sPower signs 105 MW PPA under community choice aggregation program
sPower has secured a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 105 MW-AC of solar power with community choice aggregator MCE in California, making it sPower’s largest contract of this type to date, and the largest community choice aggregation (CCA) agreement known to pv magazine.
JKB supplies 280 kW ag system in West Sacramento
Walnut grower River Oak Orchards expects to cut its PG&E utility costs by 75.8 percent and save over $63,000 every year with the 880 panels it has supported by the Mounting Systems fixed ground mount system.
Sale of Verengo assets clears another hurdle
Since the company received only one bid for its more than 20,000 installed systems, the sale of them to Crius Energy is set to move forward
Intertek Confirms SolarEdge inverters are UL 1741 SA Smart Inverters
“With PV inverters taking on an expanded role in energy management, they are continually acting as the solar energy system’s brain by controlling monitoring, storage, communications, and smart grid interactions,” stated Lior Handelsman, VP Marketing and Product Strategy of SolarEdge.
Mosaic closes deal for a $250 million financing facility from Deutsche Bank
The California-based solar loan provider for homeowners has added another substantial capital warehouse to its growing financial clout, this time a $250 million facility from Deutsche Bank, as it aims to have $1 billion available for solar loans by summer 2017.
Sonoma’s SOMO village community expands to 3 MW/1MW solar + storage
SOMO Village, a $1 billion mixed-use community in Rohnert Park, CA., is adding another 2,500 solar panels plus storage to reach a new total of 3.1 MW of PV; this third PV expansion is being supplied by REC Solar, along with an initial 1 MW of storage supplied by Green Charge.
Baptists will spread the solar gospel
Through a partnership with Geostellar and Together, the Progressive National Baptist Convention will offer community solar programs to communities where their churches are
EnergySage begins offering loan products directly
While installers on the company’s online solar marketplace had previously offered loans, EnergySage will now being offering loans directly from three providers.
sPower closes on $434 million in financing for California solar projects
The text equity and debt will support 183 MW-DC of solar in Kern County
NextEra commissions 485 MW of solar in California
NextEra has put online the Blythe and McCoy Solar Energy Centers, some of the last mega-projects in the California desert.
