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Canadian Solar to Receive Credit Facility for Construction of Three Solar Power Projects

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that the National Bank of Canada will provide the Company with C$115.5 million, in short-term construction financing. The credit facility will be used to support the construction of three solar power projects in Ontario, Canada, totaling 30 MWac.

5 May 2014

JinkoSolar Signs Contracts to Supply 100 MW PV Modules for Two Projects in Chile

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it signed contracts to supply 100 MW of PV modules for two PV projects in Chile.

5 May 2014

Strata Solar Installs Nine Utility-Scale Solar Projects across NC Using $100MM Financing Provided by Wells Fargo

Strata Solar, a leading utility-scale solar provider, announced today it has installed nine utility-scale solar projects across North Carolina using more than $100mm of tax-equity financing provided by a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. North Carolina utility Progress Energy Carolinas will purchase the power.

2 May 2014

Tigo Energy Forms Strategic Partnership with Solar Juice to Expand Smart Module Distribution in Australia

Tigo Energy, the smart module market leader, today announced a strategic distribution partnership to meet the growing demand for Tigo optimized solutions in Australia. Solar Juice, the leading Australian distributor, will carry Tigo Energy’s retrofit optimizer product as well as smart modules optimized by Tigo, which is an optimizer embedded in the solar module junction box.

2 May 2014

Solar Systems Completes 1 MW Solar Power Generation Facility in Saudi Arabia

Solar Systems Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silex Systems Limited, has today announced the completion of a 1MW solar power generation facility at the Nofa Equestrian Resort near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2 May 2014

Qnergy Achieves Major Breakthrough in Solar Thermoacoustic Power Generation

Qnergy, a world leader in the development and manufacture of Stirling-based engines and systems, today announced a major breakthrough in solar thermoacoustic power generation. The company recently set a new world record, using acoustic waves created by solar heat to produce 1 kW of electrical power during a field test completed this month at its test facility in Ogden, Utah.

30 Apr 2014

New SEPA Rankings Rate APS in the Top 5 in Four Solar Categories

In new rankings released by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), APS placed among the top 5 solar utilities in four categories.

30 Apr 2014

Borrego Solar and Soltage Greenwood Collaborate to Develop Casella Waste Systems’s 2.7 MW Solar Project

Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a leading designer, developer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it has partnered with Soltage Greenwood, a joint venture between Greenwood Energy and Soltage LLC to develop a solar project, launched by Casella Waste Systems on its Coventry, Vt. landfill site, which would be the largest project of its kind in Vermont.

From Cleanleaf Energy 30 Apr 2014

SunEdison Closes on Construction Financing for Regulus Solar Power Plant

SunEdison, a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services announced today that it has closed on construction financing underwritten by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

30 Apr 2014

JinkoSolar Signs 21.09 MW Solar PV Module Supply Agreement with Nan Xin Solar

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has signed a 21.09MW solar PV module supply agreement with Nan Xin Solar, a subsidiary of China Southern Power Grid, for a distributed roof-top project located in Foshan, Guangdong Province.

30 Apr 2014