New Zealand utility enters the USA windpower market

WELLINGTON – Meridian Energy, the largest electricity generator in New Zealand that generates power only from renewable resources, has purchased Cleantech America Inc., a San Francisco-based developer of utility scale photovoltaic (PV) solar farms. The two firms share a common vision of developing, owning, and operating utility-scale renewable electric generation facilities.

Meridian is very excited to be able to proceed with Cleantech America’s first project, CalRENEW-1. The five-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Mendota, California is the first utility-scale solar PV project to be approved by the California Public Utilities  The company will operate as Cleantech America, a Meridian Energy company, and will continue to be based in the San Francisco Bay area.

Meridian is currently building a wind farm in Antarctica to help in reducing the environmental footprint of the New Zealand and USA scientific bases by integrating wind generation into the operation and displacing the current reliance on diesel fuel. More at www.meridian.co.nz and www.cleantechamerica.com

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