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CleanMax Solar To Execute Rooftop Solar Projects For Chennai Metro

written by saurabh

India’s leading rooftop solar power EPC company has been selected to provide services to the Chennai Metro system in the state of Tamil Nadu.

CleanMax Solar will set up six megawatts rooftop solar power capacity atop stations and coach yard of Chennai Metro. Through these power systems Chennai shall join several other cities in India where metro systems have adopted solar power to meet a substantial share of their energy needs.

Chennai Metro shall use the same mode of project execution as the recently launched Kochi Metro. Opex or Resco model wherein Chennai Metro will not have to make any upfront investment. CleanMax Solar shall make the entire capital investment to set up the power systems. CleanMax and Chennai Metro would enter a long-term power purchase agreement.

After recovering the capital investment after few years, revenue from the sale of electricity to Chennai Metro will also be profit for CleanMax Solar. Chennai Metro, too, expects to save around Rs 1.5 crore (over $230,000) every year, and Rs 37.5 crore ($5.8 million) over a 25-year period.

All power systems are expected to be commissioned in 12 months while the two parties are expected to sign the power purchase agreement within few weeks.

A number of cities across India are planning metro systems and are likely to set up rooftop solar power systems. Some, like the Delhi Metro, may even enter PPAs with large-scale solar power projects to reduce energy costs and keep a check on cost to the commuters. Using renewable energy sources make perfect economic sense for public transportation projects as the energy costs are very low making them attractive to commuters.

June 25, 2017 0 comment

Their Own Sunny Idaho

written by Walter Wang

Rooftop solar rights recently scored another win! This one from Idaho where the state’s major utility, Idaho Power Company (IPCo) had set out to weaken its net metering program and otherwise penalize solar customers by changing their rates. Well, the verdict came out July 3rd, and the Commission stood strong for Idaho’s rooftop solar customers.

July 9, 2013 0 comment

Instant Connect Makes Solar Panel Installations Easier

written by Walter Wang

There’s a novelty on the solar panel front today. Westinghouse Solar, a company that designs and manufactures solar power systems, announced the release of a new line of fully integrated, plug-and-play solar panels. The company says the new line will make rooftop installations faster and easier.

March 19, 2012 0 comment

Small Wind Turbines Create Jobs Across the US

written by Walter Wang

Small wind generation is not only good for the environment; it creates jobs too.

A few days ago we wrote about Sauer’s WindCharger, a new, small wind generation turbine that is attracting a great deal of interest from potential distributors.

September 13, 2011 5 comments

New York’s Solar Power Map

written by Walter Wang

New York City seems seriously intent on going solar as we wrote in a previous blog post. One of the possibilities to generate solar power in New York is using the city’s rooftops.

In order to gauge how much space there is, a website called NY Solar Map has been designed to

August 4, 2011 0 comment

The Big Apple’s Solar Power Potential

written by Walter Wang

Solar power is not the first energy type that leaps to mind when we think of New York City. But the Big Apple is starting to assess more seriously the potential of solar power to transform the world’s capital into a solar-powered metropolis.

“Important things are happening here”, said David

July 25, 2011 1 comment

New Orleans Tells Resident Not to Install Solar Panels

written by Solar Calfinder

Many people would applaud Glade Bilby for improving his New Orleans home with rooftop solar panels—except, apparently, the city officials who recently slammed the breaks on that progress.

Instead, the Vieux Carre Commission is more concerned with another issue: keeping the historical integrity of his 1834

January 21, 2011 3 comments

There’s More Green to Vineyards than Just Grapes

written by

Since the beginning of time, the sun’s vast energy has brought the world’s renowned vineyards into full bountiful harvest. And now, thanks to the Ontario government‘s precedent-setting renewable energy program, Niagara’s vineyards are about to bring another type of rewarding harvest to the table.

January 19, 2011 0 comment

Solar Panels Get a Touch of Color

written by EnergyRefuge.com

The other day I wrote about solar shingles, a type of PV rooftop solar to make solar look good, or just look better, depending on whom you ask.

Because of that story, we got contacted about another company also concerned with offering customers more solar eye

November 5, 2010 0 comment

India: An Emerging Market for Solar Energy

written by Siddharth Kalla

From a technological point of view, India is an excellent place for the development of solar energy. It gets plenty of sunshine for most parts of the year, with the summer temperatures well in excess of 100⁰ F in most parts of the country. To the northwest, India has the Thar Desert that has been identified as a feasible spot for the development of solar power, since the area is mostly an arid land and gets plenty of sunlight.

Apart from the solar power generation potential at a large scale, there is plenty of scope for household solar harvesting.

August 31, 2010 18 comments

Southern California Edison Awards Contracts for Solar

written by The Vote Solar Initiative

FERC may have recently put the kibosh on states implementing European-style Feed-in Tariffs, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. is left high and dry without ways to drive wholesale solar markets. We’re seeing daily action from utility PV programs that play by FERC’s rules.

Just today, Southern California Edison announced 60 MW worth of contracts under

July 27, 2010 0 comment

Building a Green Economy: Green Jobs, Transmission Lines & Microgrids

written by Peter Asmus

Imperial County, tucked away in the southeastern corner of California, has long suffered from perennial unemployment rates exceeding 20 percent.

Yet Imperial County is also home to the “crown jewel” of all geothermal steam resources in the U.S., making it a prime spot to showcase how renewable energy can help spur the new green economy so enthusiastically touted by the Obama Administration.

Late December, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the construction of the $1.9 billion Sunrise PowerLink transmission line, which could send clean electricity from Imperial County to San Diego. However, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petitioned the California Supreme Court last January to review this decision, citing San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) refusal to guarantee that the transmission project would be reserved exclusively for renewable energy resources.

August 31, 2009 11 comments