US still best place to invest in solar

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Ernst & Young: United States still the best place to invest in solar Ernst and Young Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index Ernst & Young has released its Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index for the second quarter of 2012. The report finds that while China is maintaining its top position among all renewables, …

Canadian Solar works with Lightsource Renewable Energy for UK PV projects

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15 March 2012 News and Analysis Deal News Canadian Solar works with Lightsource Renewable Energy for UK PV projects Swiss Elektra Basselland in German onshore wind purchase Alternative fuel developer Primus Green Energy secures $12m investment Suzlon wins UK contract, rumours circulate over Alstom takeover of REpower Natcore partners with …

Can Areva’s Solar CSP Be Integrated With a Fossil Fuel Plant?

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GTM SOLAR WEEKLY | Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Can Areva’s Solar CSP Be Integrated With a Fossil Fuel Plant? Solar thermal hybrids create the chimera of a solar-augmented coal or natural gas plant. Does it make sense? Clean Power Finance Moves Big Numbers Into PV With Vivint Solar Deal CPF?s …

Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance

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News Solar Solar Firms Setting New Records in Efficiency and Performance Eric Wesoff – February 7, 2012 Despite dark times, record photovoltaic module performance across all materials systems, from CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIGS to GaAs Fisker Halts Work, Lays off Workers as It Renegotiates DOE Loan Jeff …

PREMIUM: Deal round-up: Active deal-makers on hunt for more cleantech transactions

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30 January 2012 News and Analysis Deal News PREMIUM: Deal round-up: Active deal-makers on hunt for more cleantech transactions PREMIUM: Renewable generation M&A no longer about portfolio build out, say experts National Solar Power to build 100MW, $350m Florida PV project Natural Power to combine resources with Ecology Matters ACORE …

PREMIUM: Deal round-up: Buffett’s latest investment provides much needed boost to US wind

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23 January 2012 News and Analysis Deal News PREMIUM: Deal round-up: Buffett’s latest investment provides much needed boost to US wind Buffet’s MidAmerican makes Illinois wind farm purchase First power purchase secured by US clean coal plant Goldwind acquires two US wind farms US cleantech VC deals see growth in …

Euro Solar Parks to acquire construction material company E3 Hus

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14 December 2011 News and Analysis Deal News Euro Solar Parks to acquire construction material company E3 Hus Enerkem secures equity investment for waste-to-energy plant Nissan partners with FedEx on EV research Siemens contracts Canadian Solar for Spanish PV project UK energy consultants Redpoint and Baringa to merge DTE Energy …

December PVNews Unveils New SREC Tracker

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December PVNews Unveils New SREC Tracker SREC oversupply in New Jersey and Pennsylvania starts to strangle once-thriving markets. The Race to Scale in Solar Electronics: Tigo Banks $18M Are panel optimizers more than a niche? UISOL: Smart Grid Architect for Hire UISOL calls itself a “utility system integrator.” Will its …