By Billy Ludt Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has made an agreement with the Seafox International Group for the acquisition of a 51% ownership in the jack-up vessel Seafox 5. By this move, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will include this vessel under its commercial, technical and administrative management as an integral part of their fleet of jack-up vessels…
By Billy Ludt Green Street Power Partners (GSPP), a national developer and financier of commercial solar, completed construction on a 2.75-MW rooftop solar array in Devens, Massachusetts. All of the energy produced by the system is being sold to MassDevelopment, which operates the Devens Utilities Department, at a competitive rate through a 25-year PPA. “MassDevelopment…
By Billy Ludt Greenbacker Renewable Energy announced that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, it purchased the rights to a 10.8-MW portfolio of two solar projects (Project Blue Star and Project Phoenix, collectively the Phoenix Solar Portfolio) from Sol Systems. The Phoenix Solar Portfolio projects, which are located in Kent County and Prince Georges County, Maryland, are…
By Michelle Froese Sammons Renewable Energy (SRE) has announced the acquisition of the 238-MW Rio Bravo wind project from Longroad Energy Holdings (Longroad). Rio Bravo is the second wind farm acquired by the company, bringing the wind portion of SRE’s portfolio to 400 MW. Franklin Park identified and assisted with the structuring and closing of…
By Kelly Pickerel EnerSys announced today it has completed its acquisition of the Alpha Technologies Group of companies. The acquisition of the Alpha Group will accelerate and advance EnerSys’ competitive position and enable it to deliver an expanded product portfolio across the broadband, telecom, renewable and industrial markets. “We are very excited to have quickly…
By Billy Ludt Altus Power America has completed the acquisition of a multi-state portfolio of operating rooftop and carport solar assets. The 2.2-MWdc portfolio of solar energy systems sell clean, renewable energy to off-takers including a charter school and private corporations in Colorado, New Jersey and New Mexico. Altus acquired the portfolio from a prominent…
The Philippines Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared Kepco Philippines Holdings to acquire a 38% share in Solar Philippines Calatagan Corporation (SPCC), a unit of Solar Philippines. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Offshore WIND Tractebel has, through its subsidiary Lahmeyer International, acquired Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) aiming to strengthen its position in the offshore wind industry. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Wind »…
By Alexandre Spatuzza in Sao Paulo The US company is also proposing to acquire a 1.1GW pipeline of wind projects from the financially troubled renewable energy player Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Kelsey Misbrener Ameresco announced that it has acquired TerraNavigator, a California-based firm that specializes in the origination and development of solar assets on environmentally-impacted sites throughout the country. With this acquisition, Ameresco will expand its pipeline of potential renewable energy projects with a focus on converting these project opportunities into operating assets that the…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) In this post “1984” world, most consumers acquiesce to sharing their data with companies in return for better, quicker, more convenient, cheaper, or even free services. How many, however, would voluntarily turn over data about everywhere they went and when to the government, particularly a Communist government? According to a…
By National Wind Watch HAVEN – Most of the 125 people in attendance grumbled when a NextEra Energy representative said people have wanted a wind farm to Reno County for a decade. “Not here,” one man said. The Florida-based company held a Q&A on Tuesday in the Haven High School cafeteria. No one in attendance…
By [email protected] A handful of billionaires have shaped and guided the cleantech industry’s development: Elon Musk through his chaotic but visionary leadership; Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos with their moonshot investments. Now there’s a new billionaire in town. In just a few months, surgeon and medical entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong announced his acquisitions of two energy…
By Kelsey Misbrener Nautilus Solar Energy announced the acquisition of a 9-MW community solar development portfolio from Power52 Energy Solutions, a regional developer of renewable energy projects. This portfolio is comprised of four separate projects located outside of Baltimore. Each project is qualified under Maryland’s community solar pilot program and is in the Baltimore Gas…
By Michelle Froese Stillwater Wind is made up of 31 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, comprised of five 2.3-MW turbines with 108-m rotors and 26 2.625-MW turbines with 120-m rotors. Pattern Energy Group announced the acquisition of a 35-MW owned interest in the Stillwater Wind facility from Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development 2.0). Stillwater…