SPI Solar Starts 2014 With A $28.5 Million Cash Infusion

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UPDATE: The Sacramento Bee, SPI Solar and KDC Solar Announce Joint Ownership of Mountain Creek Project (Feb. 21, 2014)

On January 8, 2014, SPI Solar announced that it has “executed agreements with KDC Solar and China Development Bank (CDB) to provide immediate financing for the previously announced Imclone [solar power] project,” securing its receipt of a $28.5 million cash payment, enabling it to remove $28.5 million of the Imclone project construction loan liability from its balance sheet, and paving the way for it to obtain funding for other solar projects. SPI Solar is a self-proclaimed “global turnkey [vertically integrated] developer and EPC contractor for large-scale solar energy facilities.” SPI Solar’s completed solar projects include the Staples Center and Nokia Theater located in Los Angeles, California, Aerojet located in Folsom, California, and Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture Studios located in Los Angeles.

Other Sources: The Wall Street Journal; pv tech; The Sacramento Bee