February 5th, 2010
From Green Right Now Reports
Residents in Davidson County, N.C. will be getting more of their power from the sun after SunEdison activated the first phase of a 16-megawatt solar farm there.
The initial phase is comprised of 14,000 solar panels designed to produce four megawatts of generation capacity. Over six million kilowatt hours of electricity are expected in the first year of operation.
[Read more →]
March 24th, 2009
From Green Right Now Reports
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Company announced today that it has financed 125 commercial-scale solar photovoltaic projects since late 2007. The bank said the projects are in 10 states total 43 megawatts of capacity — enough to power the equivalent of 6,000 homes.
One recent project was a 450-kilowatt system, developed, installed and operated by SunEdison, on a Staples’ distribution center in southern California. The project’s 1,960 solar panels cover most of the building’s 330,000 square foot roof.
[Read more →]