By Billy Ludt Bristol Community College will launch an innovative training experience for the safety and technical certifications required for careers in the U.S. offshore wind industry. Bristol was awarded $861,097 from the Baker-Polito Administration out of $14.6 million in the funding of Massachusetts Skills Capital Grants to 54 academic institutions to acquire the newest…
By [email protected] A spate of recent acquisitions has left European oil and gas majors poised to become leaders in the solar market — with offshore wind also a growing focus. The top tier of solar asset owners worldwide could change dramatically over the next 12 months due to the rapid ascent of a number of…
By WPED Staff Hitachi, which announced in December 2018 it would acquire ABB’s power grids business, expects to complete the purchase in the first half of 2020. Hitachi will acquire an 80.1% stake in the power grids business, making it a consolidated subsidiary. Hitachi has entered into a purchase option to acquire the remaining 19.9%…
By Kelsey Misbrener Lendlease, an international property and infrastructure group, announced that D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has acquired the 160-MWAC Rancho Seco Solar II project, located in Sacramento County, California. The project, initially developed by Lendlease, has a 30-year PPA in place with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and will be built…
By Michael Mazengarb Windlab flags big write-down of its wind, solar and battery Kennedy energy project, but it won’t derail a potential $68 million acquisition offer. The post Windlab flags big write-down on Kennedy wind-solar-battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Kelsey Misbrener ENACT Systems, the leading global software platform to deploy and manage solar projects announced an acquisition of Adara Power to expand capabilities for energy storage and smart energy management. ENACT’s digital platform for solar projects is actively used by thousands of users in North America, the Middle East and South Asia, in…
By Billy Ludt Nautilus Solar Energy, a nationwide owner-operator of distributed and community solar projects, announced the acquisition of a 3.5-MW community solar project in Cranston, Rhode Island from ISM Solar Development, a developer of large commercial and utility-scale solar projects. The acquired solar project resides on a closed landfill that is a former EPA…
By [email protected] Real Goods Solar ended its corporate life on the industry’s periphery last month, penniless and trading for pennies. But this isn’t just any bankruptcy. A decade earlier, Real Goods Solar grew organically and through acquisition and pulled in tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Four decades ago, the company helped kick off…
By ENN Contributor San Francisco, California, home to the headquarters of the state’s Public Utilities Commission. Photo by King of Hearts / Wikimedia CommonsEd Smeloff is thesenior director ofgrid integration forVote SolarAcross California, electric utilities and community choice aggregators (CCAs) are required to plan far in advance to acquire the resources they will need to…
By Kelly Pickerel One of America’s original solar companies is now no more. RGS Energy, which started as Real Goods Solar in 1978, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The veteran solar installer had in the last year shifted its focus to solar shingle installation after acquiring the license to Dow’s Powerhouse shingles in 2017. Dow’s…
By Billy Ludt Generate and Cypress Creek Renewables are pleased to announce that Bogart Solar located in Greene County, New York has reached commercial operation. The 3-MW community solar project is the first of six New York solar projects (18 MW) acquired by Generate from leading solar developer Cypress Creek to reach this milestone. With…
By Billy Ludt Top solar contractor New Energy Equity (NEE) has recently energized two new solar projects for the Elizabeth Public School Board of Education in Elizabeth, New Jersey. NEE acquired this project from New York developer, HESP Solar, during construction and will own and operate the systems for the next 15 years. The system…
By Kelly Pickerel Soltage and Basalt managed funds have acquired a 40-MW solar portfolio in Oregon. The first 10-MW solar facility was energized in December and the remaining 30 MW are under construction and planned to be placed in service prior to Summer 2020. The portfolio was acquired from NewSun Energy, a leading Pacific Northwest…
Capstone acquires 51% stake in 132MWac project in Alberta province. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Kelsey Misbrener Captona announced it completed its 2019 renewable investment portfolio totaling 24 MW. Captona’s aggregate investments total close to 100 MW and continues to expand as the firm targets over 300 MW in wind, storage and solar in 2020. The “New England Solar Portfolio IV” (NESP IV) broadens Captona’s current Northeast footprint with…