$1.3 Billion DOE Loan to Fund Wind Farm
WASHINGTON — A partial loan guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan has been finalized to support the world’s largest wind farm, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced.
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College Solar Grant
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Feds Approve Ninth Public Solar Project
TONOPAH, Nev. — The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project has received approval from Department of the Interior.
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Solar Installation Completed at Arizona High School
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kinney Construction Services and Kyocera Solar announced the completion of a solar electric system at Sedona Red Rock High School in Sedona, Ariz.
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Arizona Town Begins Solar Project
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. — Oro Valley has begun constructing an array of solar panels on top of covered parking structures at the town hall parking lot. More than 1,000 panels will be installed.
The $4 million project is being funded through federal energy bonding, an Energy Efficiency Conservation Block grant and energy savings.
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German Company to Build Florida Solar Array
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — German solar company Sybac Solar has contracted with Gainesville Regional Utilities to build a solar array in Gainesville, slated to be the largest privately owned solar installation in Florida when it is completed.
The 8,600-panel, 7-acre installation will generate two megawatts of electricity, enough to power 200 to 300 households.
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Work Begins on Texas Solar Plant
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Officials have broken ground on a 60-megawatt, 600-acre solar electric plant east of Pflugerville in Travis County.
The plant, which is being developed by RRE Austin Solar, will be the country’s largest, according to officials.
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SunEdison Secures Solar Construction Revolver
BELTSVILLE, Md. — SunEdison has secured a three-year, $50 million construction line of credit with Rabobank International to construct solar photovoltaic power plants in the United States, the solar development company announced.
SunEdison will use the funding to finance construction of photovoltaic power plants at client locations. When completed, clients will buy the power produced by the installations at prices at or below market rates.
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Construction of Solar Project Begins in New Mexico
LOVINGTON, N.M. — SunEdison broke ground on a 54-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico, the company announced. The plant is being built on five separate sites.
The Maryland-based solar energy services subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., is developing the project for Xcel Energy’s regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Co.
Read moreSolar Project Completed at Port of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Northern California-based Cupertino Electric Inc. announced the completion of a 1 megawatt rooftop photovoltaic solar installation at the Port of Los Angeles’ World Cruise Ship Terminal.
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