The US Government has approved an additional five years for the Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit, benefiting wind and solar developers. US Governments Returns Support to Wind and Solar After many long months of deliberations and lobbying, the US Congress has approved a five-year extension to the hugely … [continued]
Shares of numerous renewable energy companies have jumped over the past two days of trading following the agreement of a new climate accord in Paris. When COP21 in Paris came to a close on Saturday with a new legally-binding climate agreement, there was much rejoicing for the hopefully-ambitious targets that … [continued]
SBG Cleantech, a three-way joint venture between Japan’s SoftBank, Taiwan’s Foxconn, and India’s Bharti Enterprises, has registered its first win in India’s highly competitive solar power market. SBG Cleantech grabbed the entire 350 megawatts on offer in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh through atender which was floated by India’s largest … [continued]
SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energy developer, has agreed to sell 333 MW of wind power plants to a strategic partnership. A day after the company announced that it had revised its acquisition agreement with US solar company Vivint Solar to mollify investors, SunEdison has continued the good news by … [continued]
Renewable energy developer SunEdison has revised its merger agreement with Vivint Solar, causing a flurry of activity for happy investors. Shares of both SunEdison and Vivint Solar jumped on news that the two companies had revised their merger agreement. It was announced in July that SunEdison would acquire Vivint Solar for $2.2 … [continued]
SunEdison has announced another significant decision to re-address its balance sheet. SunEdison and its yieldco TerraForm Global have announced that they will not proceed with the plan to acquire a stake in Renova Energia, a renewable energy developer in Brazil. SunEdison had announced that it would purchase a 15.87% stake in Brazil’s … [continued]
In spite of having secured the rights to develop a 500 MW solar power project at the lowest-ever tariff in India, global renewable energy project developer SunEdison is confident of healthy returns from the project. SunEdison successfully bid for the entire 500 MW solar power tender issued by NTPC Limited. … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. As we wrote months ago when it launched, Google has a free online service that uses its mapping information and partner offers from solar installers to provide fast estimates of how much a homeowner might save by investing in a solar power system. Dubbed “Project Sunroof,” … [continued]
Check out the following wind and solar news if you haven’t gotten enough of a fix from CleanTechnica‘s wind and solar coverage. Wind News Innovations for Higher Turbine Capacity Factors Towers are getting taller, controls more intelligent, and ultrasound can now be used to measure wind velocity while we wait for … [continued]
The Government of Bangladesh has approved construction of a huge solar power project which is expected to play a critical role in the country achieving its renewable energy targets. A 200 MW solar power project to be constructed in the Teknaf sub-district has been given the go ahead by the … [continued]
