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June 22, 2011
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Solar Dawn will be Largest Plant of its Kind in the World
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The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP consortium's "Solar Dawn" as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government's Solar Flagships Program. Solar Dawn is a proposed 250 megawatt solar thermal gas hybrid power plant and will be the largest plant of its kind in the world when completed. The Australian Commonwealth and Queensland Governments also announced their commitment to contribute $464 million and $75 million, ... read more

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Langan Energy Solutions Completes Rooftop Solar Project for Parsippany Office Building
Langan Energy Solutions (LES), based in Elmwood Park, N.J., recently completed a 50-kilowatt rooftop solar system for an office building owned by Entin Road Realty Associates in Parsippany, N.J. ... more
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Etrion Contracts Phoenix Solar to Build Solar Power Plant
Etrion and Phoenix Solar have announced a new agreement to build a 2.6 MW solar power plant near Nettuno in the Lazio region of Italy. Etrion will own the power plant, and Phoenix Solar will design, ... more
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Benton County Fairgrounds Promotes Solar Energy with SunWize Systems Installation
SunWize Systems has announced it has completed the installation of a roof-mounted solar project at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the second largest solar installati ... more
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AstraZeneca Installs 7,300-Panel Solar Energy System on Wilmington Campus
AstraZeneca has announced the installation of a 7,300-panel solar energy project that produces energy equivalent to about 10 percent of the campus' office building electricity use. The 1.7 meg ... more
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Standard Solar Brings Solar Energy to Northern New Mexico
Standard Solar has announced it is developing a 1.5 MW solar electric system in northern Taos County, New Mexico in cooperation with Taos-based Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative (KCEC). The proj ... more
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Alta Devices Single Junction Solarcell Tops 28 Percent Efficiency
When the scientists at Alta Devices began seeing their solar devices achieve efficiency results beyond what was previously thought possible, they realized that something scientifically important was ... more
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US Solar Energy Industry Continues Record-Setting Growth in 2011
The U.S. solar energy industry continued to be one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Q1 2011 according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight(TM): Q1 2011 released by the Solar Energy Industries ... more
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Sun shines on the Silicon Market
The major recent development in the silicon industry is the tripling of demand for solar grade polysilicon, with the expectation that the quantity used in solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will start ... more
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REC Solar Expanding Rapidly in US East Coast Markets
REC Solar has announced the company's accelerated momentum as it gains traction with East Coast commercial and residential consumers in new solar hot spots. By the middle of this year, the company w ... more
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Historic One Dollar-Per-Watt Solar Modules Just Months Away
The photovoltaic (PV) industry appears set to achieve a major milestone with the selling prices of crystalline silicon (c-Si) modules projected to drop to $1 per watt by the first quarter of 2012, a ... more
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HelioSage and MTC Logistics Power Baltimore Facility With Solar
MTC Logistics has "gone solar." Adding to an existing track record of environmentally sustainable operations, MTC Logistics now owns one of the largest roof mounted solar installations in the state, ... more
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Arise Solar's new solar for Tresor Family Apartments
Glenn Siemens, President of Arise Solar based in Clovis, California recently announced the completion of a new solar installation for PacWest Builders and their Tresor Family Apartments in Salinas, ... more
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Kings Cross Station First For New Solar Test Technology
A new hand held PV electrical test instrumentation has been used for the first time as part of the installation of one of the UK's largest solar panel systems. Cumbria-based Sundog Energy beca ... more
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CTDC to Expand and Invest in Europe
Development Group has announced during the Intersolar Europe 2011 in Munich, that CTDC has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with two other listed companies from China and Hon ... more
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SOLON and UniSource to bring solar plant to Arizona
SOLON Corporation has announced an agreement with UniSource Energy Services (UES) that will bring a 1.22 megawatt (MW) solar system to Kingman, Arizona. Powered by SOLON systems and modules, the pla ... more
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GRID Alternatives Installs 1000th Solar Electric System
GRID Alternatives completed its 1000th solar electric system installation for California low-income families. This milestone took place at the home of Ms. Celia Juarez as part of the Enterprise East ... more
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HelioSage and MTC Logistics Power Baltimore Facility With Solar
Bill Ritter, former Colorado governor and Director of Center for the New Energy Economy at CSU, praised the innovation and leadership that culminated in the launch of the Garfield County Airport Com ... more
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Google investing $280 million in home solar projects
Google said Tuesday it is investing $280 million to help finance home solar projects in the Internet giant's largest effort yet to promote clean energy. ... more
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Solar-powered plane set for Brussels takeoff
Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to reach Paris from Brussels on Tuesday after a previous flight was aborted due to technical problems, its team said. ... more
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Philippines sets 50% renewables target by 2030
The Philippines said Tuesday it was aiming to generate half its energy from renewable sources by 2030, in a significant upgrade from current efforts. ... more
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Nuclear vote forces Italy to ponder renewables
The resounding no from Italians to nuclear power may not change much in the short term but it will force the government to adopt a new strategy based increasingly on renewable energy, experts said. ... more
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Solar-powered plane's Paris flight abandoned
Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels Saturday after the pilot aborted a flight to Paris following a series of technical problems, his team said. ... more
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The idea is simple, says Kevin Moeller, PhD, and yet it has huge implications. All we are recommending is using photovoltaic cells (clean energy) to power electrochemical reactions (clean chemistry) ... more
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Solar Solution for Fast Growing Commercial Metal Roof Market
Solyndra has announced the Solyndra 200 Series Metal Roof Solution. The unique non-penetrating adjustable mounting system is designed to meet the additional solar installation challenges posed by me ... more
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Efficiency record for flexible CdTe solar cell due to novel polyimide film
DuPont Kapton colorless polyimide film, a new material currently in development for use as a flexible superstrate for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has enabled a new ... more
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Delhaize Demonstrates Environmental Commitment
Solyndra International has announced completion of a 3MW rooftop solar system in Zellik, Belgium. The 3MW rooftop installation covers a Delhaize distribution center in Zellik, a Brussels suburb. The ... more
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Littelfuse Announces Industry First
Littelfuse has announced at Intersolar Europe the release of the new high-amperage SPFJ fuse for 1000VDC photovoltaic circuit protection. "The small size and global adaptability of the SPFJ brings a ... more
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US Senate supports SolarDay 2011
The third annual SolarDay, produced every year by Elevator Communications in Mill Valley, California will be held nationally in the Canada, the U.S. and UK on Saturday, June 18 and in Australia on N ... more
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Etrion Engages ABB for 10 MW Solar Project
Etrion has announced an agreement with ABB, a power and automation technology group, to complete Etrion's 10 MW Helios ITA 3 solar project under construction in the Puglia region of Italy. Etrion wi ... more
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Saint-Gobain Launches Sustainable SOLGLIDE Bearings
Saint-Gobain Solar will be launching its SOLGLIDE T and SOLGLIDE M families of bearings at the CSP today Summit. Free of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and heavy metals, such as lead, both product li ... more
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China to boost solar power
China has doubled its solar energy target for 2015 from 5 gigawatts to 10 gigawatts, an official with the National Energy Administration said Friday. ... more
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