Industry’s Aspirations on Solar Blueprint Updated On Fri, Nov 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Every year India faces severe electricity shortage, to meet the rapidly growing demand the country needs a massive addition in capacity. And to sustain the pace of economic growth with a commitment towards the reduction of greenhouse gases, India has to cut its dependency on fossil fuels for electrification. Therefore solar power installations in India […] Read more
BrightSource Energy Switches from Oracle to Rimini Street for Support of Four Oracle Product Lines Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Rimini Street, Inc., the leading global provider of independent enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s Business Suite, BusinessObjects and HANA Database software and Oracle Corporation’s Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Agile PLM and Oracle ATG Web Commerce software, today announced that BrightSource Energy, a global […] 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
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
Canadian Solar Reports Third Quarter 2016 Results Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. Third Quarter 2016 Highlights Total solar module shipments were 1,185 MW, of which 1,161 MW was recognized in revenue, compared to 1,290 MW recognized in revenue in the second quarter of 2016, and […] Read more
West Contra Costa Unified School District Goes Solar with SunPower Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) and SunPower Corp. will begin construction of SunPower Helix solar systems at 34 school sites in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The solar installations will include carports, shade structures and rooftop systems and will be constructed over the next year, with the first phase being […] Read more
The Investors Theorem: Your Rooftop PV Solar Project Updated On Mon, Nov 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Over the past two decades, there have been many attempts to reform the electric utility market. The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at verge. Now with vigorous […] Read more