Author Archives for Kelly Pickerel

Kelly Pickerel is editor of Solar Builder magazine. Contact her at kpickerel@benjaminmedia.com.

Articles by Kelly Pickerel

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FERC Proposes Key Interconnection Rule, SEIA Applauds

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today praised a proposed rule issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that ...

January 17, 2013
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Chevron Energy Solutions Completes Solar Project for School District

Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Chevron Energy Solutions today announced completion of a solar installation and energy efficiency ...

January 17, 2013
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MEMC Introduces Silvantis M330 Solar Module

MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), today introduced the MEMC Silvantis M330 Solar Module. The Silvantis M330 is the first product to be ...

January 16, 2013
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KI Installs Largest Solar Energy Array in Northeast Wisconsin

KI has completed the installation of Northeast Wisconsin’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its Green Bay, Wis., design and d...

January 16, 2013
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US Army Dedicates White Sands Missile Range Solar Power System

Today the U.S. Army dedicated the U.S. Army’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) system at White Sands Missile Range. The ceremony was le...

January 16, 2013
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Stellar Energy to Install 296-kW System at ASC Profiles Inc.

Stellar Energy, a large-scale solar energy project developer and systems integrator, based in Rohnert Park, Calif., is proud to announce the...

January 16, 2013
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Phoenix Turns to Solar for Water Treatment Plant

The city of Phoenix’s Lake Pleasant Water Treatment Plant has started working directly with the sun to help produce the energy ne...

January 16, 2013
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CleanEdison, Veterans Green Jobs Join Forces to Put Veterans to...

CleanEdison, a national training provider focused on clean technology education, has partnered with Veterans Green Jobs, a national nonprofi...

January 15, 2013
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Industry Leaders Form truSolar to Set Solar Project Standards

The truSolar Working Group was established today as a collaborative consortium of 16 market leaders in the solar industry dedicated to addre...

January 15, 2013
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Affordability of Solar Photovoltaic Systems Accelerate their Uptake

Solar photovoltaic (PV) will hold its spot as the fastest growing technology in the U.S. energy industry for the next four years. The prices...

January 15, 2013
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Solar Net Metering to Provide $92 Million to California Ratepayers

A study released today by the Vote Solar Initiative finds that net-metered rooftop solar will provide more than $92 million in annual benefi...

January 15, 2013
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Worldwide PV Module Shipments Surge in 4Q 2012

After a disastrous third quarter of 2012 featuring extremely low factory utilization rates across the entire photovoltaic (PV) supply chain,...

January 15, 2013
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Pretty / Handsome / Attractive / Tasteful

Solar power systems can be aesthetically pleasing for the end customer, something PHAT Energy encourages with its carport and canopy designs...

January 15, 2013
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Escape from (Fossil Fuels at) Alcatraz

The national historic landmark recently installed solar power in a way that doesn’t change the island’s authenticity but does sh...

January 15, 2013