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German Bank Reduces Investment Risk With $130 Billion for Renewable Energy

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:37:12 +0000

Oct 26, 2011 (link to original Germany Info Article)

Germany’s federally-owned KfW banking group is facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with 100 billion euros (over $130 billion) over the next five years.

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Red flags on green energy

drichardson — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:32:40 +0000

February 17, 2011- Toronto, ON. This is an interesting article on the environmental effects of green energy by Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the University of Waterloo.

At this point, there should be no debate that a transition to a sustainable electricity system is a necessary development for Ontario. However, this is likely where any [...]

20 MW Amherstburg Solar Project Sold to Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (MPT)

Henry Vehovec — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:56:52 +0000

MPT’s Amherstburg Solar Park will be built and operated by SunPower Corp, which has proven its crystalline solar PV technology around the world in projects such as the 10 MW Bavaria Solarpark, above. Photo courtesy of SunPower.

On June 23, 2010, MPT acquired a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power project in Ontario, to be designed, [...]

Reaction to Ontario’s microFIT Tariff Rate Cuts

Henry Vehovec — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:22:48 +0000

Not unexpectedly there has been broad negative reaction within Ontario’s nascent solar industry following Ontario’s cutting of the microFIT rate. As usual, one of the clearest thinkers and commentators on the issue is Tyler Hamilton, whose column appears regularly in the Toronto Star. His July 19th article is quoted almost in its entirety below.

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SunEdison Acquires Two 10 MW Ground-Mount Solar Projects From TransAlta

Henry Vehovec — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:07 +0000

Sun Edison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., announced on June 17 its purchase from TransAlsta of two ground-mount solar photovoltaic (PV) development projects in Ontario. SunEdison will work with Hydro One, Greater Napanee officials, and the local community to begin construction on the RESOP project in early 2011. Under the terms of the sale,

Mindfirst Sources Funding for Five 10 MW Solar Projects

Henry Vehovec — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:34:01 +0000

In the fall of 2009 many Ontario developers rushed to submit applications hoping to gain approval for a limited number of 10 MW solar projects that would be able to fit within the estimated 4,000 MW of available capacity on the Ontario grid. Despite an abundance of applications there still appears to be several isolated [...]

Masdar City’s Sustainable, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste Vision Impresses at Globe2010

Henry Vehovec — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:59:23 +0000

Certainly among the most adventurous, ambitious and thought provoking ideas at Vancouver’s recent Globe2010 was the video depicting Masland City being built near Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Initiated in 2006, the completely sustainable, carbon-zero project is projected to cost USD$22 billion and take some eight years to build. The city is planned to cover [...]

Utility scale solar developers scramble to FIT into the Feed In Tariff initialization window

Henry Vehovec — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:23:56 +0000

As soon as the Feed in Tariff (FIT) program rules were finalized on September 24th, developers of large scale solar projects (larger than 500 KW) jump started their activities in preparation for submitting project applications during the FIT initialization period ending November 30th. While [...]

Solar Project Development Phases Checklist

Henry Vehovec — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:58:53 +0000

Mindfirst has worked with several companies to develop business plans around solar projects and help source funding. Potential solar project developers should have the following elements covered before approaching potential investors:

Solar Project Development Phases

I. Site Assessment