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October 13, 2011
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American Plumbing Giant Installs 3600 Solar Panels
Novato CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2011
SPG Solar has announced that it has completed a 1 Megawatt DC solar power system for solar developer STC Solar in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The solar system, consisting of more than 3,600 solar panels, was installed on the roof-top of Kessler Sales and Distribution warehouse under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that STC Solar entered into with Kessler. About one-third of the system output provides power to the Kessler Facility while the remaining two-thirds of the power generated is sent directly ... read more

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Upsolar Modules Qualify for 10 Percent Premium on Italian Feed-in Tariff
Upsolar has announced that the company's products earned "Made in EU" certification from the Institute of Industrial Certification for Mechanics (ICIM). This approval immediately qualifies systems i ... more
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NTU researchers develop cheaper yet efficient thin film solar cells
Researchers in Singapore have exploited advanced nanostructure technology to make a highly efficient and yet cheaper silicon solar cell. With this development, the researchers hope that the cost of ... more
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Solar PV micro inverters out-perform string inverters
Enecsys to demonstrate how solar PV micro inverters out-perform string inverters for service life, reliability and energy harvest Cambridge, UK, October 11, 2011: Enecsys Limited, a leading provider ... more
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FLABEG develops the new Ultimate Trough for CSP plants
FLABEG and schlaich bergermann und partner, both specialized in the CSP business, will be working together to make CSP technology more competitive. Since January 2010 a high level engineering team c ... more
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SolarBridge Technologies Wins US DoE ARPA-E Grant
SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) has been awarded a $1.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The grant is one of ARPA-E's 60 ... more
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New Saudi Arabias of solar energy: Himalaya Mountains, Andes, Antarctica
Mention prime geography for generation of solar energy, and people tend to think of hot deserts. But a new study concludes that some of the world's coldest landscapes - including the Himalaya Mounta ... more
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Silicon Energy's Minnesota Solar Plant Begins Production
Silicon Energy has announced the grand opening of its new, multi-million dollar solar PV manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, and start of local production of the company's popular Casca ... more
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Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm
The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic ... more
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School Gets World's First Solar Hot Air PPA for HVAC
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SPI Joins with KDC Solar for Solar Facility in New Jersey
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Renewvia Energy and PSE and G Cut Ribbon on Milestone Solar Project
Renewvia Energy, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G), and two Renewvia Energy partners have cut the ribbon on a 1.26 megawatt solar system located at a state-of-the-art distribution ... more
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SOLON and PG and E 15-MW Five Points Solar PV Station Goes Live
SOLON has announced the commercial operation of a 15-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) station in collaboration with California's Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E), which supplies natu ... more
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Neo Solar Power to Invest in BlueChip Energy's 120 MW Sorrento Solar Farm Project
BlueChip Energy has announced it has signed a letter of intent with Neo Solar Power, a Taiwan-based solar cell manufacturer, for an equity participation in BCE's 120 MW Sorrento Solar Farm project. ... more
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Michigan Tech to Dedicate New Solar Energy Research Center
A new solar energy center at Michigan Technological University will let students and researchers study photovoltaic systems in the demanding weather conditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The fac ... more
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Qatar Solar Technologies to build large polysilicon plant
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced that it will be building a polysilicon production facility worth approximately US$1bn in Qatar. QSTec's plant will manufacture 8,000 MTPY (metric tons ... more
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Backers: Solar plant generates at night
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The BendBroadband Vault Substantiates Extreme Energy Efficiency
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High-Efficiency Cells Set for Rapid Growth
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BrightSource Energy Delivers World's Largest Solar-to-Steam Facility
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Inman Solar Completes Two Solar Roof Installations
Inman Solar and Kenco announce the completion of two, 200 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Chattanooga, TN. Each of these installations was installed at separate Kenco distribution ... more
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PV Module Revenues to Decline in 2011 and 2012
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Honduras solar energy plans get a boost
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Researchers use carbon nanotubes to make solar cells affordable, flexible
Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a carbon-based material that could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested. The new solar cell material - a transparent conductor made ... more
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Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy
Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. I ... more
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Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power
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Cheap and efficient solar cell made possible by linked nanoparticles
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Tecnosun Solar USA Introduces New Innovative Cable Driven Solar Tracking System
While large utility scale solar tracking projects have been deployed throughout the southwest USA, they have found only a limited application in other regions including the southeast. One to t ... more
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