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First 42 MW of Solar Panels Energized at Mesquite Solar...

Sempra Generation announced that three blocks of solar panels totaling 42 MW have been installed at its Mesquite Solar 1 project and ar...

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SunPower Acquires Tenesol SA for $165.4 Million Cash

SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that it ...

2.3-MW System in Massachusetts Completed

Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today celebrates completion of its second large-scale solar energy facility in the Indian Orc...

Uncertain Tax Credit to be Discussed at Solar Power Generation...

With the impending year-end expiration of the nation’s renewable energy investment tax credit (ITC) cash grant, Solar Power Generation...

Ormat Signs 20-Year PPA for 10-MW PV Project in California

Ormat Technologies Inc. announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for 10 MW of s...

NRG Energy to Install Solar at MetLife Stadium

NRG and New Meadowlands Stadium Company today announced a new sponsorship agreement that will bring sustainable solar power to MetLife ...

4.9-MW Rooftop Array Installed at Kimberly-Clark Distribution Center

Prologis Inc.,Southern California Edison (SCE) and Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced that Kimberly-Clark’s Redlands, ...

Regulators Approve Long-Term Contract for 150-MW Power Plant

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 25-year contract to purchase 150 MW of renewabl...

Exelon/Constellation Reach $1 Billion Merger Settlement with Key Parties

Exelon Corporation, Constellation Energy and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company today announced that, in connection with their proposed...

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Evergreen Valley College Celebrates New Solar Power Project

Evergreen Valley College, Gilbane Co. (a full-service construction company) and SunPower Corp. today announced the groundbreaking of a ...

San Diego Cardiac Center Installs 60-kW System

The San Diego Cardiac Center recently installed a 252-panel, 60-kW commercial solar system that was designed and installed by Stellar Solar....

New IDC Energy Insights Forecast Shows Worldwide Solar PV Module...

Global solar PV module shipments are forecast to grow from an estimated 22.7 GW in 2011 to 43.8 GW in 2015 according to IDC Energy Insights&...

Exelon Names Risk Leadership Team for Combined Exelon-Constellation

Exelon today announced that upon closing of the Exelon-Constellation merger, Joseph R. Glace will become senior vice president and chie...

Oak Grove School District, Chevron Energy Solutions Unveils PV System

The Oak Grove School District (Calif.) and Chevron Energy Solutions today celebrates the completion of a state-of-the art solar PV system to...

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Siemens Solar Energy System Powering California Correctional Facilities

Merced County officials recently held a ceremony to “throw the switch” on its 1.4-MW solar PV array which will generate enough e...

U.S. Solar Industry Sets Installation Record for 3rd Quarter 2011

The U.S. solar energy industry achieved a new record for installations and growth in the third quarter of 2011 thanks to utility-scale proje...

Cenergy Power Completes 472-kW Rooftop Installation at Ready Roast Nut...

Ready Roast Nut Company, an industrial supplier and custom processor of whole and manufactured tree nuts, and Cenergy Power, a solar develop...

ESA Renewables Begins Construction on 1.3-MW Rooftop Array

ESA Renewables (ESA), a leading turnkey solar solutions provider, announced it has begun construction on a 1.3-MW commercial rooftop so...

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Solyndra Asset Auctioning Dates Announced

Counsel RB Capital Inc., a leader in distressed and surplus capital asset transactions, today announced two upcoming auctions of remaining s...

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Phoenix Solar Completes Solar Plant for Dow Corning

Phoenix Solar and Dow Corning Corp. jointly announced the completion of a solar installation at Dow Corning’s world headquarters and f...