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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • NEXTracker, Blattner Energy sign 1 GW tracker deal

    NEXTracker, designer and manufacturer of advanced single axis PV trackers, and Blattner Energy, a diversified power generation contractor, signed supply agreement totaling over 1 GW of NEXTracker solar trackers to be deployed in projects throughout North America over the next two years. “We’re very impressed with NEXTracker’s technology not onlyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Centralized vs. decentralized inverters: Keys to the decision

    In a remote village in the mountains of Colombia, recent improvements in PV technology had brought the promise of low-cost electricity within reach, with potentially huge benefits for residents. However, bringing solar power to the village involved carrying components for many miles on small boats and along narrow mountain trailsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Content Solar, OPIC sign $47M deal for PV facility in Jamaica

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, signed a financing agreement with Content Solar Ltd., solidifying a $47 million OPIC loan to support a 20 MW grid-connected solar PV facility in Clarendon, Jamaica. The project is being developed by Tampa, Fla.-based WRB Enterprises (WRB). WRB will beRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Strata Solar hires 188 workers for growing North Carolina solar market

    Strata Solar hired 188 new solar workers from the Fayetteville area to immediately begin work on a solar project in Duplin County. Strata maintains a low impact, standardized approach to solar farm creation that is supported through its vertical divisions, which offer complete turnkey services for the design, construction andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Finavera Wind Energy closes Solar Alliance of America acquisition

    Finavera Wind Energy Inc. closed the previously announced acquisition of Solar Alliance of America. Under the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, Finavera has acquired 100% of the equity in Solar Alliance for 11,915,238 shares of the company and contingent payments of up to $4 million in cash comprised. Finavera isRead More — Solar Builder magazine