Solar Magazine’s News Highlights, March 9–16 Week
African island solar minigrids, plans to build a solar power facility at a former coal mining site, and the U.S. solar PV market shows resilience…
New Solar Power Resources for Canada’s Alberta Province
The Canadian Province of Alberta has signed a 20-year Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Conklin Metis Tribal Nation to deliver 94 MW of…
Iberdrola, Kutxabank Put FlexiDAO’s EWF-based Spring Renewable Energy Blockchain to the Test
Spain’s Iberdrola recently announced it had completed a blockchain project that guarantees that 100 percent of the electricity delivered to a consumer, Kutxabank, comes from…
Stanford University’s Electricity Will Be Completely Carbon-Free 24 Years Ahead of California’s 100-percent Goal
Individuals and organizations across California continue to lead the transition to a cleaner, healthier energy future. A world-renowned research university located in the heart of…
NRG Rolls Out Simplified, Fixed-Rate, Commercial-Industrial Solar Garden Energy-as-a-Service Product
US-based NRG Energy recently introduced a long-term, fixed-price, consumer solar energy product that management says enables commercial and industrial companies to acquire reliable, emissions-free energy…
Chile’s 24x7 Concentrating Solar Power Plus Storage Project is Back on Track
Construction of Latin America’s first, utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP)-thermal energy storage project is back on track. Completion of the 110 MW, 24x7 Cerro Dominador…
Boosting Distributed Solar, Distributed Clean Energy Investment among Institutional Real Estate Investors
Densely packed commercial, residential and mixed-use buildings and real estate predominate and define cities the world over. With comparatively little in the way of open…
CrossBoundary Energy, The Rockefeller Foundation Launch Sub-Saharan Africa Mini-Grid Innovation Lab, R&D Fund
CrossBoundary Energy and The Rockefeller Foundation on April 24 launched the Mini-Grid Innovation Lab for Sub-Saharan Africa, an R&D fund that aims to develop and…
Fifth Third Bank Paves the Way for Construction of 80 Megawatt Solar Farm with Landmark Virtual Power Purchase Agreement
The number of US corporations investing in and deploying their own solar energy systems continues to grow. That includes some of the most familiar corporate…
Denver Housing Authority Achieves Landmark Gains in Making Solar Power Affordable and Accessible
Last updated: March 12, 2018 @ 07:22 PM PST A variety of US solar energy industry participants and public housing agencies have been working hard…
