Category: News America

California Energy & Power to deliver its vertical axis wind turbines to Hansei Corporation

California Energy & Power to deliver its vertical axis wind turbines to Hansei Corporation

February 2, 2021 | , ,

California Energy & Power (CE&P), a US vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) wind turbine company, has secured its first commercial purchase orders from the Hansei Corporation, an engineering, procurement, and construction company in the Philippines. Initial turbines will be deployed in strategic locations in the Philippines, with plans to deploy the company’s CALI series VAWTs along a newly built expressway project to provide electricity for lighting systems, signaling/protection, and electronic vehicle charging stations.

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Residential solar financiers Loanpal secures $800 million in funding

Residential solar financiers Loanpal secures $800 million in funding

January 29, 2021 | , ,

Loanpal has announced that it has raised has secured over $800 million in funding in its first external investment round. The investment rounds were conducted by NEA, WestCap Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Riverstone Holdings, and other private investors.The company’s point-of-sale payment platform allows businesses to deploy sustainable home solutions along with its digital tools. It also provides flexible payment options to remove the cost barrier for homeowners and create a channel for financial institutions to deploy their capital in environmental, social, and governance assets.

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OPC Energy enters the United States market with the acquisition of Competitive Power Ventures

OPC Energy enters the United States market with the acquisition of Competitive Power Ventures

January 28, 2021 | ,

Israel-based OPC Energy recently announced the closure of its acquisition of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) after receiving the required regulatory approval. With this transaction OPC fully owns CPV’s operating assets, development pipeline and asset management business. OPC has partnered with three Israeli institutional investors to carry out this acquisition.

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Lightsource BP to install 467 MW of solar capacity in Brazil

Lightsource BP to install 467 MW of solar capacity in Brazil

January 22, 2021 | , ,

Lightsource BP has announced its plans to develop 467 MW of solar photovoltaic projects in Brazil’s Ceara state. The company has met with the state’s economic development and labour secretary to finalise the project which will be developed with an investment of $261.3 million. Under the plan, Lightsource BP will develop two solar plants in the countryside of the state. This includes a 202 MW plant in Milagres and a 265 MW solar farm in Ico.

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Avangrid Renewables commissions 155 MW wind farm in South Dakota

Avangrid Renewables commissions 155 MW wind farm in South Dakota

January 21, 2021 | , ,

Avangrid Renewables announced the commissioning of its 154.8 MW Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm. The project consists of 56 wind turbines and is located in Deuel County, S.D., northeast of Brookings. Further, the wind farm is owned by Tatanka Ridge Wind, LLC, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and WEC Energy Group. The wind farm has penned a power purchase agreement with the Dairyland Power Cooperative for 51.6 MW of its capacity.

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EDP Renewables acquires majority stake in C2 Omega

EDP Renewables acquires majority stake in C2 Omega

January 20, 2021 | , ,

EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) has acquired a majority interest in C2 Omega LLC, a distributed solar platform of C2 Energy Capital LLC. Post-acquisition, the new company will be known as EDPR NA Distributed Generation LLC (EDPR NA DG). The company is set to acquire an 85 per cent equity stake in C2s solar portfolio.

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Duke Energy, Firestone Walker Brewing complete one of the largest on-site solar arrays in craft beer industry

Duke Energy, Firestone Walker Brewing complete one of the largest on-site solar arrays in craft beer industry

January 14, 2021 | , ,

Duke Energy and Firestone Walker Brewing Company have completed one of the largest on-site solar arrays in the craft beer industry: a 2.1 MW solar array and 281 kWsolar carport on 9.7 acres in Paso Robles, Calif. REC Solar designed and built the solar project, and Duke Energy Renewables provided Firestone Walker financing through a 25-year power purchase agreement.

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Total acquires Fonroche Biogaz

Total acquires Fonroche Biogaz

January 11, 2021 | , ,

Total has acquired Fonroche Biogaz, a company that designs, builds and operates anaerobic digestion units in France. Fonroche Biogaz has a cumulative installed capacity of almost 500 GWh with a portfolio of seven operational units and four units are in the pipeline.

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