Coal-fired utility signs big solar deal
photo: eSolar NRG Energy, one of the United States’ most coal-dependent utilities, on Monday signed a deal with California startup eSolar to develop solar power plants. The agreement calls for NRG to...
View ArticleTransmission constraints derail California solar project
photo: eSolar This post first appeared on Grist. Amid all the hope and hype about the nascent solar boom under way in California, there’s long been an elephant in the room – transmission. Billions and...
View ArticleNRG to acquire SunPower solar farm for $450 million
I wrote this story for Reuters, where it first appeared on November 30, 2010. A subsidiary of NRG Energy on Tuesday said it will invest up to $450 million in a 250-megawatt photovoltaic power plant to...
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