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Hanergy’s Solar Cells to Power NASA Satellites

One of the leading thin-film power solutions company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, has announced that its US-based subsidiary Alta Devices’ gallium arsenide solar cells are powering 60 small satellites, called ThinSats on a recent launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Powered by Alta Devices’ most efficient gallium arsenide solar cells, these small satellites will […]

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E.ON and Kyuden Mirai Energy to Co-Develop Offshore Wind Projects in Japan

E.ON intends to transfer its experience and technical know-how from its 1.8 gigawatts (GW) installed offshore wind capacity from Europe to Japan. E.ON and Kyuden Mirai Energy have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop offshore wind projects in Japan. The cooperation is focused on fixed bottom projects and starts with a study to jointly […]

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University of San Francisco Goes Carbon-Neutral 30 Years Ahead of Goal

USF first installed solar thermal hot water systems in 1981 and added solar panels in the early 2000s – which now generate five percent of the main campus electricity. The University of San Francisco (USF) has met its goal of zero net carbon emissions more than 30 years ahead of its 2050 target date set […]

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Facebook, Dominion Energy to Add Six New Solar Facilities

Further, these solar projects are expected to become operational by mid-2020 and all of them are in addition to the two previously announced 240 MW solar projects. In a bid to go green with solar, social networking giant Facebook and US-based Dominion Energy has partnered to add 6 new solar facilities with total capacity of 350 MW. […]

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Increased Demand For Solar Panels Pushing Up Solar Prices

At a time when price drops are taken for given in the long term, researchers from the University of Kent warn that high solar panel demand could lead spike in silver prices, with production costs soaring in the future. According to the researchers from Kent Business School, the rising demand for solar panels is pushing up […]

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Johns Hopkins University Commits to Solar Energy

The 15-year agreement will allow Johns Hopkins to meet roughly two-thirds of the university’s overall electricity needs with solar power. Marking the largest commitment to solar energy in Maryland and one of the most significant pledges to greenhouse gas reduction in higher education, Johns Hopkins University has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its […]

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Duke Energy Completes Acquisition of 150 MW Solar Project From Clearway Energy Group

The project becomes the companies sixth solar generation facility in Kern County. Duke Energy Renewable, a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Carolina based power holding company Duke Energy has acquired the 150-megawatt (MW) North Rosamond solar project in Kern County, California from Clearway Energy Group. The project becomes the companies sixth solar generation facility in Kern […]

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Senvion Signs EUR 100 Mn Loan Agreement to Avoid Bankruptcy

The DIP facility enables Senvion to continue its business operations following last week’s self-administration filing.  Germany-based Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines and its lenders and main bondholders have signed a binding loan agreement, setting forth terms for a EUR 100m debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) facility.  The DIP facility has received Board […]

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Europe Invested EUR 27 Billion in New Wind Farms Last Year

Europe invested EUR 27 bn in new wind farms in 2018, which will finance a record amount of future new wind energy capacity. According to WindEurope’s annual Financing and Investment Trends report, the amount invested is similar to previous years. But, with cost reduction, especially in the offshore wind segment, the investments will finance a […]

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