Solaria Corporation, a US-based global provider of advanced solar energy products, announced today that it filed suit against Canadian Solar Inc., a Chinese solar panel manufacturer, in Federal District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit alleges that Canadian Solar infringes Solaria’s U.S. patent that covers a processRead More

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has increased the size of its Board of Directors from five to six directors and appointed Lauren C. Templeton as an independent director, thereby increasing the number of independent directors to five. The Company also appointed Karl E. OlsoniRead More

Canadian Solar Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy closed a sale of 99 percent of its Class B membership interest in a 102 MWp NC 102 solar photovoltaic project, located in Cabarrus County, N.C., to NextEnergy Capital. NextEnergy Capital indirectly acquired 99 percent of the interests through NextPower III, itsRead More

Canadian Solar Inc. won three solar power contracts with Alberta’s Ministry of Infrastructure, for a total of 94 megawatts (MWp) of solar power system in southeast Alberta, with an average contracted PPA price of $48.05 (Canadian dollars) per megawatt-hour. When in operation, these solar plants will provide 55 percent ofRead More

Canadian Solar is unveiling a new module at Solar Power International (booth 1604) that combines three innovative solar PV technologies in one new 400+ Watt module: the latest black silicon, poly PERC, and bifacial cell technologies. Called BiHiKu, this new poly solar module generates 400 Watts or more on theRead More

Canadian Solar’s wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy finalized the sale of three Southern California solar projects totaling 235 MWac to The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), South Korea’s largest electric utility with an installed capacity of 79 GW. The acquired assets are located in the Astoria (100 MWac), Astoria 2Read More

Southern Power, the wholesale subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired the 20 MWac/28 MWp Gaskell West 1 Solar Facility, located in southern California in Kern County, via Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. “We are pleased to partner with an energy industry leader like Southern PowerRead More

Recurrent Energy LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, signed a 20-year power purchase agreement  for 45 MWac of solar power with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the fifth largest public transit network in the country and one of the largest consumers of electric power in Northern California. The BARTRead More

HelioPower completed two commercial PV systems at a state-of-the-art Southern California sports center in Ladera Ranch. The 63,000 sq-ft gym now sports a 343 kW system optimized with SolarEdge’s DC optimized inverter solution, coupled with the PredictEnergy Commercial Energy Management System. This represents a significant milestone in Ladera’s sustainability programRead More

The following perspective was shared with us via Financialbuzz.com Over the course of the last several years the solar industry has finally gone mainstream. A recent research published on December 12, 2016 by The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) shows how much progress has been made. The U.S. installed 4,143Read More