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December 20, 2010
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Solarreserve Receives Final Licensing Decision For 150MW Rice Solar Energy Project
Santa Monica, CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2010
SolarReserve has received a final decision from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for construction and operation of the Rice Solar Energy Project. This approval, the key state-level permit for the 150-megawatt solar power tower project, was achieved in the record time of less than 13 months from the initial application, a testimony to the state's commitment to solar energy and other renewable energy solutions in California. Located on previously-disturbed, private land 30 miles northwest of ... read more

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Xcel Energy And SunEdison Break Ground On Solar Deployment In New Mexico
Community leaders and renewable developers have broken ground on a 54MW photovoltaic solar deployment to be built on five separate sites in Lea and Eddy counties, New Mexico. SunEdison and Xce ... more
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SunReports Approved By California Solar Initiative's Thermal Program
SunReports has announced that it is one of the first applicants to meet the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Thermal Program's stringent requirements for monitoring systems. This announcement signi ... more
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Abound Solar To Build Largest Thin-Film Solar Module Manufacturing Plant In USA
Abound Solar has announced that it has leased a 781,750 square foot facility in Tipton, Ind., where it will be establishing a solar module manufacturing plant. Abound Solar was able to complete the ... more
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NRG To Acquire 290MW Agua Caliente Solar Project
NRG Energy and First Solar have announced that NRG, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRG Solar, has agreed to acquire the 290-megawatt (MW) Agua Caliente solar project from First Solar. The proj ... more
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SolarReserve Advances Permitting For Arizona Solar Project
SolarReserve has announced it has received two Certificates of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) from the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee for its Crossroads Solar Energy P ... more
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US DoD Selects Skyline Solar To Install High Gain Solar Arrays
Skyline Solar has announced that the company has been awarded a project by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the deployment of HGS systems at two domestic military bases. The object of ... more
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Geological Society of America Installs Solar Array
The Geological Society of America (GSA) recently unveiled a 65 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar energy system at its Boulder headquarters. The new array will provide the GSA with 88 megawatt hours per ye ... more
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GSLO Signs LOI With Xiamen Solar Electronics For Volt Technology
GoSolarUSA has announced that the company signed a letter of intent to explore an exclusive North American distribution agreement with the Chinese firm Xiamen Solar Electronics (XSE). GoSolarU ... more
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Cupertino Electric Completes Port Of Los Angeles PV System
Cupertino Electric Energy Alternatives Division has announced the completion of a 1 Megawatt (MW) rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Berths 93A and B of the Port of Los Angeles' World Cruise ... more
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Analysts Predict PV Installations To Double In 2011
Evolution Solar cheered a new report this week that claims that the number of solar photovoltaic installations in North America is likely to double in 2011. IDC Energy Insights released a new ... more
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NRG Energy Expands Into New Mexico With Roadrunner Solar Project
NRG Energy will break ground by year end on the Company's first generation site in New Mexico, the Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar project. Power from ... more
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RainChief Signs MoU With Prometea Partners
RainChief Energy has announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with Prometea Partners Ltd. for the development of a 1MW PV solar rooftop plant with one of Italy's leading industrial c ... more
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Unique Solar Hybrid System Hits The Market
eco Hybrid Solar is proud to announce that their brand new Hybrid Solar Water Heating System is now available to the market. Three years in the works, the proprietary hybrid system is unique in that ... more
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IDC Energy Insights Launches Tracker Programs
IDC Energy Insights has announced the launch of three new global research programs focused on quantifying and tracking the Smart Meter, Photovoltaic Module, and Solar Inverter markets. These m ... more
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Westinghouse Solar Receives Latest Patent For Integrated Solar Panels
Westinghouse Solar has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the company another patent for its unique solar panel technology. The new patent (U.S. 7,832,157) ... more
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SolarReserve Advances Financing Process With DOE
SolarReserve has announced it is proceeding with purchases of long-lead materials and equipment as it advancesin financing arrangements with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Progra ... more
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First Solar Farms Under Construction In Denmark
The solar system company mp-tec GmbH and Co. KG delivered its Skytrap tracking systems for one of the first Danish solar farms from its headquarters in Eberswalde near Berlin to Nordborg in Denmark. ... more
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Q-Cells Accelerates 120MW Project Pipeline
Q-Cells North America has announced that it has successfully delivered two solar facilities in Ontario, and has been awarded three additional projects. Starwood Energy Global Group worked with Q-Cel ... more
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Carmanah Awarded Solar PV Contract
Carmanah Technologies has been awarded four contracts with a combined value in excess of $5 million (CAD) by Northland Power to design, supply and install two 500 kW, a 250 kW and a 10 kW solar phot ... more
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NextEra Energy Resources To Purchase Canadian Solar Projects
NextEra Energy Resources and First Solar have announced they have entered into agreements for NextEra Energy Resources to purchase four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 40 megawatts (MW) in ... more
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Solyndra Enhances Architectural Landmark In Italy
Solyndra has announced the completion of a 370kWp rooftop solar system on a well known architectural landmark owned by Finpiemonte Partecipazioni, S.p.A., a holding of mixed private/public enterpris ... more
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Fabricating More Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
Researchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have developed a process capable of producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured substrates that improves the efficie ... more
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MACtac Drives Solar Innovations
Manufacturers seeking new and better ways to differentiate products in today's competitive solar cell equipment market now have more options in material selection. MACtac Specialty Products' new SOL ... more
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OPEL Solar Announces Project For Toray Plastics
OPEL Solar has announced it has reached agreement to begin construction on a 446 kilowatt (kW) solar power plant at the 70-acre headquarters of Toray Plastics (America). This new utility field ... more
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