| Content Category: New & Noteworthy |
| DOE Finalizes Four Large Loan Guarantees For Solar Power Projects |
| on 03 Oct 2011 by SI Staff |
| U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu has announced the finalization of four loan guarantees. All of the contracts were announced on Sept. 30, which was the sunset date [read more] |
| OneRoof Energy Teams With CertainTeed And Integrated Electrical Services |
| on 03 Oct 2011 by SI Staff |
| OneRoof Energy, a provider of solar energy installations, has entered into partnerships with CertainTeed and Integrated Electrical Services (IES). The company says the partnerships are designed to provide a single-source [read more] |
| SunEdison Developing At-Home Solar Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles |
| on 03 Oct 2011 by SI Staff |
| SunEdison, a solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., has joined the Pecan Street Inc. smart grid project. As part of its role, SunEdison will [read more] |
| Solar Equipment Provider Stirling Energy Systems Files For Bankruptcy |
| on 30 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| Stirling Energy Systems Inc., a developer of utility-scale solar electricity generation equipment, has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 7 filing took place after the company failed to find a buyer, [read more] |
| FLS Energy Receives $12 Million Investment From New Energy Capital |
| on 30 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund has made a $12 million investment in FLS Energy Inc., an Asheville, N.C.-based installer of commercial solar hot water systems and integrator of [read more] |
| Advanced Energy Shifts Solar Inverter Manufacturing Steps To China |
| on 29 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| Advanced Energy Industries Inc. says it will implement several restructuring initiatives in response to market conditions. As a first step, the company plans to localize research and development teams within [read more] |
| Mass. Agency Calls For More Renewables As Condition Of Utility Merger |
| on 29 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has filed a brief in the case for a proposed merger between utilities NSTAR and Northeast Utilities (NU). The brief renews DOER's motion [read more] |
| Google, Clean Power Finance Create $75 Million Fund For Residential Solar |
| on 28 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| Clean Power Finance, a provider of integrated services and financing for the solar sector, says it has teamed with Google to launch a new $75 million fund to finance residential [read more] |
| REC Solar Considers Permanent Shutdown Of Norway Production Capacity |
| on 28 Sep 2011 by SI Staff |
| The board of directors of PV wafer, cell and module manufacturer REC ASA, based in Sandvika, Norway, has begun discussions toward a permanent shutdown of parts of its production capacity [read more] |
| SolarCity Scaling Back SolarStrong Project After DOE Loan Guarantee Fails |
| on 27 Sep 2011 by Jessica Lillian |
| Facing an uncertain project-finance future, solar integrator SolarCity has been forced to reduce the size of its massive SolarStrong initiative. The project had received a conditional loan guarantee from the [read more] |
