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SEPA: How To Further Utility-Solar Cooperation

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) is releasing a new report aimed at providing utilities and distributed technology organizations with plans for working together...

Clean Energy Groups: Feds’ New Desert Plan To Have Damaging Repercussions

After eight years of work, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) newly released Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan...

Energy Infrastructure Firms Enbridge And Spectra Enter $28B Merger

Enbridge Inc., a Canadian renewable energy producer and pipeline operator, says it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Spectra Energy Corp., a Houston-based...

The IoT-Solar Connection: How Home Automation Could Affect Clean Energy

Ask a real estate agent to name the top homebuying trend for 2016, and it’s very likely he or she will say “going green.”...

SMA Consolidation Means Closure Of Two Manufacturing Plants

Citing a need to “counter growing price pressure,” solar inverter company SMA Solar Technology AG has announced it is shutting down two production facilities...

SunPower To Shutter Plant, Cut Jobs Under Streamline Strategy

Despite having what its executives call a “solid” second quarter, U.S.-based SunPower has announced plans to streamline its operations and close a panel assembly facility in...

Mitsubishi Subsidiary Invests In Solar Provider Nexamp

Diamond Generating Corp., an independent power company and wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Corp., has announced a corporate investment into Nexamp, a Boston-based...

Report Suggests Big Oil Should Get Into The Energy Storage Business

Amid falling profits and long-term questions, global oil “supermajors” need to follow in the footsteps of France-based Total – which recently bought energy storage company Saft...

EIA: Renewables To Become Bigger Part Of North American Power Mix

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the North American share of energy generation from renewable and nuclear energy sources will grow from 38% in...

Global Energy Storage Surge Poised To Resemble Solar’s Recent Growth

A new analysis from IHS Markit says the global grid-connected energy storage market is expected to double, from 1.4 GWh added in 2015 to 2.9 GWh...

Solar-Powered Plane Completes Historic Round-The-World Flight

History was made on Tuesday when the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed the first round-the-world solar-powered flight. The plane landed at 04:05 a.m. local...

SunEdison Mulls Sale Of Yieldcos; TerraForm Power Creates ‘Poison Pill’

Bankrupt renewables company SunEdison has announced it is working with its two yieldcos, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, to explore selling SunEdison’s controlling Class...

Total Completes Acquisition Of Battery Developer Saft

Following a successful public tender offer, French oil giant Total has completed its friendly takeover of Saft Group, a France-based developer and manufacturer of...

SolarCity Raises $345 Million To Finance New Projects

U.S. solar provider SolarCity has announced it raised $345 million in tax equity from four separate partners in June and this month to finance new solar...

SolarCity Launches Residential Service, Expands Hiring In Utah

SolarCity Corp. says it has now launched residential solar service in Utah and is actively recruiting sales representatives, permitting and installation services roles in the...

SolarCity Forms Special Committee To Review Tesla Proposal

A week after electric vehicle (EV) and battery company Tesla Motors announced a proposal to acquire SolarCity, the solar company’s board of directors has...

Report: Price Of PV-Generated Power Could Drop More Than Half By 2025

With the right regulatory frameworks in place, the average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease 26% to 59% globally...

Update: NRG Confirms Cause Of Fire At Ivanpah Solar Plant

Less than a week after a small fire occurred at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, NRG Energy, the solar thermal project’s operator and...

IHS Ranks Leading North American PV Tracker Suppliers

Shortly after crowning the top global solar PV inverter suppliers of 2015, research firm IHS has unveiled another list, this time ranking the leading North American...

New Alliance Will Encourage Corporations To Go Green

Four non-governmental organizations have formed the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA), a new coalition aiming to empower multinational companies to transform electricity systems with renewable energy....

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