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Kenya to Install 23 Solar Mini-Grids to Power Remote North
The Kenya government, with the support of a 33-million-euro credit from the French government, plans to install 23 solar mini-grid power stations with the capacity to produce 9.6 MW of power to connect households in remote northern Kenya to electricity.…
First Solar offloads 11 MW
An affiliate of D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the 11-megawatt Rancho Seco solar project in Sacramento County from First Solar. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Golden 1 Center, currently under construction for the Sacramento Kings…
Sonoma Clean Power Signs New Wind Contract
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), the nonprofit public agency in USA that has been generating electricity for 88 percent of Sonoma County’s residents and business owners since launching in 2014, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 20 years of…
SolarCity And ComEd Discover Shared Vision For Utilities’ Future
ComEd doesn’t deliver any solar energy to its Chicago-area customers, and California-based SolarCity doesn’t do business in Illinois, but from distant reaches of the country, and from opposite ends of the power grid, the two companies have come to much…
Wind farms do not discourage tourists, economists find
Wind farms do not discourage holidaymakers, according to new research which “puts to bed the myth” that the sight of turbines on the horizon damages tourism. A report by economic consultants said the onshore wind industry in Scotland had expanded…
Honolulu Pursues New Renewable Energy Project
Environmental groups are praising Honolulu’s efforts to turn a byproduct from its wastewater treatment plant into renewable energy. City officials recently awarded a contract to Hawaii Gas to capture and process biogas at the wastewater facility into renewable energy. Jeff…
Tesla and Solar City Agree to a $2.6 Billion Merger
Tesla has confirmed that it will buy SolarCity for $2.6 billion, a deal that unites two Elon Musk firms as one giant green company. The merged business will sell solar panels, Powerwall batteries to store the energy and electric cars…