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IKEA Plugs in 730.17kW DC Rooftop Solar Array Atop Kansas City-Area Store

Solar energy holds the best potential for meeting humanity’s future long-term energy needs while cutting greenhouse gas emissions — but to realize this potential will require increased emphasis on developing lower-cost technologies and more effective deployment policy, says a comprehensive new study, titled “The Future of Solar Energy,” released today by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).

6 May 2015

New Study on Future of Solar Energy Released by the MIT Energy Initiative

6 May 2015

Kearsarge Energy Announces 4.9MW DC Ground-Mounted SREC II Solar PV Project

Kearsarge Energy, a leading renewable energy project developer and financier based in Watertown, Massachusetts, is pleased to announce the largest Massachusetts operating SREC II Solar PV Project, 4.9 MW DC ground-mounted Kearsarge Southwick.

6 May 2015

Jet Fuel from Common Black Fungus

Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit. The researchers hope the process leads to economically viable production of aviation biofuels in the next five years.

6 May 2015

Climate Change Likely to Increase Frequency, Severity of Coral Disease Outbreaks

As greater atmospheric carbon dioxide boosts sea temperatures, tropical corals face a bleak future. New climate model projections show that conditions are likely to increase the frequency and severity of coral disease outbreaks, reports a team of researchers led by Cornell scientists, published today (May 4) in Nature Climate Change.

6 May 2015

Mississippi Power and Origis Partner to Develop 52MW Solar Project in Sumrall

Mississippi Power is expanding its renewable generation portfolio with an agreement to team on another utility-scale solar electric generating farm, this time with solar provider Origis Energy.

5 May 2015

Finavera Wind Energy Enters Share Purchase Agreement to Acquire Solar Alliance

Finavera Wind Energy Inc. ('Finavera Wind Energy', 'Finavera' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire 100% of the equity of Solar Alliance of America, Inc. ("Solar Alliance"). Under the terms of the Agreement, Finavera will acquire Solar Alliance for 11,915,238 shares of the Company and contingent payments of up to $4 million USD in cash comprised of up to four instalments of $1 million USD.

5 May 2015

Pattern Energy Announces Acquisition of 150MW Amazon Wind Farm from Pattern Development

Pattern Energy Group Inc. ("Pattern Energy"), today announced its acquisition of the 150 megawatt (MW) Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) project in Indiana from Pattern Energy Group LP ("Pattern Development"). Upon completion of the project, Pattern Energy will have an owned interest of 116 MW and it is expected that institutional tax equity investors will acquire the balance. Pattern Energy acquired the Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) project for a total cash funding commitment of approximately US$127 million, a portion of which will be used to pay down construction debt upon the completion of construction. The acquisition will be funded from available cash and credit facilities.

5 May 2015

TerraForm Power Acquires Sandringham and Woodville Solar Energy Centers from Invenergy

TerraForm Power, Inc., an owner and operator of clean energy power plants, today announced the acquisition of 25 MW of operating utility-scale solar power plants from Invenergy, a leading clean energy company that develops, owns and operates power generation and energy storage facilities in North America and Europe.

5 May 2015

Trenergi Demonstrates Breakthrough Prototype 1kW Fuel Cell to Investors

Trenergi, a Hopkinton, MA-based fuel cell developer, recently demonstrated its breakthrough 1–kilowatt (kW) fuel cell prototype to a group of investors. The fuel cell, based on a radically different design than existing fuel cells, is capable of efficiently and cleanly generating on-site electricity, heat and hot water from most existing fuels.

5 May 2015

ERC Awards €2.26 Million to Bernese Climate Physicist for Research on Polar Ice Cores

The Bernese climate physicist Hubertus Fischer is awarded a grant of 2.26 Million Euro by the European Research Council for research on polar ice cores. This is Fischer’s second project funded by one of the prestigious «ERC Advanced Grants», illustrating the internationally top ranking ice and climate research at the University of Bern.

5 May 2015

Strong Ocean Currents Can Affect Bacteria That Feed on Methane

Offshore the Svalbard archipelago, methane gas is seeping out of the seabed at the depths of several hundred meters. These cold seeps are a home to communities of microorganisms that survive in a chemosynthetic environment - where the fuel for life is not the sun, but the carbon rich greenhouse gas.

5 May 2015

Jackson Family Wines Installs Large-Scale Tesla Stationary Energy Storage System

Today Jackson Family Wines (JFW), the family-owned California luxury wine collection best known for its acclaimed Kendall-Jackson winery, announced it has installed one of the first large-scale Tesla stationary energy storage systems across a number of its wineries. Earlier this evening at a private unveiling in Los Angeles, Tesla introduced its energy storage offering. JFW was included in the announcement as one of Tesla’s early strategic collaborators.

4 May 2015

China Southern Power Grid Awards Highpower 100kWh Energy Storage System Contract

Highpower International, Inc. ("Highpower International" or "the Company"), developer, manufacturer, and marketer of lithium and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, management systems and recycling services announce today it has secured a contract to produce a 100KWH energy storage system (ESS) for China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (CSPG).

4 May 2015

Dominion Acquires 20MW Alamo Solar Facility from E.ON North America

Dominion today announced the acquisition of a 20-megawatt solar facility in California from E.ON North America (www.eon.com). The facility is expected to enter service in the second quarter of 2015.

4 May 2015