German energy company E.ON said it was working to expand its footprint in the U.S. utility sector through its activity in large-scale solar projects. The German company said it started construction on the 20-megawatt Maricopa West solar project in southern California. With 89,000 panels, the company said it’s the second such large-scale project built by E.ON in California. In May, the state became the first in the nation with more than 5 percent of its total annual utility-scale electricity generation coming from solar power. California’s full-year 2014 solar power generation of 9.9 million megawatt hours was more than all other states combined , according to data from the federal Energy Information Administration. The German company’s first California project, the 20-megawatt Alamo […]