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Solar Panels: 10 Midwestern Cities With the Most Potential
The adoption of solar panels is expanding throughout the U.S., and the popularity is increasing even among unlikely regions such as the …
BusinessEnergy Recap: Keeping The Lights On With Microgrids
Every Friday, Seeking Alpha provides a roundup of insightful opinion and analysis articles in the energy sector.<p>In this edition, we highlight …
BusinessRenewable Energy This Week: What You Need to Know
A Fox News host puts his weight behind solar energy and Jeff Bezos hangs out on a wind turbine this week in renewable energy.<p>Last week was another …
Renewable EnergyDylan Ratigan Talks Global Sustainability With Jim Cramer
"When you sense tremendous risk, the size of the risk always equals the size of the opportunity," says Dylan Ratigan, former MSNBC host.<p>He sensed our …
BankingSunPower Obtains $53 Million Financing for Residential Solar
SunPower Corp., the second-largest U.S. panel manufacturer, arranged more than $53 million in financing for residential-solar installations.<p>The deal …
BusinessFrance's Solar Market Dominated by Total and SunPower
SunPower and Total may be creating a new model in renewable energy in a surprising location: France.<p>As the U.S. solar market comes under attack from …
Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy Threatens the World’s Biggest Science Project
The world’s biggest scientific experiment is on course to become the most expensive source of surplus power.<p>Components of the 20 billion-euro ($24 …
BusinessWhy Amazon's headquarters are like the Plotnick Diamond
There is an old Jewish Joke about the Plotnick Diamond, one of the world’s most valuable gems. One woman says to the older woman who is wearing the …
SustainabilityChemChina's REC sees opportunity in U.S. action on solar panel imports: CEO
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Solar panel maker REC Group expects to be exempted from restrictions likely to be imposed on panel imports into the United States following a recent U.S. trade ruling, its chief executive said.<p>REC, based in Singapore, is waiting to hear in the next few weeks what measures the …
News (China)Singapore's Sovereign Wealth Fund Teams Up With Goldman on Japan Clean Energy
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is teaming up with a company created by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to make its first-ever investments in …
BusinessTerraForm Power Buyout Complete -- Here’s What the Future Looks Like
Once an aggressive yieldco, TerraForm Power may be back to the boring business of slowly growing its renewable energy business.<p><b>Brookfield Asset</b> …
StocksSolar Wants to Help Fix a Power-Grid Problem It Helped Create
Big solar farms helped create a power-grid predicament in California. And now they’re offering to help solve it.<p>Solar panels have proliferated in the …
Renewable EnergyThe Massive Untapped U.S. Solar Market
Solar and energy storage could become a great solution for commercial buildings if a few roadblocks hindering adoption come down.<p>Residential and …
Investing2017 Has Been a Year of Surprises in Solar Energy
This was supposed to be a down year for solar manufacturers, but China and the U.S. could make it a much better year than expected.<p>If you go back and …
Renewable EnergyBezos Christens Wind Farm as U.S. Companies Buy More Clean Power
Even in the age of coal enthusiast President Donald Trump, clean-energy developers are finding plenty of interest in wind and solar power from …
BusinessAmazon Launches Its Biggest Wind Farm Yet with More Than 100 Turbines
If Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) hadn't already made it clear that it's about way more than selling books, its latest investment is sure to do the …
Renewable EnergySolarCity Adds To Tesla's Losses
Tesla purchased SolarCity in November 2016 by issuing about 12 million shares of stock with a market value of about $2.1 billion.<p>Public financial …
Business3 High-Yield Renewable Energy Stocks
8point3 Energy Partners, Brookfield Renewable Partners, and Pattern Energy Group all look like they have the qualities you want in a high-yield …
StocksMake a Mark: EO Partners with UN to Transform the World Through Sustainable Development Goals
Changing the world is a vast goal, but with the genius of 12,000 entrepreneurs, it's within reach.<p><i>Stephen Distante</i> <i>is an</i> <i>Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)</i> <i>member currently serving as president of the</i> <i>New York Chapter, and is CEO of</i> Vanderbilt Securities, LLC<i>. As EO's ambassador to the UN and a staunch</i> …
SustainabilityTesla and Vestas Partner in $160 Million Australian Project
A novel $160 million renewable energy project combining wind, solar and storage technologies reached financial close.<p>Tesla Inc. will supply batteries …
BusinessVestas to build first large-scale battery storage project for wind, solar
Vestas Wind Systems (OTCPK:VWDRY -1.7%) says it will help to build the world’s first utility-scale project that uses battery technology to store …
BusinessBloomberg: Trump instructs EPA to halt ethanol quota changes
Pres. Trump intervened personally to direct EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to back off any possible changes that would weaken federal biofuel quotas, …
BusinessWorld’s First Floating Wind Farm Begins Operating in Scotland
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm started delivering electricity to the grid in the north of Scotland.<p>The Hywind project, built by …
BusinessU.S. Pairs Up with Japan to Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Look out, battery electric vehicles: a new hydrogen fuel cell partnership with Japan aims to accelerate hydrogen fuel cell development in the U.S.
Alternative FuelAdvocating an expanded approach to collective action for water
It’s time to include more industry voices in the dialogue.
InnovationWeb of Australian Adani solar companies leads to offshore tax havens
Three companies are ultimately owned in the Cayman and British Virgin islands, raising questions about the tax implications of profits generated by solar assets<p>Adani has spread its use of offshore tax havens to its Australian solar projects, providing another avenue that could allow the wealthy …
BusinessNorwegian firms signs $3B deal with Iran for solar panels
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian solar panel maker Saga Energy has signed a deal worth 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) with Iran's state-owned company Amin Energy Developers to build solar power plants.<p>Gaute Steinkopf, a consultant who assisted Saga Energy in reaching the deal, says it was …
BusinessEgypt Draws $1.8 Billion Investments for 1.4 Gigawatts of Solar
Egypt’s fledgling solar industry attracted $1.8 billion of investment, largely from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the World …
Renewable EnergyCaisse to Reduce High-Carbon Investments, Boost Renewables
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, will scale back its high-carbon investments such as coal while …
BusinessTotal CEO says more fossil fuel investment needed to avoid price spike
Add Total's (TOT -0.1%) Patrick Pouyanne to the big oil executives at London's Oil & Money conference maintaining that fossil fuels will remain the …
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