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January 23, 2013

Leading New Jersey Commercial Property Owner Taps Rooftops to Go Solar
Edison NJ (SPX) Jan 23, 2013
Solis Partners has announced that it has completed a second solar energy system installation for Federal Business Centers in Raritan Center Business Park in Edison, N.J. Raritan Center Business Park is one of New Jersey's premier business locations with over 2,350 acres of land and approximately 15 million square feet of space for offices, laboratories, data centers, warehouses, and distribution centers. The solar energy system was installed on the roof of Federal Business Centers' 74,000 square-f ... read more

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Shaner Industries' Steel Foundations Support Large Solar Dish Assemblies Shaner Industries is proud to announce that it recently completed the installation of custom-designed steel foundations to support large solar dish assemblies in Arizona. Faced with installing ... more		One Million Solar Home Systems By Grameen Shakti Grameen Shakti (GS) has reached its first landmark of one million Solar Home Systems (SHS) installation in the rural areas of the country on November 30, 2012. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunu ... more		A new world record for solar cell efficiency In a remarkable feat, scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record effici ... more
				Dow Corning and Crystal Solar to collaborate on silicon based materials for solar applications Dow Corning and Crystal Solar have announced their intention to develop a business relationship for the successful supply of high-performance, silicon-based materials for photovoltaic (PV) cells and ... more		Swiss Make Major Breakthrough In Highly Efficient Thin Film Solar Swiss researchers say they've developed thin, flexible solar cells with a record efficiency of 20.4 percent for converting sunlight into electricity. ... more

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Trina Solar supplies 61MW of solar PV modules for Green Tower project Trina Solar has supplied PV modules totaling 61MW for the Green Tower project in the German federal state of Brandenburg. More than 252,000 multi-crystalline Trina Solar modules, each with an averag ... more		Standard Energy Solutions Expands to Provide Comprehensive Home Solar, Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Services Standard Energy Solutions (SES) has announced it has expanded to become a complete home energy solutions company providing home solar, energy efficiency and energy management services throughout the ... more		Large fluctuations in sea level occurred throughout the last ice age Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number Indonesia growth push sparks fight on deforestation, rights		Emerson to apply Ovation technology at first US commercial scale solar power facility Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract to apply its Ovation expert control system at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. When it comes online at the end of ... more
				Tri City Christian first Vista school to implement solar energy Educational institutions around the nation have been battling severe budget cuts for several years in a row now. Like many schools, Vista-based Tri-City Christian School has also been looking into i ... more		Solarize Harvard Installations Complete With the final connection made at the final customer's home on Littleton Road, 67 Harvard homeowners are generating clean solar power from their rooftops or backyards as a result of the Solarize Har ... more

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Breakthrough for solar cell research In the latest issue of Science, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown how nanowires could pave the way for more efficient and cheaper solar cells. "Our findings are the first to show ... more		Snail Teeth Improve Solar Cells And Batteries An assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering is using the teeth of a marine snail found off the coast of California to create less costly and mor ... more		Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice Unexpected discovery on Saturn's moon challenges our view on chemistry before life emerged Planet formation depends on when it happens: UNLV model shows why		NRL Designs Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break Efficiency Barrier U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have propose ... more
				Device Tosses Out Unusable PV Wafers Silicon wafers destined to become photovoltaic (PV) cells can take a bruising through assembly lines, as they are oxidized, annealed, purified, diffused, etched, and layered to reach their destinies ... more		Sempra US Gas and Power Energizes First Phase Of Arizona Solar Project Sempra U.S. Gas and Power has announced that it has completed construction of Mesquite Solar 1, the first 150-megawatt (MW) phase of the company's Mesquite Solar complex in Arlington, Ariz., about 4 ... more

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	Duke Energy Renewables completes Black Mountain Solar Project in Arizona Duke Energy Renewables has announced the completion of its 10-megawatt (MW) Black Mountain Solar Power Project near Kingman, Ariz. "The Black Mountain solar farm joins our growing portfolio of proje ... more		Government incentives speed up installation of utility-scale solar power plants The adoption of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the United States is expected to accelerate during the next decade. The presence of high solar irradianc ... more		Ford, Eaton, SunPower and Whirlpool Team Up for Electric Energy Initiative Ford Motor Company has announced a strategic collaboration that will demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly reduce their electricity bills and CO2 footprint by integrating home ... more		Hanergy Aims To Be Clean-Energy Giant With More Acquisitions Of Solar Farms Hanergy Holding Group has finalized its acquisition of US-based MiaSole, giving it a 100% stake in the firm. The China-US strategic partnership follows a 9-month search by MiaSole, which has already ... more

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Cedarville University Announces Large Solar Power Installation		A Sunny Future for Mexico		Arista Power Announces US Government Agency Order For a Mobile Renewable Power Station		Renesola to Provide Solar Modules to Off-Grid Saudi Power Plant		Duke Energy Renewables completes solar farm in Eastern N.C.
True Green Capital Management Brings 12.3MW of Solar Energy to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst		Renewable energy target in doubt as roadmap launched		Indian states aim to boost solar power		Kyocera Introduces Diamond Partner Program for Solar PV Installers		Number of Companies in the Solar Supply Chain Set to Plunge This Year

Recurrent Energy Has 88 MW DC Of Solar Running Across Sacramento

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Engineered bacteria make fuel from sunlight

France sets 'emergency measures' for solar

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Delaware made solar panels used for large Ultrachem PV installation

Canadian Solar Purchases 24 MW from SunEdison

MidAmerican Solar Acquires World's Largest Solar Development from SunPower

Arista Power Announces Launch Of Community Solar Purchasing Program

EJ McKay Advises SMA in Acquiring Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy

SolarX Energy Introduces its 'Next Generation' Hybrid Solar Energy System

JinkoSolar to Jointly Invest and Develop 200 MW PV Project with Jinchuan Group in Gansu Province

Alexander and Baldwin And KIUC Announce Completion Of Port Allen Solar Facility On Kaua'i

China Sunergy Begins Manufacturing in Turkey

AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol Begin Work On Two Solar Projects In South Africa

Yingli Green Energy's PANDA Module Ranks No. 2 in TUV Rheinland Energy Yield Test

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