Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) sent out call for proposals for renewable energy developers to build new projects for a clean energy program available to PG&E customers. The sites are for PG&E’s Regional Renewable Choice program that will expand renewable energy access by enabling customers to work directly withRead More

Financial services group ORIX USA formed a partnership with IGS Solar (IGS), a turnkey commercial and residential solar provider. Together, ORIX and IGS will develop, acquire and operate a nationwide portfolio of commercial and industrial solar energy generation products across the United States. Committed to growing its renewable energy businessRead More

Investors who would have traditionally turned to oil and gas are quickly turning to investing in large solar farm projects in the U.S., according to Innovative Solar Systems (ISS), which makes sense because of the high returns and the fact that there is no guess work as to which sites willRead More

ReneSola Ltd, a fully-integrated solar project developer and provider, sold its two solar projects in Holyoke, Mass., to New York-based C2 Special Situations Group LLC, a private investment firm focused on investments in the distributed generation sector. The projects have a combined capacity of approximately 1.3 MWDC and will sellRead More

New Energy Solar acquired a substantial majority interest in two large-scale solar projects developed/designed by SunPower, totaling over 134 MW, located in Kern County, Calif. SunPower will retain an ownership interest in the projects, which each having a capacity of 67.4 MWs, and provide ongoing operation and maintenance services. StanfordRead More

Nautilus Solar Energy, a national solar project development and asset management company, acquired a 7.4 MW ground-mounted solar project located in Massachusetts from Seaboard Solar Holdings LLC. Nautilus has been working with Seaboard through the solar development and acquisition of the project and will now oversee the final development and construction.Read More

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved an extension to PSE&G’s Solar 4 All program. The approval authorizes PSE&G to invest up to $80 million over the next three years to build an additional 33 MWdc of solar farms on landfills and brownfields in PSE&G’s electric service territory.Read More

Empower Energies and WGL Energy Systems, which operates distributed generation systems in 19 states and the District of Columbia, have launched a Distributed Generation Fund for PV solar projects, together with a leading global strategic tax equity investor. With a two-year funding commitment, Empower and WGL Energy Systems plan to originate,Read More

Open Energy, a provider of debt financing solutions for commercial solar projects, has announced the closing of a loan totaling $1.6 million to an affiliate of EnterSolar, a provider of solar photovoltaic solutions to the commercial marketplace. The loan provides project financing for an offsite, ground mount solar installation thatRead More

One of the largest developers of utility scale solar farm projects in the United States, Innovative Solar Systems LLC, is seeking to raise capital to expand operations. ISS has a portfolio of projects that total over 2 GW and has plans to increase its portfolio to over 5 GW by 2018.Read More