Goodyear’s Eagle-360 Named One of 2016’s Best Inventions by Time Magazine Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Eagle-360 concept tire has been named one of Time magazine’s “Best Inventions of the Year 2016.” Each year, Time magazine’s technology editors list the year’s “best inventions that are making the world better, smarter and—in some cases—a little more fun.” This year’s list includes 25 inventions, which in addition […] Read more
Yingli Leads the Development of the First Clean Production Evaluation System for China’s PV Industry Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. today announced that The Clean Production Evaluation Index System for PV Cells (the “System”) was recently officially released by the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”). The System was jointly developed by China National Institute of […] Read more
Tesla, SolarCity Powering entire Island of Ta’u in American Samoa with solar power Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Tesla has revealed that with SolarCity it is powering nearly the entire island of Ta’u in American Samoa with solar power. Tesla officially acquired SolarCity on Monday. SolarCity in a blog notes that Ta’u now hosts a solar power and battery storage-enabled microgrid that can supply nearly 100 percent of the island’s power needs from […] Read more
USAID to aid African off-grid solar startups with 4 million dollars funding Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the recipients of $4 million in new funding for African off-grid solar energy startups at the UN Climate conference held in Marrakech earlier this month. America’s foreign aid agency sanctioned the seed funding to the eight companies through the Scaling Off-Grid Energy: Grand Challenge for Development […] Read more
Revive Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone: GCL-SI to Build PV Plant in Ukraine Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the world’s leading energy group GCL, recently announced the cooperation with China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CCEC) in the Chernobyl PV plant project. To help rebuild the “exclusion zone” with solar power thirty years after the Chernobyl accident marks another important move of GCL-SI toward global […] Read more
Report: Global Utility-Scale Solar PV O&M market to reach 182GW in 2016 Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy The global addressable market for megawatt-scale PV operations & maintenance (O&M) and asset management will reach 182-GW by the end 2016. According to GTM Research and SoliChamba Consulting’s latest report, Global Megawatt-Scale PV O&M and Asset Management 2016-2021, this represents a 54 percent annual increase in deployments over last year. Cumulative Megawatt-Scale PV O&M Market, […] Read more
EnergySage Launches First-Ever Community Solar Marketplace Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy EnergySage announced today that it has launched the country’s first Community Solar Marketplace™, which drastically simplifies how property owners and renters research and sign up for community solar by both aggregating the many available options in one place and standardizing project information. Now, interested consumers can locate and compare multiple community solar projects in their […] Read more
Mosaic Announces New Financing Facilities for Over $550 Million in Home Solar Loans Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Mosaic, the leading provider of solar loan financing for homeowners, today announced the closing of a $250 million warehouse facility with Deutsche Bank as the arranger and administrative agent. Together with recent upsizes to Mosaic’s existing warehouse facility and a forward flow whole loan sale arrangement, this agreement provides Mosaic with $550 million of new […] Read more
PSEG Solar Source Acquires 6.6 MW Solar Project from BayWa r.e. Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy PSEG Solar Source today announced it has acquired a 6.6 MW-dc solar energy facility from BayWa r.e. Solar Projects representing an investment of $12.2 million. The PSEG Hemlock Solar Energy Center is under construction and scheduled to begin operations later this year. The PSEG Hemlock Solar Energy Center has a 15-year power purchase agreement with […] Read more
