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Solar, Wind Provide 100% of All New US Electricity in September
Kelly Pickerel
October 25, 2012
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Eaton Introduces PVGard Monitoring System for Solar Installations
October 25, 2012
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Encon Solar to Install 27-kW Solar Power System at Train Depot
October 25, 2012
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SMA’s Sunny Central CP Inverters Upgraded
October 25, 2012
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26 Los Angeles Schools to get SolarCity Projects
October 24, 2012
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SolarCity Completes Solar Energy Project for California School District

Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District (Calif.) has restored music instruction, which had been suspended since 2009 for lack of funds,...

October 23, 2012
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SPG Solar to Complete 10 MW of Tracker Projects By...

SPG Solar, a provider of commercial solar power products and services, today announced the completion of a cutting-edge solar tracking syste...

October 23, 2012
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Cenergy Cracks Ground on 1.1-MW Installation at Nut Facility

Poindexter Nut, a premier huller, dryer and processer of walnuts, and Cenergy Power, a solar integrator, have begun construction on a 1.1-MW...

October 23, 2012
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SunPower, US Navy Complete 13.78-MW Solar Power System

In a dedication ceremony attended by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roger Natsuhara, SunPower Corp. announced the completi...

October 22, 2012
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SolarCity to Build 14-MW Solar Power System for KIUC in...

SolarCity announced it has been selected by Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) to build a 14-MW DC (12-MW AC) solar facility on ...

October 19, 2012
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Tioga, Johnson Controls Complete 14 Solar Power Systems for School...

Representatives from the Hemet Unified School District, Tioga Energy, Johnson Controls, De Lage Landen and Wells Fargo & Company gathere...

October 19, 2012
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Panasonic, Macerich to Install Solar Power on Shopping Centers

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America and Macerich, have aligned to begin the first phase of a multi-property retail real estate solar power...

October 18, 2012
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Southern Co. Acquires 2.5-MW Granville Solar Facility

Southern Company today announced the acquisition of the company’s first solar installation in North Carolina — the 2.5-megawatt ...

October 18, 2012
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California Habitat for Humanity Homes to be Solar Powered

Habitat for Humanity, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the City of Oakland are celebrating the construction of a new 12-home ...

October 18, 2012
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Ingeteam Develops New Inverter Management Solution

Ingeteam has just developed the INGECON EMS Plants, an entirely new inverter concept for batteries and part of Ingeteam’s range of Ene...

October 17, 2012
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DayStar Acquries Solar Projects from Avatar Solar

DayStar Technologies Inc. announced the purchase of solar projects from Avatar Solar of Simi Valley, Calif. DayStar’s acquisition...

October 17, 2012
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Woodward, SolarEdge Partner on Utility-Scale Optimization Systems

Woodward Inc. and SolarEdge Technologies, a global provider of end-to-end solar power optimization systems and PV monitoring solutions, ...

October 17, 2012
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Upsolar Introduces Smart Modules Powered by Tigo Energy

Upsolar, an international provider of solar PV modules, unveiled its smart modules optimized by Tigo Energy. The first smart modules ce...

October 17, 2012
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3,000-Cow Dairy Goes Solar with 719-kW Tracking System

SPG Solar announced its partnership with Curtimade Dairy in an open house event at the dairy’s Tulare, Calif. facility. The dairy rece...

October 16, 2012
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Keystone Solar Project Completed by Community Energy Solar, groSolar

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced its modules have been installed in a 5-MW (AC) solar plant located in a dense agricultural area of&...

October 16, 2012