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Wakefern Food Corp. to Get 24-MW Rooftop Solar Power System
Kelly Pickerel
October 4, 2012
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SolarCraft Completes 34.5-kW Solar Energy System in California
October 4, 2012
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PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm in Arizona Begins Commercial Operation
October 4, 2012
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Solar Frontier Completes 80-MW Thin Film Project
October 3, 2012
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Sumitomo Invests in 550-MW Desert Sunlight Solar Farm
October 2, 2012
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ARaymond Tinnerman: PowARSnap 90B clips

ARaymond Tinnerman Industrial Inc. (ART) announces the release of the PowAR Snap 90B.  This product is a one-piece attachment clip for ...

October 2, 2012
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Canadian Solar Expands into Puerto Rico with 26 MW Install

Canadian Solar Inc. announced the delivery 26 MW of its high quality and high-performing CS6P-P solar power modules to EPC Contractor TSK So...

October 2, 2012
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Chevron Completes Largest K-12 Solar Program in Los Angeles County

Temple City Unified School District and Chevron Energy Solutions announced the completion of a transformative solar and energy efficiency pr...

October 2, 2012
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American Voters Show Strong Support for Solar Energy

Likely voters in the 2012 election cycle overwhelmingly support solar energy and would like to see the federal government to do more to fost...

October 2, 2012
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Alpha Energy Management Completes 280-kW Rooftop Install

Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., a designer and manufacturer of solar products, and Alpha Energy Management Inc., a California-based solar ...

October 1, 2012
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Transmission Line Approved for 139-MW California Solar Project

As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved construction of the tran...

October 1, 2012
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Nextronex Inverters Selected for 8 MW of Projects in Ohio

Nextronex Inc. is pleased to announce it has been chosen as the inverter supplier on seven Ohio solar power projects totaling 8 MW. The sola...

October 1, 2012
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Southern Co. Acquires Nation’s Largest Solar Tracking Install

Southern Co. today announced its acquisition of the largest direct current solar tracking array of its kind. The Spectrum Solar Facility &md...

September 28, 2012
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Ameresco Breaks Ground on 1.5-MW Solar Power Project

Ameresco Inc., an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today hosted Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, and Massachusetts and City of Low...

September 28, 2012
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Six Solar Power Projects Planned for California by Xnergy

Blue Earth Inc. announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Xnergy Inc., entered into a development and financing agreement with Greenwood ...

September 28, 2012
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Solectria Renewables Powers the Largest Solar Farm in New England

Solectria Renewables LLC announced today its Megawatt Solar Stations (MSS) were chosen for the 5-MW True North solar farm in Salisbury, Mass...

September 27, 2012
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First Solar to Build 4 Solar Power Projects Totaling 20...

First Solar Inc. today announced agreements to construct four solar power plants totaling 20 MW AC of generating capacity for PNM Resou...

September 27, 2012
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SEIA Statement on Proposed Georgia Power Solar Energy Initiative

Georgia Power Company yesterday proposed an initiative to create one of the largest voluntarily-developed solar portfolios by an investor-ow...

September 27, 2012
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Assurant Insurance Company Installs 1.76-MW System at Ohio Campus

Construction has begun on a new $7 million solar installation to supply clean energy at the office campus of Assurant Specialty Property, on...

September 26, 2012
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SolarCraft Completes Solar Installation at Fort Ross Vineyard

Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft announced they have completed the design and installation of a solar power installation for Fort Ross Vin...

September 24, 2012