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Atlas Renewable Energy And Bancomext Announce Closing Of Long-Term Financing For A 129.5MW Solar Energy Plant In Mexico

[ad_1] –  Atlas Renewable Energy and Bancomext announce US$88.5 million financing for the Guajiro plant –  Guajiro will generate an estimated 300 GWh annually, equivalent to the electrical demands of about 120,000 homes MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Atlas Renewable Energy and el Banco de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) announced today the signing of a […]

Off-Grid Solar in South America

[ad_1] It’s estimated that 22 million people or 6 million households in Latin America lack access to electricity. Solar powered mini-grids, micro-grids and off-grid standalone systems are offering solutions to power basic human needs provided by water pumps, lighting, cooking facilities and more. Here we look at a range of off-grid solar solutions, from mining […]

Solar Tax Dodged in Denmark

[ad_1] August 27, 2018 Taxation in Denmark COPENHAGEN – Local municipalities across Denmark are skipping out on taxes owing for the solar energy that they have generated. A new report issued last week in Denmark indicates that a significant number of solar power cells installed by local municipalities around the country are not properly registered, […]

FrieslandCampina continues drive towards solar energy

[ad_1] Half of the electricity requirements of FrieslandCampina’s production locations and offices in the Netherlands now come from solar power, thanks to a growth of the company’s solar initiative. The number of dairy farmers that will receive solar panels in the coming period through the FrieslandCampina solar programme has more than doubled compared to last […]

Why China, and not the US, is the leader in solar power. The solar panel was invented in the US. So why is the US not its biggest proponent? Policy. : energy

[ad_1] On the contrary, as panel costs have become a lower percentage of the total efficiency matters more in many cases. They are still a commodity in most cases. An efficiency difference of a few percent isn’t a big deal. $/W is what everyone is looking at. Efficiency matters somewhat, but the US doesn’t have […]