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Solar, Efficiency Projects Hurry Up and Wait at U.S. Military Bases

The U.S. Army has selected two energy firms to build an industrial-sized solar farm in California's high Mojave Desert.The move capitalizes on two resources...

Battle Brewing Over Giant Desert Solar Farm

The toilet paper giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation is turning over a green leaf, so to speak. The maker of such mega-selling paper product brands as...

Renewable Ventures Completes $200M Solar Fund

Renewable Ventures, a Fotowatio company, announced the completion of Solar Fund V to finance more than $200 million of new solar energy projects across...

GT Solar 1Q Profit Grows 51% On Higher Margins; Sales Miss

GT Solar International Inc.'s (SOLR) fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 51% on surging margins and higher revenue. The company said it was "on track" to...

Data Centers Power Up Savings With Renewable Energy

New data center projects are taking a closer look at renewable energy sources including solar and wind as a way to improve corporate sustainability,...

Ontario Lauded As North American Wind Power Leader

Ontario, Canada was hailed as North America's wind energy leader recently at an international conference in South Korea, where George Smitherman, Ontario's Deputy Premier...

Sun set to shine on solar industry in China

As the world's largest solar-panel producer for the last two years, China already is a major solar player. But now, some industry experts say,...

Mainstream makes first U.S. wind power investment

Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power bought three wind farms in Illinois and plans to spend $1.7 billion to ramp capacity up to 787-megawatts by 2013,...

More efforts needed to promote clean energy in Mexico

More efforts are needed to boost development of clean energy in Mexico even though a lot has been done at the legislative level, an...

Multinationals look to grow in the wind

On the outskirts of Shanghai, German engineering giant Siemens began construction on a 581-million-yuan wind power equipment plant in late May that marks the...

Future of Biofuels Expected to Remain Bright

Only a year ago, biofuels were blamed for soaring prices of vital food commodities like corn, wheat, sugar and vegetable oils. Riots in more...

Renewable Energy Penalties to Be Cut by Waxman, Lawmaker Says

Representative Henry Waxman, the architect of climate-change legislation, agreed to cut by half penalties utilities would pay for failing to meet requirements for production...

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South Africa’s Eskom Invites Bids to Offtake 291 MW of Solar Power

South Africa’s power distribution company, Eskom Holdings, has invited bids to offtake 291 MW of power from its solar projects. The tender is a...

SJVN Green Floats EPC Tender for 500 MW Solar Projects in Rajasthan

SJVN Green Energy (SGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN, has invited bids for engineering procurement and construction (EPC) of 500 MW solar projects...

Masdar Closes Financing for 2 GW Saudi Solar Project

UAE’s Masdar, alongside its consortium partners GD Power and Korea Electric Power, reached the financial close for the 2 GW Al Sadawi solar project...

Seychelles’ ‘first utility-scale’ floating solar project secures financing

French renewable energy company Qair has secured a $5.7 million (approximately € 4.8 million) senior debt facility from the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI),...