JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Indian business partner, Essel Infraprojects Limited (“EIL”), to establish a solar cell and module manufacturing facility joint venture. The MOU declares a 500MW production capacity for the JV and outlines the duties of each party.- Broadwind Energy, Inc. has announced that Peter Duprey, President and CEO, was elected to the American Wind Energy Association’s Board of Directors. Duprey brings over 12 years of wind industry experience and insight to the group.
- SunEdison, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded contracts to build 33 MW DC of rooftop solar with Southern California Edison (SCE) in the utility company’s latest round of solar procurement. The solar systems will be built on rooftops throughout the Orange County and Inland Empire industrial corridors as part of SCE’s plan to upgrade and modernize the grid for customers in densely populated metro areas and reduce power interruptions during periods of peak demand.
- Equinix, Inc., an interconnection and data center company, and Bloom Energy have announced a 1 MW, biogas fuel cell project at its SV5 International Business Exchange data center, located in Silicon Valley. The deployment of fuel cells supports Equinix’s long-term sustainability goal of using 100 percent clean and renewable energy across its global platform of more than 100 data centers.
