Articles Tagged with ''solar power''

First Solar Inc. announced that it has acquired U.S. and Mexico development assets from Element Power. The 1.5 GW acquired includes geographically diverse projects in various stages of development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2012 and through the first half of 2013, according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual PV cost tracking report produced by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

GE and First Solar have announced a technology partnership to advance thin-film solar cells and modules. First Solar has acquired GE’s global cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar intellectual property portfolio, to further develop photovoltaic (PV) thin-film solar technology. 

The United States used more electricity from solar and wind energy sources in 2012 than in the previous year, according to the new annual analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Edison International announced that it has completed the acquisition of SoCore Energy LLC. Based in Chicago, SoCore Energy is a distributed solar developer focused on commercial rooftop installations. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The advantages of using high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-based “plastic” cooling towers have been well received in the commercial and industrial sectors of the United States. Now the technology is being introduced internationally, with installations at two notable projects in the Middle East.

Sustainable Power Group (sPower) has acquired the assets of Tioga Energy Inc., a solar project developer. Tioga Energy operated in the solar distributed generation market and constructed and operated facilities across seven states since 2007.

Standard Solar, a leader in developing, constructing, integrating, financing, and installing solar electric systems, in partnership with Solar Grid Storage, has announced the installation of a grid-interactive energy storage system with a new solar photovoltaic (PV) array, creating one of the nation’s first commercial scale micro-grids. 

Western State Design has had a hot water-generating system installed by solar thermal energy developer, ergSol, at its headquarters office in Hayward, Calif. The compact solar system provides hot water for demonstration commercial and coin-op laundry equipment.