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Research Project to Improve Sorghum for Biofuel Gets $13.5 Million U.S. DOE Award

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that it will be part of a major collaborative research project to improve sorghum's productivity under resource-limited conditions.

22 Dec 2015

GE to Supply 43 Wind Turbines for Wind Projects in Franche-Comté

GE Renewable Energy today announced it will provide 43 wind turbines and a full services agreement for two new wind projects in eastern France.

22 Dec 2015

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Dominion Collaborate to Expand Solar Power in Virginia

Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia reached an agreement to deploy 110 megawatts of solar power generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Dominion joined together to announce the multi-year agreement. The Commonwealth will purchase the solar-generated electricity through a long-term agreement with Dominion.

22 Dec 2015

Southern Company Obtains 200MW Solar Facility from Recurrent Energy

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in the 200-megawatt (MW) Garland solar facility under construction in California from Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. Southern Power now owns more than 650 MW across nine operating or planned facilities in California.

22 Dec 2015

TerraForm Power Purchases 832MW of Wind Power Plants From Invenergy

Invenergy Wind LLC, the largest privately-held independent wind power generation company in the United States, today announced the sale of 832 (net) megawatts (MW) of wind power plants to TerraForm Power, Inc., an owner and operator of clean energy power plants.

18 Dec 2015

ASUR's Airports in Mexico to Operate on SunPower’s Solar Power

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V., a privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, announced an agreement today with SunPower Corp. (SunPower) for 36 megawatts of solar power to serve ASUR's operations in Mexico. ASUR will buy power generated by the solar power plant under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with SunPower.

18 Dec 2015

Trina Solar’s State Key Laboratory Sets new Record for Mono-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Trina Solar Limited, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new record for industrial high-efficiency p-type mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells.

18 Dec 2015

Shannon Wind Power Project in Texas Becomes Operational

Alterra Power Corp. and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC are pleased to announce the commencement of commercial operations and funding of tax equity for the 204 MW Shannon wind project.

17 Dec 2015

Duke Energy Proposes 75MW of Solar Power Projects in North Carolina

Duke Energy continues to advance solar energy in North Carolina with a proposal for two solar projects that will significantly increase the regulated company's owned solar capacity in the state.

17 Dec 2015

DIF Completes Acquisition of Illumination Solar Power Plant from Canadian Solar

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced the sale of the 10 MW AC (14 MW DC) Illumination LP ("Illumination") solar power plant to an affiliate of DIF Infrastructure III ("DIF").

17 Dec 2015