Canadian Solar is going to sell a total of 86 MW of solar projects to TransCanada for about CAD 470 million. The sales agreement encompasses nine fully operational solar utility scale projects across Ontario.
Category: North America
Canadian Solar and TransCanada in 86 MW solar capacity sales agreement
December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in SolarMidAmerican and NRG in partnership over Agua Caliente solar project
December 19th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
MidAmerican Energy Holdings is growing more roots in the solar energy market in the US, having entered into a partnership with NRG over the Agua Caliente solar project to be built by First Solar in Arizona. MidAmerican Energy is to acquire a 49% stake in the USD 1.8 billion project.
Duke Energy acquires two large solar plants in Arizona
December 14th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
Duke Energy has acquired two large-scale solar parks in Arizona totalling 20 MW of capacity, marking the company's first solar power installations in the US West. The two solar projects are Ajo Solar Project and Bagdad Solar Project, acquired from Recurrent Energy.
SunPower supplying 54 MW of solar technology to NRG Solar
December 12th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
SunPower is going to supply NRG Solar, subsidiary of NRG Energy, with 54 MW of solar power technology. The company will deliver 24 MW of solar panels, of the total amount ordered, to NRG by the year's end. The remaining capacity will be be used to support the development of NRG Solar's 26 MW (AC) Borrego Solar Project, to be built in southern California.
US DoI approves transmission line for 150 MW solar tower project in California
December 12th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
The US Department of Interior has given the green light for the construction of a power transmission line which is to connect the 150 MW solar power tower (solar thermal) Rice Solar Energy Project in southern California.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings to acquire Topaz solar farm
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a power utility and energy company owned by Warren Buffet, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 550 MW Topaz solar farm from First Solar. The large solar farm is being built in California, in San Luis Obispo County.
BrightSource Energy introduces energy storage to its power purchase agreements
November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
BrightSource Energy has added its SolarPLUS thermal energy storage capability to power purchase agreements. In particular, the company has added SolarPLUS to three PPA's signed with Southern California Edison (SCE). Basically, the PPA's now include the option to store energy for use during low-generation hours (overcast skies, nighttime, etc), increasing the availability of clean power to power utilities and distributors. Stored energy is easily dispatchable on demand, available to power grid operators during peak consumption periods.
Hydro Green Energy and Engevix Engenharia sign hydropower development agreement
November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Hydro
Hydro Green Energy's proprietary turbine array solution.
Hydro Green Energy and Engevix Engenharia have signed an agreement for the joint pursuit of at least four new hydropower projects in the US. The collaboration agreement will combine both companies' strengths – Hydro Green Energy's RE development experience and Engevix' energy infrastructure engineering expertise. The projects will most likely be small to medium sized.
REpower supplying 68 MM92 turbines for Pennsylvania wind farm
November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Wind
REpower is to deliver and install 68 MM92 2.05 MW wind turbines at the Twin Ridges wind project being developed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania by EverPower. This will be REpower's first wind project in this US state. The wind farm's total installed capacity will be 140 MW.
Google pulls plug on RE<C – shares results
November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in General Solar
Google is downsizing its external operations, as the company's CEO Larray Page is steering the company back to its core business. Among the projects getting shut down or abandoned is RE<C (Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal), a research program initiated by the company in order to find ways to reduce the cost of renewable energy and make it cheaper than coal. The research efforts were mostly concentrated on solar power technology.
