SunPower (SPWRA) and Iberdrola Renewables have announced plans to partner on a 30MW solar plant on 216 acres of private land in Colorado which is expected to come online by the end of next year. The plant will be owned and operated by Iberdrola and use Sunpower’s E19 solar panels mounted to the Suntracker systems to maximize efficiency. The electricity generated will be sold under a long term contract to Xcel Energy (XEL).
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Spain’s top energy company and one of the world’s largest utility companies, Iberdrola, has selected Itron’s (ITRI) smart meter technology for the first phase of its smart meter rollout. Itron will provide the development and integration of the smart meters and the data management software to go with it. The initial deployment calls for 100K meters in the city of Castellon, Spain to be completed by the end of this year with the potential for … Read the rest
Ocean Power (OPTT) has announced that it has deployed its first 40 KW PowerBuoy under contract with Iberdrola about 3 miles off the coast of Spain which represents an important step in the commercialization of wave energy. OPT has a tentative deal to develop 9 additional more powerful versions of the buoy over the next year with the goal of eventually created a wave energy farm in the area capable of generating enough energy to … Read the rest