Press Releases

SunEdison, Inc. today announced that it has signed a 20 year power purchase agreement with the Rialto Unified School District in California for 8.4 megawatts (MW) DC of solar power. As part of the agreement, SunEdison will install solar canopies above the parking lots of all 28 schools in the district.

China Sunergy Co., Ltd today announced that its subsidiary, CSUN-Solar International Limited has entered into an EPC agreement with YH Green Energy Incorporated, a Philippine-based green energy developer for the construction of a 14.5 MW solar power project.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited today announced that it has sold an 18.8 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Essex, United Kingdom, to NextEnergy Solar Fund, a specialist investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a leading owner of operating solar power plants in the UK.

Towards the end of last month, Santa Ana Golf Club (SAGC) in Bernalillo, New Mexico had a 250-kW (DC) carport solar array installed to help power its facilities and provide protection from weather elements for cars in its parking lot. The installation makes SAGC New Mexico’s first solar-powered golf club.

AspectSolar, an innovator in Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) green batteries and advanced solar panel technologies, has announced a new six-piece portable emergency solution with off-the-grid backup energy storage.

Ideal Power Inc., a developer of innovative power conversion technologies, and Sonnenbatterie, Europe’s leading smart energy storage provider, announced today that Sonnenbatterie has selected Ideal Power’s power conversion systems, utilizing its award-winning Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), for integration with the commercial Sonnenbatterie system. Sonnenbatterie also has placed initial product orders with Ideal Power for delivery in August.

Nexamp and Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort today announced the construction launch of a 2.3 megawatt community solar facility located on 12 acres of the resort’s property.

Heliatek, the Dresden-based German company that produces ultra-light, flexible and less than 1 mm thick Photovoltaic solar films, was awarded today as one of the World Economic Forum’s "technology pioneers", a selection of the world’s most innovative companies.

Power plants using Phono Solar PV modules can insure their project against compensation of the cost of modules, labor, transportation and any cost caused by inherent defect in PV module including loss of profit due to insufficient power generation.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) selected 19 Northern and Central California schools to participate in the inaugural year of the Solar Suitcase Program.