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Oak Grove School District, Chevron Energy Solutions Unveils PV System
Kelly Pickerel
December 14, 2011
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Siemens Solar Energy System Powering California Correctional Facilities
December 14, 2011
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U.S. Solar Industry Sets Installation Record for 3rd Quarter 2011
December 14, 2011
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Cenergy Power Completes 472-kW Rooftop Installation at Ready Roast Nut Company Facility
December 13, 2011
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ESA Renewables Begins Construction on 1.3-MW Rooftop Array
December 13, 2011
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Solyndra Asset Auctioning Dates Announced

Counsel RB Capital Inc., a leader in distressed and surplus capital asset transactions, today announced two upcoming auctions of remaining s...

December 12, 2011
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Phoenix Solar Completes Solar Plant for Dow Corning

Phoenix Solar and Dow Corning Corp. jointly announced the completion of a solar installation at Dow Corning’s world headquarters and f...

December 12, 2011
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Duke Energy Acquires Two Arizona Solar Farms

Duke Energy now owns two large-scale solar farms in Arizona – the company’s first in the American West. Duke Energy Re...

December 12, 2011
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R.I. Dept. of Environmental Management Receives $1.5 Million for Solar

The Department of Environmental Management has been awarded $1.5 million in federal funds from the RI Office of Energy Resources to install ...

December 12, 2011
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Orange County, Fla., 5.9-MW PV Array Dedicated

Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) proudly announced the completion of the first solar farm in Orange County on Wednesday in a dedicati...

December 9, 2011
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Two Solar Facilities Online in Gila Bend, Arizona

Arizona Public Service announced that another solar facility has come online in Gila Bend, Ariz., an area quickly becoming a hub of solar en...

December 9, 2011
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KDC Solar Completes Construction on 3.25-MW Rooftop Array in N.J.

KDC Solar LLC, headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., through a wholly owned subsidiary, has completed construction of a 3.25 MW rooftop mo...

December 8, 2011
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IKEA Powers-up 618-kW Solar Energy System at Baltimore Store

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

December 8, 2011
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Renewvia Energy Completes Covered Parking System in Arizona

Renewvia Energy Corp., a provider of solar power systems for owners of investment-grade commercial properties, announced today it has comple...

December 7, 2011
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SPI to Install Second Solar System for Twentieth Century Fox

SPI Solar, a vertically integrated PV solar developer, announced it has been contracted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. to install ...

December 7, 2011
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MidAmerican Energy to Acquire 550-MW Farm From First Solar

Today, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the Topaz Solar Farm from First So...

December 7, 2011
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5-MW Installation Completed by Main Street Power and Az. Western...

Arizona Western College (AWC) and Main Street Power Co. Inc. flipped the switch on a 5-MW solar installation that will provide approximately...

December 7, 2011
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Exelon and Constellation Strengthen Merger Commitments

Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy Group filed a brief with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) that increases the compani...

December 6, 2011
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Solar Companies Join Together to Help Households in Calif. and...

HelioPower, an integrated energy solutions company with more than 2,000 solar and clean energy systems engineered and installed since 2001, ...

December 6, 2011
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10-kW Systems to be Installed in Florida Schools through SunSmart...

Shaka, a globalization and corporate strategies firm focusing on renewable energy, announcedthat it has entered into the final stages of an ...

December 6, 2011