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U.S. Solar Installations Surge in Q1 2012
Kelly Pickerel
June 13, 2012
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Largest Solar Power System Completed in San Antonio
June 13, 2012
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Solectria Inverter to Power Santa Barbara Jail
June 12, 2012
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IKEA to Install Solar at Two More Sites
June 12, 2012
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SPT’s Clarity System Goes Live at New Jersey Site
June 11, 2012
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Quick Mount PV to Have Ribbon Cutting at New Facility

Quick Mount PV, a fast-growing manufacturer of innovative rooftop solar mounting systems, announced it will hold an official ribbon-cutting ...

June 11, 2012
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The Latest on UL Standard and Connectors for the PV...

Contractors in the solar PV industry have been quick to use connectors rather than hardwiring wherever possible, because connector use great...

June 8, 2012
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1.1-MW System Installed at New Jersey Macy’s Distribution Center

Enfinity America Corporation announced the completion of a 1.1-MW, fixed-tilt solar array on the rooftop of a Macy’s distribution cent...

June 7, 2012
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Energy Systems and Installation Completes System for Miller Recycling

Miller Recycling has completed the installation of 1,200 solar panels in a roof-mounted array at their Mansfield, Mass., facility. The syste...

June 7, 2012
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Affordable Solar Completes Sunport Phase III Project

Mayor Richard J. Berry and representatives from Affordable Solar, PNM and the Albuquerque International Sunport officially turned on Phase I...

June 5, 2012
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Yingli Solar and U.S. Soccer Federation Team Up for Solar...

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated PV ma...

June 1, 2012
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Arista Power to Install PV for NY’s Solarize Madison Program

Arista Power Inc. announced today that Solarize Madison has selected Arista Power as one of two contractors for Madison County, New York&rsq...

May 31, 2012
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Solea, Solar Provider, OSP Join Forces to Focus on Utility-Scale...

Solea AG, Ontario Solar Provider Inc.  and Solar Provider Group LLC have joined forces to form Solea SP Inc., a joint venture focused o...

May 31, 2012
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Final Phase of 69-MW Ontario PV Project Completed

Starwood Energy Group Global LLC, a private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure projects, announced that it has completed the f...

May 30, 2012
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SolarCity Installs 295-kW System for Bayer Healthcare

SolarCity and Bayer Healthcare today announced a 1,000-panel solar installation — the largest in the city of Berkeley — to ...

May 30, 2012
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3.36-MW Project Planned for Pennsylvania School District

WTI (Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc.), a subsidiary of Tremco Inc., today announced it will soon begin working on its largest solar power...

May 29, 2012
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Premier Alliance Group to EPC $3.1 Million in Projects

Premier Alliance Group Inc. a professional services company focused on business and technology advisory and consulting services and sol...

May 29, 2012
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar Complete 250-kW System

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kW solar PV power system donated by First Solar Inc. which will help powe...

May 24, 2012
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Salt Lake City Commissions 1.65-MW Rooftop System

Salt Lake County and its partners will officially “flip the switch” on Utah’s largest rooftop solar installation at a cere...

May 24, 2012
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50 MW of PV Projects Reach Commercial Operation in Sacramento...

Recurrent Energy, a North American solar project developer, today announced that three of its solar PV projects in Sacramento County have ac...

May 23, 2012