Adam Turner - Mon July 17, 2017
Construction of 8 Solar Parks Underway
By early 2018, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) will have almost doubled its use of clean solar energy through the construction of eight new solar parks, including one in Hawthorne on the border of Alachua and Putnam county....
Wed May 31, 2017
Solar Farm Under Construction Brings Power to 900 Homes
Construction is set to begin this summer in the Danville area on what state officials say will be Virginia's largest municipal utility solar farm. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that work will start in August on the Kentuck Solar project, a 6-megawatt solar array that will generate power for Danville Municipal Utility....
Tue May 02, 2017
Japan Begins Construction of Mega Solar Plant
Pacifico Energy K.K. announced the commencement of construction on Japan's largest solar power generation plant, the 257.7 MW (DC) Sakuto Mega Solar Power Plant in Mimasaka, Okayama. The plant will be constructed on land in Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture that was previously the proposed site of the Sakuto St....
Mon May 01, 2017
Work Starting on 4,000-Panel Solar Farm in Indiana
Work is about to start on installing 4,000 panels for a solar energy farm along Interstate 65 near Columbus, Indiana. The new farm covering about seven acres is among 10 being built by Hoosier Energy to produce power for 18 electrical cooperatives in southern and central Indiana and southeastern Illinois....
Mon April 24, 2017
Solar Project Powers up in Middle Georgia
One of the largest solar projects in Georgia has been completed, authorities say. The new 52-megawatt solar facility in Hazlehurst is expected to generate more than 134 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy annually for customers of Green Power EMC for the next 30 years, The Telegraph reported (http://bit.ly/2p3yoyb)....
Mon March 20, 2017
Wheeler Power Systems Provides Solar Power for Utah's First Net Zero Community
Living Zenith is Utah's first net zero community setting a standard for energy efficiency in the state. With smart tech and strategic design, these green homes generate as much energy as they use in one year....
Conor Ryan of PV Tech - Tue February 28, 2017
State Governor Backs Massive Solar Plant Project
SunPower announced Monday that construction has started on the 56MW Gala Solar Power Plant in Crook County, Oregon. The installation, which is expected to be the state's largest operating solar power plant when it is completed by the end of 2017, is expected to generate around 300 jobs during peak construction....
Jonathan Gifford - Mon February 20, 2017
Construction Commences on $384M Solar Farms in Australia
Three PV power plants worth a combined 320 MW have begun construction in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. A joint venture between Overland Sun Farming and the UK's Island Green Power is behind the AU$500 million (US$384 million) development, which is going ahead despite the projects not having yet signed PPAs....
Wed February 08, 2017
Solar Panel Farm to Provide Clean Energy Savings to P.A. Town
The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) finalized a contract to build a solar panel farm that will provide Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, with clean renewable solar energy for the next 20 years, reducing the facility's power demand costs....
Kim Willsher - Mon January 09, 2017
World's First Solar Panel Road Opens in Normandy Village
France has opened what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road, in a Normandy village. A 1km (0.6-mile) route in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels, was inaugurated on Thursday by the ecology minister, Ségolène Royal....
