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ikea Utah’s IKEA Now Has 1-MW Solar Power System
Kelly Pickerel
July 26, 2012
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Suniva Modules Power Georgia Tech’s Energy Solutions Laboratory
July 26, 2012
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Two IKEA Chicago Stores Install Solar Energy Arrays
July 25, 2012
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Obama Administration Further Promotes Public Land Development for Solar
July 25, 2012
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2.2-MW Solar Power System Unveiled with Upsolar Modules Upsolar
July 25, 2012
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Northland Power Selects SMA Inverters for Ontario Projects

SMA has entered into a contract with Canadian independent power producer Northland Power Inc. (Northland), to equip the company with SMA Med...

July 24, 2012
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Cape Cod now has 225-kW Roof Mounted System

Onset, a supplier of data loggers, today announced the installation of a new, 225-kW, roof-mounted photovoltaic system at the company’...

July 24, 2012
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Tioga Completes 473-kW System on Jersey Shoreline

  Tioga Energy and Energy Finance Company (EFC), providers of renewable energy services to commercial, government and no...

July 24, 2012
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NJ Governor Signs Law to Allow Solar Market to Continue...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) signed legislation into law that allows the state’s solar energy market to continue growing and...

July 24, 2012
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San Antonio to Build 400-MW Solar Power Field

A landmark deal signed today by CPS Energy and OCI Solar Power will result in the construction of 400 megawatts (MW) of solar energy, bring ...

July 23, 2012
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Los Angeles Powers Up 11.4-MW Solar Power System

At an employee recognition and commissioning event near the town of Adelanto in California’s Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Department...

July 23, 2012
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Gehrlicher Installs 1-MW Solar Power System at IKEA Atlanta

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

July 23, 2012
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NRG and GenOn to Merge, Creating Largest U.S. Power Generation...

NRG Energy Inc. and GenOn Energy Inc. announced they have signed a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a stock-fo...

July 23, 2012
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Colorado PUC to Scale Back Incentives for Solar Installs

Today the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) dismissed an appeal submitted by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the...

July 19, 2012
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Construction Begins on 6-MW Keystone Solar Power Project in Pennsylvania

Community Energy Solar today announced that it has closed financing and commenced construction of its 6-MW Keystone Solar Project in Lancast...

July 18, 2012
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Real Goods Solar, Gestamp Solar Partner on 4.8-MW Solar Install

Real Goods Solar and Gestamp Solar announced plans to construct 4.8 MW of solar power projects in Vermont. Construction on the two solar ins...

July 18, 2012
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Ohio Company Builds Solar Energy Tracker for National Guard

Rudolph/Libbe Inc. has designed and built a solar tracker system for the Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton. The 35-kW so...

July 18, 2012
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Veterans Green Jobs Partners with SolarCity to Boost Hiring of...

Veterans Green Jobs, a national nonprofit organization that puts veterans to work in the green economic sector, has partnered with SolarCity...

July 17, 2012
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Unirac to Supply Ground Mount Systems for 110-MW Solar Project

Unirac Inc., has been awarded a contract by Bechtel Power Corporation to supply the ground-mount system for the 110-MW AC Catalina Solar Pho...

July 17, 2012
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694-kW Solar Power System Finished at IKEA Pittsburgh

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

July 17, 2012