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Chicago Gets Sustainable Parking Facility
HOK Architectshave completed a new parking garage in Chicago, which maximizes use ofthe city’s windy conditions. Christened the Greenway Self Park, the24-hour parking facility incorporates several sustainable featuresincluding wind turbines and a rainwater collection system. Moreover, the facility will also include plug-in station to recharge electric cars. Standing 11 stories high, the energy-efficient garage is [...]
LDK Solar (LDK) To Add 1.5GW Of Capacity With New Facility
LDK Solar (LDK) announced that they have been invited by Anhui Provincial Governmen to invest in a solar cell and module facility in Hefei High-Tech IndustrialDevelopment Zone to establish a renewable energy manufacturing hub inthe Province. The facility will include an annual capacity of 1.0 GW of solar cells and 500 MW of solar modules [...]
REC Solar to Install Largest Solar Carport for Arizona Veterans Facility
When the bidding was all said and done, it was REC Solar that wasleft standing as the winner of the opportunity to design and install the largest carport-mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar electric system in theUnited States. The San Luis Obispo, California-based solar installerannounced the news yesterday and is almost ready to begin the project.The system will stretch across seven separate carports at [...]
AQT Solar’s first CIGS manufacturing facility goes online
AQT Solar, a leading developer of low-cost CIGS(copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells today announced the opening of their new fully-operational facility in Sunnyvale,California. The facility has already begun production to fillcurrent customer orders of 20 MW, with substantial purchase orders inthe pipeline. AQT also released the name of its first customerinstallation, Sol Pacifico, a large property [...]
Canadian Solar Siting New Module Facility In Guelph $CSIQ
Canadian Solar Inc. will locate its new solar module manufacturing factory at 525 Speedvale Ave. Westin Guelph, Ontario. The company expects to commence production earlynext year. The facility is being developed by Canadian Solar SolutionsInc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar. The newfacility will be Canadian Solar’s first feed-in-tariff domesticcontent-compliant solar manufacturing facility in [...]
Enbridge Working on Largest PV Facility in North America
It looks like Enbridge, the Canadian company behind the recent oil spill in Michigan’s CalhounCounty near Marshall, is making an attempt to do some good to theenvironment. The company in collaboration with First Solar is working on the largest photovoltaic solar energy facility in NorthAmerica. The Sarnia Solar Project in Ontario is being expanded from [...]
SolarFun Announces Big Credit Facility
Just a few days ago Solarfun Power (SOLF) announced a credit facility worth RMB 6 billionfrom the Nanjing branch of the Bank of Shanghai. This morning they announced another big credit facility, this time worth RMB7 billion from Bank of China. It has a term of 10 years with specific draw downs subject to review. [...]
Coney Island Subway Facility Unveils Solar Thermal System
Brooklyn’s Coney Island is putting itsabundant sun power to good use. A large scale, solar thermal system has been installed at the New York City Transit Complex. The announcement was made during arecent press conference. Many of the city’s subway cars are repaired and maintained in the75-acre Subway Maintenance Facility, touted as the largest of [...]