New Jersey warehouse unveils massive rooftop solar project
The Gloucester Marine Terminal now boasts 25 acres of 9 MW solar panels on its rooftop. It's the largest rooftop solar array in the country. It just opened and couldn't have been built at a better time. Panel construction on the roof of the terminal came during a lull in solar power development. Solar power has been hit hard by the economic downturn and the growing supply of cheap natural gas …
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Solar power growth jumps to new record
(Reuters) – The national solar industry installed a record number of panels in 2011, more than double 2010, and is likely to see strong growth again this year, according to a new report. Solar installers built 1,855 megawatts of photovoltaic projects in 2011 for a total of $8.4 billion, up from 887 MW in 2010, according to a report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries …
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First Solar to build new solar plant for NRG
(Reuters) – First Solar Inc will build a 26-megawatt solar power plant for power producer NRG Energy Inc in Arizona under the latest deal between two of the biggest players in the U.S. renewable energy sector. NRG is the majority owner of the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente plant that First Solar is building near Yuma, Arizona, and the two companies previously teamed up on a 21-MW plant in Blythe …
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"Game-Changing" Transmission Link Would Deliver Texas Wind Power To The Southeast
Texas has installed more wind energy than any other state, but a lack of transmission and its isolated grid are holding up new projects. Southern Cross, a transmission link proposed by San Francisco-based Pattern Energy, would connect up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of new Texas wind farms and provide an outlet for the state’s grid by delivering the electricity to the Southeast.
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Sempra Generation Energizes 42 MW of Solar Panels at Mesquite Solar 1
SAN DIEGO , Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Sempra Generation announced today that three blocks of solar panels totaling 42 megawatts (MW) have been installed at its Mesquite Solar 1 project and are now …
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Canadian Solar Selling Projects to TransCanada; Shrs Soar
Canadian Solar this morning said it has agreed to sell to TransCanada a collection of 86 MW of AC solar projects for about $470 million Canadian, which is equal to about $455 million in U.S. dollars. Under the agreement, Canadian Solar will provider TransCanada with 9 fully operational utility scale solar [...]
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Kenyan firm plans 61 MW wind power farm
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan firm Kinangop Wind Park Ltd plans to generate 60.8 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the national grid by harnessing renewable wind power, it said on Monday.
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