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Innovative Solar Systems Seeks Capital to Take Business to the Next Level

Innovative Solar Systems, LLC (ISS), a developer of utility scale solar farm projects based in Asheville, NC, has experienced immense growth over the last five years.

14 Dec 2015

Chicago Fifth Grade Students Become Super Energy Savers

Nearly 5,000 Chicago fifth grade students are becoming Super Energy Savers through a joint education program offered by ComEd and Peoples Gas. Super Savers, a FREE science, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based curriculum, developed for fifth grade students, will teach thousands of students about the importance of energy efficiency, and equip them to share money- and energy-saving tips with their families.

14 Dec 2015

New Plasma Mass Filtering Method to Process Nuclear Waste

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are proposing a new way to process nuclear waste that would reduce both the cost of disposal and the byproducts from the process.

14 Dec 2015

Carbon Capture and Storage Still Important for Fighting Climate Change and Ensuring UK Energy Security

Matthew Billson discusses the importance of carbon capture and storage for fighting climate change and ensuring UK energy security, and asks: 'What next for carbon capture in the UK?' in light of the government withdrawing its £1 billion funding.

14 Dec 2015

Landsvirkjun Signs ECA Loan Agreement for Theistareykir Geothermal Power Plant

Landsvirkjun has signed an ECA (Export Credit Agency) loan agreement in relation to a supply contract for two 45 MW geothermal turbines from Fuji Electric for the Theistareykir Geothermal Power Plant, scheduled to commence operation in 2017.

14 Dec 2015

New Method to Produce Much Cleaner Diesel

Researchers from KU Leuven and Utrecht University have discovered a new approach to the production of fuels. Their new method can be used to produce much cleaner diesel. It can quickly be scaled up for industrial use. In 5 to 10 years, we may see the first cars driven by this new clean diesel.

12 Dec 2015

Cape Sharp Tidal Completes Two Significant Milestone Operations in Tidal Energy Demonstration Project

Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro, has completed two significant milestone operations in preparation for the next phase of the tidal energy demonstration project—the installation of its subsea power cable and the launch of its deployment barge.

12 Dec 2015

MMA Capital Management Closes $11 Million Financing to Construct Two 2.6MW Solar Projects in New York

MMA Capital Management, LLC ("MMA Capital Management" or the "Company"), a Delaware limited liability company, today announced that its subsidiary, MMA Energy Capital, LLC ("MMA Energy Capital"), through its joint venture with Fundamental Advisors, LP ("Fundamental"), a leading alternative asset manager, closed an $11 million financing facility with SunStream Partners, LLC ("SunStream") to be used for the construction of two separate 2.6 MW solar projects in New York. SunStream has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction agreement with Dynamic Energy of Wayne, PA to build the projects.

12 Dec 2015

SunLink Completes 27MW DC Solar Project in Georgia, Surpasses 350MW DC of Projects in 2015

A new 27 MW DC solar project in Georgia propels SunLink Corporation beyond 350 MW DC of projects in 2015 in the southeastern United States and cements the company’s position as the ground mount market leader in the region. Georgia recently celebrated the new 135-acre solar facility, located in Jeff Davis County near Hazlehurst, which was made possible in part by SunLink’s engineering services and mounting solutions.

12 Dec 2015

Trina Solar to Ship 96.2MW of Solar Modules to Hosoe Mega Solar Project

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic ("PV") modules, solutions, and services, is pleased to announce that it has signed a supply agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation ("Toyo Engineering") to ship a total of 96.2 MW of solar modules to the Hosoe Mega Solar Project (the "Project"), which is developed by Pacifico Energy K.K. and expected to be the largest solar project in Kyushu, Japan.

From Trina Solar Limited 12 Dec 2015

USPTO Awards Envision Solar Patent for EV ARC Product

Envision Solar International, Inc., ("Envision Solar," or the "Company"), the leading renewable energy, media and branding and EV charging product company, announced today that the Company has received a patent for its EV ARC™ product from the USPTO. The patent number is 9,209,648.

12 Dec 2015

COP21: Enormous Potential of Green Buildings Discussed at Delta21 Forum

As the end of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) nears, experts and scholars in the energy, architecture and meteorology fields from both sides of the Taiwan Strait attend the Delta21 Forum organized by Delta Electronics on December 10 at the Grand Palais. They discussed the enormous potential of green buildings in regards to energy conservation and lower carbon emissions from the policy support, energy-efficient technology and architectural design perspective.

12 Dec 2015

Ford Investing Additional $4.5 Billion in Electrified Vehicle Solutions

Ford is investing an additional $4.5 billion in electrified vehicle solutions by 2020 as well as changing how the company develops vehicle experiences for customers – all to make people’s lives better by changing the way the world moves.

12 Dec 2015

Greenbacker Subsidiary Acquires 10MW Fairfield Wind Farm in Montana

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC ("Greenbacker") announced today that through a wholly-owned subsidiary it acquired a 10MW operating wind generation facility located in Montana, the Fairfield Wind Farm (the "Project"). The Project is being sold by Fairfield Wind, LLC, which is majority owned and managed by Foundation Windpower, LLC ; an experienced wind developer based in San Francisco, CA.

11 Dec 2015

JA Solar to Supply 100MW of PV Modules to Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Power Facility in Zimbabwe

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it has won a contract to supply 100 MW of photovoltaic ("PV") modules to one of the first three large-scale ground-mounted solar power facilities in Zimbabwe. The projects will have a combined installed capacity of 300 MW and the three contractors for these projects are ZTE, China MCC17 Group and Intratrek Zimbabwe. JA Solar will supply its PV modules to China MCC17 Group for the project it is constructing.

11 Dec 2015