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NRG and GenOn to Merge, Creating Largest U.S. Power Generation Company
Kelly Pickerel
July 23, 2012
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Colorado PUC to Scale Back Incentives for Solar Installs
July 19, 2012
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Construction Begins on 6-MW Keystone Solar Power Project in Pennsylvania
July 18, 2012
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Real Goods Solar, Gestamp Solar Partner on 4.8-MW Solar Install
July 18, 2012
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Ohio Company Builds Solar Energy Tracker for National Guard
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
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Northland Power Closes Financing on Six 10-MW Solar Farms in...

Northland Power Inc. announced it has completed financing for the first phase of its 130-MW ground-mount program. The six solar projects,&nb...

July 17, 2012
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Six Solar Executives to Discuss Growth in an Uncertain Market...

Executives from utility, manufacturing and finance share the stage at Solar Power International 2012 (SPI ’12) to discuss how their co...

July 13, 2012
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259-kW Rooftop Solar Power System Installed at Baltimore Community Center

Chimes International Ltd., a leading provider of services and support for people with disabilities, announced it has activated a new rooftop...

July 12, 2012
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REC Solar Completes IKEA Tampa’s 1.2-MW Solar Array

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

July 12, 2012
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And Woodbridge Makes 21 for IKEA Solar Power Installations

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

July 11, 2012
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Porsche Dealership Now Running on Solar Power

Solar Community has recently completed production and installation on a 20.01-kW solar power system for the Porsche Dealership of San Antoni...

July 11, 2012
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Draker, AWS Team Up to Provide Solar Resource Assessments

Draker and AWS Truepower LLC announced the creation of a joint marketing alliance that will combine the resources and expertise of both...

July 11, 2012
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Intersolar North America Kicks Off to Record-Setting Crowd

Intersolar North America, the premier solar industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange informat...

July 10, 2012
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Fiera Axium Completes Acquisition of 45-MW Solar Power Portfolio

Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada L.P. is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of a 100 percent equity interest in four...

July 10, 2012
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Standard Solar Completes 1.5-MW Solar Array for Kent County

Today, the Kent County Commissioners, the Superintendent of the Kent County Board of Education, other elected officials and community stakeh...

July 10, 2012
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CBD Energy to Act as EPC for Solar Energy Project...

CBD Energy Limited, a diversified renewable energy company, has signed its first solar PV installation contract in the United States. The pr...

July 10, 2012
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Add Another 977-kW Solar Array to IKEA’s Growing List

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

July 10, 2012