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  • U.S. Bancorp, ORIX USA Create Renewable Energy Tax-Credit Syndication

    U.S. Bancorp and ORIX USA announce the closing of U.S. Bancorp’s first renewable energy syndication, which is expected to enable SolarCity to install approximately 2,500 solar power systems at homes and businesses in nine states. The transaction will allow first-time and experienced investors to tap into the renewable-energy tax credit market. The syndicationRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunEdison to build 150 MW solar plant in West Texas

    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Georgetown, Texas, a city of 55,000 people about 30 minutes north of Austin, has announced that it has committed to supplying its customers with 100 percent renewable energy exclusively from solar and wind energy. The city will be working with SunEdison which plans to build a 150Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide stalled in 2014

    IEA data points to emissions decoupling from economic growth for the first time in 40 years Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a haltRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SEIA’s U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review

    North Carolina Leads South, 2nd in Nation in New Solar Installations Proving that effective, forward-looking public policies can provide a big boost to a state’s economy, North Carolina had the second most new solar capacity added last year in the United States, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market InsightRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Leads RFPs for Utilities in 2014

    Western states dominate 2014 clean energy requests for proposals NEW YORK – A new shows that utility companies in North America zeroed in on two sectors last year: advanced energy storage and solar. Analysts with Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracked 52 clean energy requests for proposals in 2014 and found thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine