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$295 Million DuPont Expansion Doubles Production of Solar Films

DuPont celebrated the completion of a $295 million capacity expansion that has more than doubled production capacity for DuPont Tedlar polyv...

Dual Tracking Systems Installed in Tennessee

DEGERenergie has installed 112 DEGERtrakers, featuring MLD technology, with Apex Construction Services LLC in Tennessee. The tracking system...

1-MW Solar Canopies Installed at School District by Chevron

The San Lorenzo Unified School District announced the completion of its first solar energy system, which will significantly reduce the distr...

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SunEdison Closes $65 Million Loan for 20-MW Arizona Project

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electron...

Nanosolar Completes 1-MW Installation at Camp Roberts

Nanosolar Inc. announced it has completed a 1-MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, the largest of California’s Nation...

Honeywell: PowerShield 3W Film Protection

Honeywell announced it has introduced its third-generation laminate film designed to protect solar power panels from harsh environments...

New England’s First 100% Solar Powered Printing Facility Flips Switch

At a celebratory event held last Friday, John Dumouchel said his company is giving new meaning to the words ‘green printing’; th...

Walmart to Install Solar on 27 Massachusetts Stores

Walmart announced today that it will install solar panels to generate electricity at 27 of its stores in Massachusetts by 2014, becoming the...

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5.5 MW Installed at Arizona School District by SunPower

Today, Scottsdale Unified School District and SunPower Corp. are celebrating the installation of 5.5 MW of high efficiency SunPower solar po...

New Orleans Historic Buildings Get 1-MW System with MAGE SOLAR

MAGE SOLAR, part of the globally operating MAGE GROUP, announced today that its premium high-efficiency modules are part of an ambitious his...

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Suntech and Krannich Enter 120-MW Agreement

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world’s largest producer of solar panels, and Krannich Solar, a leading value added distributor of com...

NREL Finds Microinverters Can Improve Performance in Shade

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simul...

Getting that Competitive Edge

Solar installations help large retailers save costs and better forecast their budgets. Even big-box stores like to save money, and retailers...

Q&A: The Importance of Large Inverters

A Q&A with Ryan Parsons, senior solar PV application consultant with Siemens Q: Why is it important in large commercial and utility-scal...

Improving Tomorrow’s Installers

Krannich Solar offers industry-approved training courses to newbies and veterans looking to learn the right way to build the U.S. solar indu...

Valuable Protection

Choosing the right enclosure material for wires and other solar equipment can prolong the life of the entire system. By Jeff Seagle The sun ...

Life After Death

As solar modules reach the end of their lifespans, safe disposal options include recycling and reusing.   By Debbie Sniderman As an inc...

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Dynamic Solar Installs 257-kW System at Recycling Facility

Pro Pel Plastech, a recycling solutions center in Massachusetts, has acquired a new roof mounted solar array that re-defines the meanin...

Ontario Rooftop Installations to Use Heliene Panels

Moose Power Inc., a leading rooftop solar developer in Ontario, announces that Heliene Inc. has been chosen to supply 1-MW of solar panels f...

Largest Non-Utility Owned Solar Project Dedicated in N.J.

Lincoln Renewable Energy (LRE), a leading developer of solar and wind projects, yesterday held the official dedication ceremony for its 12.5...