Andes Mainstream Renewable Power has entered the first stages of developing a 162 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Oregon-based Element Power Americas is working toward a Phase II to the already operational site at the 50 MW Macho Springs Wind Energy Facility in Luna County, N.M.

Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO) and Hu Honua Bioenergy have signed a power purchase agreement to provide Hawaii Island with 21.5 MW of capacity fueled by biomass.

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced that it has begun shipments of its U.S.-made solar modules for a 127 MW, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) installation in southwestern Arizona.

Siemens has received an order for 50 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 115 MW for the El Arrayán wind power plant in Chile, approximately 400 kilometers north of Santiago.

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison have signed a $65 million loan agreement for the construction of a 20 MW solar park in Picture Rocks, Ariz.

Alterra Power Corp. said it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites in coastal British Columbia from a group of sellers led by English Bay Energy Limited.

RMT Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor specializing in the design, engineering, and construction of wind and solar energy generating facilities, is adding 555 MW to its renewable energy practice in 2012.

Apple has won state approval for a 20 MW solar farm, the largest proposed solar installation in North Carolina near its data center in Maiden.

SunDurance Energy broke ground May 14 on a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) for the United States Marines Corps at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif.

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy will jointly develop the 21 MW Auwahi Wind farm in Hawaii.

Elecnor received C$250 million ($246 million) in financing for the development of the 100 MW L'Erable wind farm currently being built in Quebec, Canada.

Wind energy developer Alliance Power Inc. has selected RMT Inc. (RMT) to design and construct the 67 MW Colorado Highlands Wind project in Logan County, Colo.

Satcon Technology Corp. was selected by Western Wind and Lord Electric to supply 30 MW of its Equinox Prism Platform solution, a fully integrated multi-megawatt medium voltage (MV) building block, optimized for utility-scale PV installations.

Western Wind Energy Corp. has executed a term sheet with Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings (CGEI Wind) to acquire the rights and title to a 4,000 MW wind energy development pipeline for $20 million.

Eclipsall, a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules based out of Toronto, Ontario, has entered into an agreement to supply 3 MW of solar panels to the Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health.

Appeals by environmental groups have stymied construction of Chile's 640 MW Cuervo hydroelectric plant less than a week after work on the project appeared imminent.

A consortium including GE and Spanish energy services company Tamoin Energías Renovables signed the largest single GE wind turbine maintenance agreement in Europe with Iberdrola Renovables S.A. of Madrid.

Martifer Solar signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with General Motors Brasil to build a 300 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) project at GM’s Joinville industrial complex in southern Brazil.