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Energy Conversion Devices Inks Solar Deal In Spain (ENER)
Energy Conversion Devices (ENER) is announcing an agreement with Endesa in Spain to install 3MW of UNI-SOLAR(®) photovoltaic (PV) laminateson the rooftops of two Coca-Cola Company buildings in Seville. ENERwill manage construction of the project set to begin this quarter andincludes the Uni-Solar laminates being bonded to Giscosa waterproofingand applied to the roof. Endesa will [...]
The Impact of a Climate Change Deal on Canada
Anew report suggests a deal on climate change is not economicallyunmanageable. Conservatives and other climate change deniers tend toignore the scientific evidence and parrot fears about the catastrophic economic impact of an international climate change deal. Arecent report acknowledges the costs, but refutes conservative economicconcerns. The report was carried out by the Pembina Institute and [...]
SOLF Pays Up For Supply Deal, HOKU Stock Soars
I’ll keep this post short because the details are well.. detailed and aren’t worth repeating here. You can get all the financial details in a post here. In a nutshell, Solarfun (SOLF) owed Hoku Scientific (HOKU) millions inpayments for supplying them with solar modules that they were behind onand put their agreement in jeopardy. It’s being [...]
Solarfun (SOLF) Gets 100MW Jiayuguan Solar Deal
SolarfunPower (SOLF) has announced its subsidiary Jiangsu Linyang Solarfun hassigned an agreement with the government of Jiayuguan City under whichSolarfun agreed to build a 100MW solar power plant. To support thisproject, Solarfun agreed to construct a module production facility inJiayuguan City. Jingchang Zhang, Vice Mayor of Jiayuguan City, commented, “Jiayuguanis a famous tourist attraction in [...]
Best Power, Xcel Energy Ink PPA Deal (XEL)
Best Power Int’l LLC and Xcel Energy have formally entered into what the companies say is Minnesota’s first solar power purchase agreement (PPA). ThePPA stems from energy to be produced by the 400 kW Saint John’s SolarFarm, located at Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville,Minn. The PPA is subject to approval by the Minnesota [...]
Real Goods Solar (RSOL) Surges On 790kw Residential Solar Deal
Real Goods Solar (RSOL) has had quite a run off the Nov lows, morethan doubling in price. The stock has surged again today with heavyvolume on news it has signed a 790kW residential solar deal that willhave the company designing and installing solar electricity acrossseveral affordable housing communities in San Francisco and Richmond,CA. Up front [...]
Obama Buoys Hopes for a Climate Change Deal
PresidentObama will attend negotiations in Copenhagen where he will promise 17percent emissions reductions below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83% by 2050,Obama administration officials said. These are the US’s most ambitioustargets to reduce climate change causing greenhouse gases. The17 percent reduction range is consistent with a climate bill thatpassed in the House in June and [...]
The Cost of a Global Deal on Climate Change
As we ease out of a serious recession it is becoming apparent that ifwe are to afford the costs of managing climate change the globaleconomy must grow. The estimates of the cost of a global deal onclimate change varies from less than $200 billion a year to over half atrillion dollars. In September the WWF [...]
Schwarzenegger In Israel To Sign Clean Tech Co-op Deal
Five years ago this past May, California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggerintroduced five Israeli companies as part of his plan to create morethan 800 new jobs in California. He urged dozens of other Israelicorporate executives to invest and expand their businesses in thestate. “I promised I would travel the world to sell California and findemployers to provide [...]
Suntech (STP) Snags 115 MW Deal With EnXco
Suntech just announced the closure of a 115 MW deal with EnXco, aunit of EDF Energies Nouvelles. The solar modules will be deliverednext year 2010), and the partnership may be expanded in the future. EnXco is expected to use the modules in installations in the US and Canada. In a press releaseSunTech’s chief strategic officer [...]
Trina Solar (TSL) Gets 108MW Supply Deal With PROINSO
Trina Solar (TSL) is announcing a new 108MW supply deal this morningwith PROINSO, a European distributor of solar equipment. Shipments areexpected to begin soon and continue through the first half of next nearwith PROINSO having the option to purchase another 12MW in the firstquarter of next year. The solar modules will be sold at predeterminedprices [...]