Articles Tagged with ''solar power''

Besides traditional renewable products, there are a list of HVAC-specific items that could be considered as energy-saving options for the residential and commercial contractor looking to offer customers renewable solutions.

Solar Thin Films Inc. has announced an agreement, subject to final documentation, to acquire 100 percent of KLC Green Energy Corp.

First Solar Inc. announced that it has acquired U.S. and Mexico development assets from Element Power. The 1.5 GW acquired includes geographically diverse projects in various stages of development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2012 and through the first half of 2013, according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual PV cost tracking report produced by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

GE and First Solar have announced a technology partnership to advance thin-film solar cells and modules. First Solar has acquired GE’s global cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar intellectual property portfolio, to further develop photovoltaic (PV) thin-film solar technology. 

The United States used more electricity from solar and wind energy sources in 2012 than in the previous year, according to the new annual analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Edison International announced that it has completed the acquisition of SoCore Energy LLC. Based in Chicago, SoCore Energy is a distributed solar developer focused on commercial rooftop installations. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The advantages of using high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-based “plastic” cooling towers have been well received in the commercial and industrial sectors of the United States. Now the technology is being introduced internationally, with installations at two notable projects in the Middle East.

Sustainable Power Group (sPower) has acquired the assets of Tioga Energy Inc., a solar project developer. Tioga Energy operated in the solar distributed generation market and constructed and operated facilities across seven states since 2007.

A report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) found the U.S. installed 723 MW of solar energy in Q1 2013, which accounted for more than 48 percent of all new electric capacity installed in the U.S. last quarter.