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February 18, 2011
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MRWPCA And SolarCity complete Megawatt Solar Installation
Monterey CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2011
Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency's (MRWPCA) Board of Directors and SolarCity have completed a a 1.12 megawatt thin-film solar installation at the agency's regional wastewater treatment plant. SolarCity designed and constructed the solar power system; SolarCity will also own, operate, and maintain the system under a power purchase agreement. MRWPCA will purchase the electricity to power the water recycling plant (Salinas Valley Reclamation Project - SVRP) at a price which will resul ... read more

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Mortenson To Build Largest Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant In The World
Mortenson Construction has been selected as the general contractor for Charlotte-based Cogentrix Energy, LLC's 30-megawatt Alamosa Solar Generating Project in southern Colorado. Once completed, the ... more
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The University Of Maryland College Park Announces 631 KW Solar Project
More than 2,600 solar panels will be installed on a University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) building this summer, resulting in one of the largest rooftop solar power systems in Maryland. UM ... more
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Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Selected For Solar Energy Storage Project In California
Saft, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech batteries will supply renewable energy storage for 2500 R Street, California's first micro-grid, distributed energy community housing ... more
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First Solar builds second plant in Germany
Arizona's First Solar, the world's top producer of thin-film solar films, Thursday celebrated the roofing ceremony for a new plant in Germany that would sharply increase the firm's production capacity in the world's biggest solar power market. ... more
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Taiwan's AU Optronics pushes into solar energy
Taiwan's AU Optronics, a leading flat-screen maker, has launched a multi-billion-dollar foray into solar power, as the island tries to outclass China in the growth industry, officials and media said Tuesday. ... more
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New Reactor Paves The Way For Efficiently Producing Fuel From Sunlight
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide-or ceria-and it is the centerpiece of a promising new tech ... more
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Italian banks join solar energy project
Italy's two biggest banks, Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, on Friday said they have joined the German-led Desertec project to build giant solar power stations in North Africa and the Middle East. ... more
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FuelCell Energy To Supply 1.4 MW To SCE
FuelCell Energy has announced that Southern California Edison Company (SCE) has ordered a 1.4 megawatt (MW) DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to install as a utility-owned fuel cell on the campus of Cal ... more
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Solis Partners To Build Rooftop Solar PV System
Solis Partners announced that it has been awarded a turnkey contract by P and R Fasteners to install a rooftop solar power generation system on their corporate headquarters located in the Somerset s ... more
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Mortenson To Construct World's Largest CPV Solar Plant
Mortenson Construction has been selected as the general contractor for Charlotte-based Cogentrix Energy's 30-megawatt Alamosa Solar Generating Project in southern Colorado. Once completed, the ... more
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Sharp Solar Project To Provide Clean Energy To City Of Brea
The largest municipal solar power project in Orange County is currently under construction in the City of Brea. The project, located at the city's Community Center, Civic and Cultural Center and Res ... more
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Arizona Commission Approves Crossroads Solar Energy Project
SolarReserve has announced that it has received its final Certificates of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) by unanimous decision (5-0) from the Arizona Corporation Commission for its 150 megawatt ( ... more
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United Solar Announces World Record Thin-Film Silicon Cell Efficiency
United Solar has announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed an initial 12% conversion efficiency of a large-area solar cell using UNI-SOLAR's proprietary Nano-Cryst ... more
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Enecsys Solar PV Micro-Inverter Gain UL Certification
Enecsys Limited, a solar PV micro-inverter company, has announced UL certification for its products. The patented design of the Enecsys Micro-inverter uses a rugged topology that eliminates electrol ... more
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Future Viability of Solar PV Tech Dependant On Production Cost Improvements
During 2010, new solar photovoltaic (PV) demand worldwide approached 10,000 MW, and is expected to grow by double digit percentages annually for the foreseeable future, if production costs can be dr ... more
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GSLO Expects Booming iPhone Sales To Drive Demand For Volt
GoSolarUSA President and CEO Tyson Rohde said Tuesday that the company expects booming sales of Apple's iconic iPhone to generate huge demand for accessories, including the Volt Solar Charger. ... more
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Duke Energy And SunEdison Announce Completion Of Solar Farm
Duke Energy and Sun Edison have announced the activation of the final phases of a 17.2 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres ... more
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Pepco Energy To Implement PV Project For US DoE
Pepco Energy Services has reached agreement to design and construct a $2.3 million photovoltaic (PV) project for the Department of Energy at the Germantown, Maryland, campus. The project will be imp ... more
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SolarCity Expands To East Coast
SolarCity, already the largest solar service provider in the U.S. with 1,000 employees and more than 10,000 projects completed or underway, is expanding its operations to the East Coast. The c ... more
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Comprehensive Line Of Henkel Products Support Solar Cell And Module Assembly And Installation
To reduce costs and improve the reliability of sensitive photovoltaic devices, Henkel Corporation offers a comprehensive line of adhesives, sealants and cleaners for PV manufacturing and installatio ... more
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Solar LED Lights Illuminate Three Miles Of Lummi Nation Pathway
Carmanah Technologies is providing 70 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems to illuminate Haxton Way Trail for the Lummi Nation Indian Reservation, Lummi Nation, Washington. The EverGEN solar ligh ... more
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Cheap solar energy set to displace n-power
New research has established that sophisticated new solar energy production methods make it far and away the cheapest and least hazardous energy source, certainly cheaper and safer than nuclear power. ... more
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Solar School Moves Into Canada
Centrosolar Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG has announced the introduction of the CentroSchool training program to the Ontario solar market. Centrosolar has been trai ... more
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Taiwan IT giant Foxconn beaten in solar cell deal
Inventec Corp, a leading Taiwanese notebook maker, said Thursday it had beaten IT giant Foxconn in buying a local solar cell company after offering a higher price at the last minute. ... more
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The Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer
Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different energies, and no single semiconductor has a ... more
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JA Solar To Supply PV Modules To Leading Italian Renewable Energy Company
JA Solar Holdings, one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, has announced that the Company has signed a module supply contract with a leadin ... more
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Centrosolar Scores TSMC Europe Project
CENTROSOLAR is to become the exclusive manufacturer in Europe of crystalline solar modules for TSMC Limited, Taiwan. TSMC is the world's biggest semiconductor foundry and a leading player in terms o ... more
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Solar Thin-Film Manufacturers Enticed To UK By Vibrant Solar Market
The uptake in solar panels on the back of the feed-in tariff mechanism is creating excitement amongst industry insiders in the UK. Indeed, recent announcements about impressive growth figures from s ... more
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Dymon Power Corporation Awards Contract To Ontario Solar Provider
Dymon Power Corporation (Dymon) has selected Ontario Solar Provider (OSP) as project manager for the development, procurement, design, installation and financing of its eight rooftop solar PV Projec ... more
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Solis Partners Predicts A Banner Year For Commercial Solar In N.J.
Solis Partners is predicting a banner year for commercial solar installations in the state of New Jersey. In addition to the state and federal incentives that have stimulated the growth in New ... more
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Solar Installation At Perdue To Be One of East Coast's Largest
More than 11,000 solar panels will be installed at two Perdue facilities this summer, resulting in one of the largest commercially-owned solar power systems in the eastern United States. Perdu ... more
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