Kohl’s Department Stores announced activation of the company’s largest solar project at its million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center (EFC) in Edgewood, Md. The EFC opened in 2011 and recently earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) at the gold level. The location isRead More

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced it has successfully completed two new long-term power purchase agreements in Imperial Valley totaling 40 MW of renewable energy with diverse business enterprise (DBE) participation. The first contract is DBE-owned via a partnership between Regenerate Power and DBE supplier Tallbear Solar. The second contract is withRead More

Courtney Dittmar was thrust into a tough Bay Area job market in 2009 when she lost her job of nine years at a university library. After two years of unemployment, a friend connected her with the nonprofit GRID Alternatives, which runs a Solar Intern Program funded by a $120,000 grant from PacificRead More

NRG Energy Inc. and GenOn Energy Inc. have completed their merger effective Dec. 14, creating the largest competitive power generator in the United States. NRG now has a diverse fleet of almost 100 generation assets with a total capacity of approximately 47,000 MW concentrated in three domestic regions: East, Gulf Coast andRead More

Solectria Renewables LLC announced it was selected to deliver PVI 60/82/95-kW commercial inverters to 1st Light Energy for solar rooftop installations on Extra Space Storage facilities across the United States. A critical part of Extra Space Storage’s mission statement is to reduce their carbon footprint by utilizing solar to powerRead More

Today, NRG Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced the start of commercial operations for the Avra Valley Solar Generating Station, a 25-MW (AC) photovoltaic facility near Tucson, Ariz. The station’s electricity will be sold to Tucson Electric Power under a 20-year power purchase agreement. “Today weRead More

Duke Energy has acquired a commercial solar power project located within the University of Arizona’s (UA) Science and Technology Park (UA Tech Park) in Tucson, in an area dedicated to solar energy. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, purchased the 6-MW Gato Montes Solar Power Project fromRead More

Reinforcing its strong commitment to sustainability, US Foods today activated a 430-kW solar power system at its distribution center in Albuquerque. Consisting of 1,772 photovoltaic panels, the rooftop solar array and will provide nearly 25 percent of the facility’s energy needs. At its peak, the solar array will generate 711,000Read More

Blue Earth Inc., a renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, announced today that it signed a joint development agreement with Hareon Solar Technology Co. to jointly fund and develop a 497-kW ground mounted solar PV system, the “Waianae Project,” on the island of Oahu, with Hareon being the controllingRead More

ecoSolargy Inc., a full service solar solutions provider, announced today that it has successfully secured $150 million through private equity investors for its 2013 financing program. Spearheaded by the company’s utility project development division, the program aims to finance utility-scale solar projects in all stages of development. “ecoSolargy’s commitment toRead More