Tag: News

  • DTE Energy issues RFP to develop solar generating facility

    DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to develop a solar generating facility with 5 to 50 MW of capacity. Notices of intent to bid are due by July 22. The solar generating facility must be in DTE Energy‘s service area and operational by Dec. 31, 2016. DTERead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • AllEarth Renewables preps for national solar market expansion with a rebrand

    AllEarth Renewables, known for its dual-axis solar tracker, is taking on a rebranding project to position the company for its national expansion with a growing group of solar developer and installer-partners around the country. The new full circle logo captures the company’s belief that when people and businesses work together, the energy futureRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunEdison teams with Green Charge on energy storage project in Silicon Valley

    SunEdison and Green Charge Networks, a large provider of commercial energy storage, are teaming up to deliver a solar plus storage system to the municipal utility Silicon Valley Power. This project is part of an ongoing strategic partnership between SunEdison and Green Charge Networks to deliver additional electricity savings toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GDP growth now ‘uncoupled’ from CO2 emissions

    Despite the world’s average annual 1.5% increase in energy consumption in recent years and average 3% growth in Gross Domestic Product, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2014 were unchanged from 2013 levels. For the first time in four decades, the world economy grew without a parallel rise in CO2 emissions,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Bloomberg: $3.7 trillion solar boom approaching

    We take a little break from the regular industry insider news and reports to take a look at what the broader public is reading this week about solar power. Specifically, Bloomberg made a big headline with its “Renewables to Beat Fossil Fuels with $3.7 Trillion Solar Boom article.” Renewable energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine