Originally Published in the ECOreport Borrego Solar acquires utility-scale projects like the Seneca Solar Projects every year. The projects’ previous developers reached the mid to late developmental stage, but then decided to sell. A large number of utility-scale projects stall every year, and that’s the end of the story for … [continued]
Indian private sector companies are warming up to the idea of rural electrification floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian government has promised 100% electrification of the country by 2019, and solar power would play a critical role in the achievement of this target. One of the largest manufacturers … [continued]
One of the largest low-cost manufacturers of high-quality solar silicon in the world, Silicor Materials, recently announced that it will soon begin construction of its first large-scale solar silicon production facility in Grundartangi, Iceland. The development of the facility — which is being bankrolled by the Icelandic Arion Bank — … [continued]
The BMW i3 surpassed the goals put forward for it by BMW for the first half of 2014, according to a recent statement from the high-end car manufacturer. In total, more than 5,000 of the designed-for-use-in-the-city EVs have been sold so far this year. Of the total 5,396 vehicles sold, … [continued]
One of the largest planned wave energy projects in the world — the ARENA project in Australia — recently bit the dust. The 19 MW project — which was slated for development off the coast of Portland in Victoria, Australia — was once advertised as being the biggest wave energy project in … [continued]
The Energy Department has just awarded $11 million in R&D grants to manufacture
acrylonitrile from biomass for renewable high-performance carbon fiber.
While the solar industry and big utilities are — for the most part — finding common ground in neighboring Massachusetts, word on the streets from Hartford to New Haven has it that Connecticut Light and Power is about to launch a sneak attack on rooftop solar customers taking advantage of … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. One of the world’s biggest solar manufacturers and project developers, the US-based First Solar, has predicted that utility-scale solar costs in Australia will halve over the next five years, becoming cheaper than wind energy by 2020. First Solar says this should mean that large-scale solar takes … [continued]
Developers are conducting an environmental assessment for a planned Houston-Dallas bullet train much like the Japanese original (and inspired by it).
I’m catching up on some videos I wanted to publish back in January following this year’s Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*. This one below is a presentation of First Solar’s numerous advantages by Nick Strevel, Technical Sales Manager at First Solar. If you haven’t closely followed the solar PV industry for … [continued]
