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March 18, 2013

U.S. sets record in solar installations
Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2013
The United States experienced record growth in solar installations, an industry report says. A total of 3,313 megawatts of capacity was added in the United States last year, bringing the national solar photovoltaics total to 7,221 megawatts. That's a 76 percent increase compared with 2011, says the report released Thursday by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research. "We've brought more new solar online in 2012 than in the three prior years combined," SEIA Chief Executive ... read more

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HEMOS Technology Presents World First Remote Controlled Solar Panel Leto Solar Corporation is presenting the exclusive world premiere of HEMOS Technology at this year's Solar Power Finance and Investment Summit in San Diego, California. HEMOS is a groundbreaki ... more		Sun Number Reduces Cost of Customer Acquisition, Shortens Sales Cycle for Solar Installers Sun Number, LLC is making it easier, faster and less expensive for solar companies to analyze the solar potential of properties and to close sales with customers using a new tool developed with supp ... more		Obama defends green energy push after budget cuts US President Barack Obama defended green energy research spending Friday, two weeks after budget cuts kicked in, warning that those reductions would leave America trailing its global rivals. ... more
				UAE opens world's largest CSP solar power plant Oil-rich Abu Dhabi on Sunday officially opened the world's largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, which cost $600 million to build and will provide electricity to 20,000 homes. ... more		UK Welcomes First Solar Glass Petrol Station Canopy A supermarket petrol canopy in Southampton is to be built using groundbreaking solar glass, for the first time ever in the UK. The glass is fully photovoltaic, and produces energy from the sun, but ... more

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South Africa Signs MoU For Local Nuclear Fuel Development Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Ltd (Necsa) to investigate and cooperate in the d ... more		Bringing Solar Power To Multi-Family Housing in Chicago Kyocera Solar has announced that it is supplying Kyocera solar modules and MyGen Pro installation systems to VGI Energy for affordable, multi-family housing units in urban Chicago. VGI's retrofitted ... more		Under CERES watch Earth radiation budget record reaches 25 years Multi core wildfire soot particles found to boost global warming impact Wildland fires estimated to release more organic air pollutants		Dublin School breaks ground on MAGE SOLAR PV-System MAGE SOLAR, a turn-key provider of optimally coordinated PV-system solutions announced that the company will provide a 1.1 MW solar PV system to Dublin City High School. The 4898 module system ... more
				Solis Partners Completes Solar Installation at NJ Distribution Center Solis Partners recently completed a 1.82 MW rooftop solar electric system at Freeze's manufacturing and distribution facility in Dayton, NJ. Solis Partners designed, engineered and constructed ... more		Government Mulling Club Of Nations To Promote Exchange Of Solar Technology India is looking forward to establishing a club of nations blessed with sufficient sunlight and harness energy to promote solar power as a substitute to the conventional form of energy, Union minist ... more

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Advanced Energy Selected For Historic Federal Building Solar Installation Advanced Energy Industries has announced that its AE 75TX solar inverters have been selected by First Power and Light for a 147 kW solar energy system at the Mary Switzer Building, which when comple ... more		Stanford researchers map out an alternative energy future for New York New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will soon decide whether to approve hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the state. To date, no alternative to expanded gas drilling has been proposed. But a new ... more		Fly through Webbs cosmic vistas celebrates four years of James Webb discoveries China harnesses nationwide system to drive spaceflight and satellite navigation advances How an Earnings Calendar Improves Your Investment Decisions		Eltek Solar Inverter Now CEC/ERP Qualified Eltek, the world leader in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, today announced that its award-winning THEIA HE-t grid tie sol ... more
				The carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity more challenging. ... more		5MW Kalaeloa Solar Farm Now Generating Power on Oahu Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has joined representatives of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and Hawaiian Electric Company in a dedication ceremony for a new five-megawatt Kalaeloa So ... more

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	Solarsis Helps Beat Power Outages for Schools With the increase in power tariff, unpredictable power outages and responding to the global warming, Prema Samajam an NGO has solarized their Orphanage Schools and old age homes through Solar Power. ... more		Russia plans giant solar power station to orbit Earth Russia is thinking of building a giant solar power station capable of collecting energy and beaming it to Earth. This idea was put forward by Central Scientific Research institute for Engineering, a ... more		Trojan Batteries Power "City of Joy" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Trojan Battery has provided deep-cycle AGM batteries to support a solar-powered village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo called the City of Joy. The City of Joy, located in city of Bukavu in ... more		Energy Storage Tops the List of Requirements for PV Inverter Buyers A new survey conducted by IMS Research - now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) - of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV ... more

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Dominion to Build Solar Power Project in Georgia

China to boost renewable energy in 2013

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