Solar Frontier sells 40 MW California solar plant to Dominion
The U.S. development unit of the Japanese CIS thin-film manufacturer has completed the sale of the 40 MW-DC Midway II project in California.
APS says solar, energy efficiency to make up 50% of new production
Arizona’s largest investor-owned utility says the next 15 years will include significant increases in solar production, battery storage products and significant reductions in coal-fired production plants.
NV Energy reaches 2016 renewable portfolio threshold
Despite a significant slowdown in a two-year rooftop solar installations, which left NV Energy as essentially the state’s only solar option, the utility reached its legislatively mandated 20% level of renewable energy production last year.
Fiera Corporation buys shares in up to 921 MW-AC of American wind, solar
The Canadian asset management firm has bought into a D.E. Shaw portfolio of assets in eight U.S. states.
Florida Power & Light plans 1.5 GW more solar by 2023
The new capacity would add to the 600 MW that the company expects to have online by early 2018 and the 335 MW already operational.
SEPA, SGIP consummate marriage
After announcing their engagement in February, the Smart Electric Power Alliance and SGIP completed their merger today, providing a one-stop shop for utilities and distributed energy providers to collaborate on a clean energy future.
Array Technologies expands into Australia solar tracker market
Array has opened an office in Sydney and will provide trackers for Neoen Australia’s three recently announced PV plants in the state of New South Wales: the Parkes (66 MW), Griffith (36 MW) and Dubbo (28 MW) Solar Farms.
First Solar sells 250 MW Moapa project after 10 days of operation
A little more than a week after commissioning the first solar plant built on tribal lands, First Solar completed the sale of the project to Capital Dynamics.
Florida utility to add 300 MW more solar with four plants
After languishing behind other sunny states like California and Arizona for almost a decade, Florida Power & Light apparently wants to catch up, with its third announcement of major solar plants in as many months.
Solar cuts coal use at LADPW’s Moapa unit four years early
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has ended its much-contested use of coal at the Navajo Generating Station four years early since the state has met its 25% renewable energy portfolio goal early. LADWP’s renewable energy level has increased to 25% from just 6% 10 years ago. Reiko Kerr, LADWP senior assistant general […]
