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San Diego Gas and Electric Signs 130 MW PPA
SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with an LS Power subsidiary to procure up to130 MW of solar energy from the proposed Centinela Solar Energy facility near Calexico, Calif. Upon completion in 2014, the new Centinela Solar Energy facility will send up to 130 MW of solar power [...]
The Consistent Unpredictability of Gas Prices
There are a few things in life you can count on. Death and taxes arecommonly cited. But in our business, it’s the fact that the sun risesevery morning. We talk a lot about how solar is a "renewable" energysource, but the meaning of that word hit home this week when natural gas prices jumped five [...]
Coal Dropped in Favor of Solar, Gas for Nevada Project
Energy project developers have dropped their plans for a coal-firedpower plant in southeastern Nevada, opting instead to deploy acombination of solar panels and natural gas turbines. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev), Mesquite Mayor Susan Holecheck and TonyJames, President and CEO of Blackstone Group, yesterdayannounced the change. Instead of the 750-megawatt (mW) coal-poweredToquop Energy Project — which was slated for [...]
FPL Group Marries Solar Power and Natural Gas at America’s Largest Power Plant
In West Palm Beach, Florida, the FPL Group is currently constructing the US$476 million Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center. When complete this solar thermal array will be the second largest in the world. Yet, this is not the only newsworthy not about the solar array, itwill also be connected to the United States’ largest fossil [...]
Bosch, Linde Sign PV Gas Supply Deal
Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group, and Bosch Solar Energyhave announced an extension of their collaboration at Bosch’s newcrystalline silicon solar cell manufacturing site in Arnstadt, Germany.Under the new agreement, LNS will supply silane and ammonia gas, whichare used in the fabrication of Bosch’s PV cells. Bosch currentlyoperates three manufacturing facilities [...]
Air Liquide Signs New Solar PV-Gas Contracts In China
Air Liquide says it recently signed 13 new contractswith crystalline-silicon solar cell manufacturers in China – notably JASolar and Yingli Green Energy – to supply carrier and specialty gases. JASolar and Yingli have a combined production capacity of 1,400 MW. AirLiquide is supplying gases to JA Solar’s solar cell production fabs inthe Jiangsu and Hebei [...]
Solar Sector Up on Upgrades, EPA Greenhouse Gas Ruling
Shares of solar energy stocks were up Monday, as the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared greenhouse gases (GHGs)a danger to public health and an analyst upgraded a number of solarcompanies. In April, the EPA had announced a proposed finding, stating that thesix main GHGs endanger public health and welfare. (For more discussionof that announcement and [...]
Uncertainty of Oil and Gas Reserves Will Catapult Renewable Energy
The one thing that may put renewable energies like solar power overthe top in the future is not price, efficiency, or even the size ofenvironmental footprints, but merely the fact that oil and gas reservesare becoming increasingly uncertain. Examining solar energy from a price standpoint, we find that solaris now very close to grid parity [...]
Trading Outlook for First Solar Inc. (FSLR)
First Solar Inc. (FSLR) develops, designs, manufactures and marketssolar electric power modules. Its thin-film semiconductor technologyis proprietary, employing thin layer of cadmium telluridesemiconductors to convert sunlight into electricity. In a jointventure with EDF Energies Nouvelles S.A., the Company designs andengages in commercial solar projects in the United States and Europe. Founded in 1999, the Company [...]