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Schletter: All-Steel PV Mounting System
Kelly Pickerel
June 29, 2012
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Abound Solar Closing; Increased Competition to Blame
June 29, 2012
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Sixteen Solar Power Projects Underway in San Jose, California
June 28, 2012
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PsomasFMG Installs Five Solar Power Systems in Orange County, Calif.
June 28, 2012
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Kyocera to Offer NABCEP, IREC Solar Energy Training
June 28, 2012
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Emerson Inverters to Power 70 MW of California Solar Energy...

Emerson today announced it will supply utility-scale power inverters for two solar energy projects in California with capacity to produ...

June 28, 2012
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Washington Gas Energy Systems to Build Three Solar Arrays for...

Washington Gas Energy Systems Inc. today announced it has signed a contract with Caroline County Public Schools and Kenyon Energy to build, ...

June 28, 2012
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O2 Energies Commissions 1.5-MW Sandy Cross Solar Farm in North...

The sunshine that produces juicy muscadine grapes 11 miles southwest of Rocky Mount, N.C., will now produce enough electricity to power near...

June 27, 2012
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IKEA Powers-Up 967-kW Solar Energy System at Orlando Store

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Orl...

June 27, 2012
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Southern Sky Renewable Energy Building 5.75-MW Solar Array on Massachusetts...

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a global solar power product manufacturer, today announced the company will supply its modules to a 5.75-MW arr...

June 26, 2012
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Inovateus Completes 1.29-MW Rooftop Solar Energy Project in New Jersey

South Bend, Ind.’s Inovateus Solar LLC recently completed construction of a 1.29-MW solar project in Totowa, N.J., at one of Kari-Out ...

June 26, 2012
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Cupertino Completes 20-MW Solar Energy Project in California

The Energy Alternatives Division of Cupertino Electric Inc. today announced the completion of a 20-MW solar PV project in Huron, Calif., eng...

June 25, 2012
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Metal Foundations Industries: foundation designs

Metal Foundations Industries (MFI), a Pittsburgh-based company that specializes in the design, engineering and installation of steel foundat...

June 22, 2012
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Solar Modules Installed at Antelope Valley Project in California

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and First Solar Inc. have reached an agreement on the installation of solar modules a...

June 22, 2012
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First-Ever Commercial Solar Energy Project on American Indian Trust Lands...

As part of the Obama Administration’s all of the above approach to American energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved a 3...

June 22, 2012
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Kohl’s to Add Solar to California, Connecticut, Maryland, NY, Ohio...

Kohl’s Department Stores today announced the company will expand its solar program by nearly 25 percent in 2012, installing solar...

June 21, 2012
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Blue Earth Gets 48-kW Solar Carport EPC Contract

Blue Earth Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xnergy Inc., signed a 48-kW commercial custom solar carport engineeri...

June 21, 2012
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Campbell’s Soup Installs 9.8-MW Solar Power System at Ohio Manufacturing...

Campbell Soup Company, BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, Enfinity America Corporation, FirstEnergy Solutions and SunPower Corp. will today...

June 21, 2012
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First Net-Zero Solar Powered Business In Iowa Finishes Solar Array

The Sky Factory, a global fine art and technology company that creates virtual skylights and windows for interior environments, has just bec...

June 21, 2012
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Chevron Completes 630-kW Solar Energy Canopy for California Education Office

The Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE), along with Chevron Energy Solutions, unveiled its solar power and energy efficiency project ...

June 20, 2012