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North Fork Community Power's Project Awarded $4.9 Million Grant to Construct Forest-Sourced Biomass Gasification Plant

Phoenix Energy's joint venture, North Fork Community Power's project was awarded a $4.9 million grant announced at today's California Energy Commission Business Meeting. The award will be used to construct one of the first forest-sourced biomass gasification plants, as well as research into the emerging field of forest biomass utilization.

9 Apr 2015

Yingli Solar Supplies 15.5MW of Solar Panels to Marina Energy for Power Plants in New Jersey

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that it has supplied 15.5 megawatts (MW) of solar panels to Marina Energy, a PV project developer and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) provider that is wholly-owned by South Jersey Industries, a holding company for several New Jersey-based energy and energy services providers.

9 Apr 2015

Israeli Parliament Utilizes 450KW of JA PV Modules for Rooftop Solar Project

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar" or "JA"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) has utilized the use of JA PV modules for its rooftop solar project.

9 Apr 2015

ET Solar Subsidiary to Provide Turnkey EPC Services for 50MWp Solar Power Plant in Israel

ET Solar, a leading smart energy solutions provider, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ET Solutions AG, has been chosen to provide turnkey EPC services for a 50MWp solar power plant in Israel, along with local partners G-Systems and El-Mor Group.

8 Apr 2015

Flextronics to Partner with SunEdison to Manufacture Solar Modules in Mexico

Building on a strong partnership of approximately five years, Flextronics today announced that it has once again been selected to partner with SunEdison to manufacture its solar modules—this time, in Mexico.

8 Apr 2015

New Solar Array at Bloomfield Pepperidge Farm Bakery Comes Online

Campbell Soup Company, in partnership with BNB Renewable Energy Holdings and SunPower Corp., today announced that a 1-megawatt (MW) solar array at its Pepperidge Farm bakery in Bloomfield has officially come online. Commercial operation for the solar array, which is generating the equivalent of 15 percent of the bakery’s annual energy demand, began on Dec. 26, 2014.

8 Apr 2015

tenKsolar and SoCore Energy Partner to Deliver Commercial and Community Solar Garden Projects

tenKsolar, a Minneapolis based manufacturer of low voltage, highly efficient photovoltaic (PV) systems and SoCore Energy, a premier developer of commercial solar projects, today announced that they are joining forces to deliver commercial and community solar garden projects built on tenK's PV systems technology.

8 Apr 2015

Research on Lithium Titanate Oxide Battery Chemistry for Use in Transit Buses

Electrical energy storage, rather than fuel combustion, has become a key component in transit fleets that are switching to more efficient hybrid and electric vehicles.

8 Apr 2015

Millionth Solar Module Installed at 250-MW Copper Mountain Solar 3 Project in Nevada

The Energy Alternatives Division of Cupertino Electric, Inc. today announced that it has installed the last of more than one million modules at Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development’s 250-megawatt (MW) AC Copper Mountain Solar 3 project in Boulder City, Nevada.

8 Apr 2015

Red Horse 2 PV Solar Project in Cochise County, Arizona Nears Completion

Blymyer Engineers, the nation's leading utility scale solar design and engineering firm, announced the Red Horse 2 photovoltaic solar project in Cochise County, Arizona is nearing completion.

7 Apr 2015

OneRoof Energy and RGS Energy Enter Synergistic Partnership to Offer Comprehensive Residential Solar Solutions

RGS Energy, one of the nation's largest and most recognized rooftop installers of solar equipment, and OneRoof Energy, Inc., a leading residential solar services provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of OneRoof Energy Group, Inc., have entered into an agreement to jointly offer comprehensive solar solutions to residential solar customers in New York, Massachusetts and California.

7 Apr 2015

RET Capital Acquires 14.1MW DC CityLights Solar Power Plant from Canadian Solar

Renewable Energy Trust Capital, Inc. (RET Capital) has acquired the 14.1-megawatt DC (MW DC) CityLights solar power plant in Chesterville, Ontario, from Canadian Solar, Inc.. With the close of this deal, RET Capital now owns three solar plants built by Canadian Solar across the province, totaling more than 40 MW DC of generating capacity.

7 Apr 2015

Fishing May Worsen Population Collapses in Species of Forage Fish

A new study shows for the first time that fishing likely worsens population collapses in species of forage fish, including herring, anchovies and sardines. Some of the largest fisheries in the world target these species, and these "baitfish" are also a key source of food for larger marine animals, including salmon, tuna, seabirds and whales.

7 Apr 2015

British Columbia and Alberta Could Lose 70% of Glacier Ice by the End of the 21st Century

Seventy per cent of glacier ice in British Columbia and Alberta could disappear by the end of the 21st century, creating major problems for local ecosystems, power supplies, and water quality, according to a new study by University of British Columbia researchers.

7 Apr 2015

Soil May Be Releasing Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere Faster Than Believed

Soil, long thought to be a semi-permanent storehouse for ancient carbon, may be releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere faster than anyone thought, according to Oregon State University soil scientists.

7 Apr 2015