Construction has begun on what will become Chile’s largest wind farm, a 115-megawatt development in the Antofagasta region in the northern part of the country.
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Latin America Report: Work Starts on Chile’s Largest Wind Farm
The world’s first solar-geothermal power plant was commissioned last week in Stillwater, Nevada with the completion of a 24-MW solar PV plant developed by Enel Green Power. It is strategically positioned next to Enel’s existing 60-MW geothermal plant to increase power production and resource predictability.
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Enel Flips Solar Switch at Cogeneration Plant, Starts Geothermal Work in Utah
In April 2012, SolarBusinessServices met with TrueValue Solar CEO Suren Chandrajit to discuss the phoenix-like rise of his company. The following is a summary of the key topics discussed. TVS has grown very fast to become arguably the largest PV retailer in Australia
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What Does it Take to be Australia’s Largest PV Retailer?
New capacity also increasingly comes as centralised projects rather than distributed PV — another major structural change for U.S. utilities.
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US Solar Heads East
Last week I had the privilege to participate in Environmental Entrepreneurs’ (E2) annual advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., joining a small delegation of E2 members to voice the economic benefits of clean energy directly to our nation’s leadership, from Senators and Representatives in Congress to key Administration offices and Department officials. After nearly 20 meetings in less than 48 hours — and many more meetings for the delegation as a whole — I left the Capitol inspired as ever that clean tech can and will be a true engine for the U.S
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Message to Congress: Not Picking Energy Winners Should Not Mean Disadvantaging Clean Tech
