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Day4 Energy Completes Phase II Of German Solar Farm
Day4 Energy Inc. has completedthe second phase of the 1 MW Solar Farm Hufingen GmBH Project inGermany. The project, completed in two separate phases, consists of aninitial 500 kW completed in early 2009, followed by an additional 450kW completed in December 2009. It was financed by Umweltbank AG,Nurnberg, Germany. Day4 Systems GmbH, a Germany-based subsidiaryof [...]
MFEP: Get Solar For Your Farm
Yesterday was the second of three scheduled information sessions toeducate Massachusetts farmers about financial incentives that can helpthem afford solar installations and other renewable energy and energyefficiency projects. Hosted by the Mass Farm Energy Program (MFEP),the sessions provide in-depth coverage of state and federal programsthat can help your farm (or, for some incentives, rural small [...]
Astralux wins GEO NEED Grant for Alamosa Farm Solar Project
Gov. Bill Ritter announced the award of 14 New Energy EconomicDevelopment (NEED) grants to recipients across Colorado for renewableenergy and energy efficiency projects that will help create and retainjobs, strengthen local economies, and save money and energy. TheColorado Governor’s Energy Office created the grants from fundsavailable from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Astralux [...]
Aqua Pennsylvania Breaks Ground On 1.1 MW Solar Farm
Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. has begunconstruction of a 1.1 MW photovoltaic solar farm at Aqua’s Ingram’sMill Water Treatment Plant in East Bradford Township, which servesdrinking water to the West Chester, Pa., area. The $6 millionproject is being partially funded with a $1 million grant from thefederal stimulus program, which is administered through thePennsylvania Energy Development Authority. [...]
Delaware Dairy Farm Goes Solar
At the University of Delaware, an on-site dairy farm is not only aneducational resource for agricultural students, but a shining exampleof the value solar electric systems can bring to small farmers. 44solar panels are part of a 9.2-kw system. Tom Sims, an environmentalscience professor and deputy dean of the College of Agriculture andNatural Resources, told [...]
Eco Tech: Dell’s car park gets solar farm from Envision Solar
Envision solarhas announced the completion of a solar shaded parking structure atDell’s headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. Called Solar Grove®, thesystem is designed to produce over 130KW of green power, which willhelp avoid 65 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually. The solar farm consists of 516 photovoltaic panels from BP Solar and was constructed by [...]
SAS plans additional 1.2 megawatt solar farm
SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, workingwith groSolar and FLS Energy, will develop a second solar farm on thecompany’’s Cary, NC, headquarters campus. Scheduled forcompletion by late March 2010, the 1.2 megawatt capacity addition willgenerate an estimated 1.9 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually, enoughto power more than 200 homes. SAS Solar Farm 2 [...]
First Solar’s (FSLR) Lieberose Solar Farm Now Second-Largest In The World
Lieberose Solar Farm, a solar farm now being built in Germany byjuwi Group and First Solar Inc, just became the second-largest solarfarm in the world, as the 560,000th solar panel was placedinto installation by by German Infrastructure Minister WolfgangTiefensee and Brandenburg Minister President Matthias Platzeck. Onceit’s finished, the project, which is being built on an [...]
Teanaway Project 3x Overbudget
When Teanaway Solar Reserve announced last montha plan to build a 75-megawatt solar farm near Seattle, one of itsexecutives said the project would cost "north of $100 million." Turns out, it will be quite a bit more than that. The company nowsays the project would cost "more than $300 million" in privateinvestments. Teanaway isproposing to [...]