A military jet has crashed into a residential area in Imperial Valley in California.

NTR has sold a second solar energy asset in California in almost as many weeks, as part of a continued bid to strengthen its cash reserves.

A SUBSIDIARY of Irish renewable energy group NTR has achieved a major breakthrough in becoming the first company to gain national approval in the US for a full commercial-scale solar power project.

NTR’s transformation into a green energy company took a major step forward yesterday when its solar project development company, Tessera Solar North America, announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with CPS Energy to develop a 27 megawatt solar project in Texas.

NTR, the former West Link operator, has invested €63 million in a strategic solar energy project in the US.