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

AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, announced that Inox Wind Limited, part of India's Inox Group, placed a follow-on order for 50 of AMSC's electrical control systems (ECS) for Inox's 2 MW wind turbines.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy and Solar Water Heating Systems bill, which accelerates the target date for achieving the state’s renewable portfolio standard 2 percent solar carve-out by two years.

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.

NRG Systems, a provider of wind measurement products, has announced that it will reduce its workforce by 18 employees in response to ongoing uncertainty and volatility in the global wind energy industry.

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.

In the quest to "level the playing field," the 31 percent anti-dumping tariff announced Thursday was a good start, said SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser, but even more is needed to bring the industry back into balance.

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.

Nanosolar Inc. has announced the completion of a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, a California's National Guard training facilities, located in San Miguel, Calif.

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.

The U.S. Department of Commerce May 17 imposed more tariffs on solar panels and modules imported from China.

The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) announced $500,000 available in 2012 to support a project to deploy and test a wave energy conversion device for one year at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site on the island of Oahu.

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.