El Salvador’s Acajutla plant, while advancing its share of the Latin American solar market. The Santa Monica, California–based company won El Salvador’s first ever utility-scale solar tender. The country’s energy and telecommunications regulator oversaw the … [continued]
Sometimes the interactions between the leadership of large companies comes across as something of drama (and/or comedy). And a recent statement from an executive at Hyundai about Tesla’s Supercharger network continues in that tradition, along with Tesla’s reply. The Hyundai exec put forward the comment that, whilst his company didn’t … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Milpitas, California-based thin-silicon solar company Solexel has obtained a round D funding of $31 million. The company now has secured just over $200 million in venture capital funding. The latest round is for helping it go into commercial production. The official press release says, “Investors … [continued]
Qatar Solar Energy and the multi-billion dollar Kazakhstan-based energy company Kazatomprom recently signed a ‘landmark’ agreement that will see large quantities of solar grade silicon provided to the MENA-region-based solar company at a ‘very low’ fixed cost for the next ten years. The agreement is especially interesting when you consider … [continued]
The new Biogas Opportunities Roadmap lays out a plan for putting 11,000 more livestock biogas systems into the US renewable energy landscape.
by Justin Guay When it comes to energy access, we’re fond of saying small is big. That’s because all those small-scale solar lanterns, solar home systems, and solar mini-grids add up to a very big market. But the size of that market, and its social impact, could well be dwarfed by an … [continued]
Solar industry disruptor Solar City has achieved a $201.5 securitization through a rarely-used, and potentially challenging, financial model.
You have surely heard of the battery Gigafactory that Tesla Motors wants to build so that it can manufacture lithium-ion batteries on a very large scale. Panasonic, Tesla’s current lithium-ion battery cell supplier, was reportedly unsure about it, as Panasonic saw the Gigafactory as quite “risky.” However, it has now signed an agreement with Tesla … [continued]
