Tag Archives: ted turner

First Solar (FSLR) Sells 30MW Solar Plant To Southern Company (SO) & Turner Renewable

First Solar (FSLR) has found a buyer for its Cimarron I Solar Project out in Northern Mexico and they didn’t have to look far.  It has announced this morning that Southern Company (SO) and Turner Renewable has purchased the 30MW solar plant which is expected to supply power to around 9000 homes beginning sometime this year.  Turner Renewable was previously owned by Ted Turner and was purchased by First Solar in late 2007.  Southern Company … Read the rest

Ted Turner: "Clean Energy Technology Greatest Opportunity World Has Ever Seen"

Cable TV tycoon Ted Turner believes clean energy offers the biggest opportunity the world has ever seen and compares it to cable TV 40 years ago in that the field is wide open and rife with opportunity.  From Bloomberg:

“I’m putting my money where my mouth is and I’ve made a multimillion investment in solar power,” Turner, 70, said in the interview in Washington on April 24. “I’m looking to make an investment in … Read the rest