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suntech modules Suntech and Krannich Enter 120-MW Agreement
Kelly Pickerel
May 15, 2012
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NREL Finds Microinverters Can Improve Performance in Shade
May 14, 2012
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Dynamic Solar Installs 257-kW System at Recycling Facility
May 11, 2012
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Ontario Rooftop Installations to Use Heliene Panels
May 10, 2012
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Largest Non-Utility Owned Solar Project Dedicated in N.J.
May 10, 2012
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Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy Sign Merger Agreement

Westinghouse Solar Inc., a designer and manufacturer of integrated rooftop solar power systems, and CBD Energy Ltd., a diversified renewable...

May 9, 2012
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D.C. High School to Install 500-kW Array

Solar Solution LLC is proud to announce that it has been awarded the contract to install a solar PV array at the newly constructed Dunbar Hi...

May 9, 2012
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First Solar Project on State-Owned Landfill Dedicated in New Jersey

Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today joined the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and SunDurance Energy to dedicate the ...

May 8, 2012
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SPI to Install 6.4 MW at Waterpark and Ski Resort

SPI Solar today announced it has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with a subsidiary of KDC Sol...

May 8, 2012
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First Large-Scale Solar Facility on Public Lands Goes Online in...

As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to energy, yesterday Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar “flipped the s...

May 8, 2012
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Tennessee Stove Company Installs 200-kW Solar System

Brown Stove Works Inc., located in Cleveland, Tenn., completed the interconnection of a 199.64-kW solar field to the Cleveland Utilities Boa...

May 8, 2012
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Johns Hopkins University Installs 818-kW System on 7 Buildings

The Johns Hopkins University has teamed with leading solar energy development companies Eastlight Renewable Ventures and RGS ...

May 7, 2012
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Iron Mountain to Install Solar at Storage Facilities

Iron Mountain Inc. announced plans today to install solar panels on the roofs of eight of its document storage facilities in Massa...

May 7, 2012
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Hammond Manufacturing: Stainless Steel Enclosures

Hammond Manufacturing offers a number of versions of floor mounted and freestanding stainless steel enclosures designed to house electrical,...

May 7, 2012
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PsomasFMG Installs 7-MW System at California School District

La Mesa Junior High School was the host site for Wm. S. Hart Union High School District’s flip-the-switch celebration today for a sola...

May 4, 2012
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Construction Starts on Largest PV Project in the World

This week, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Inc. marked the start of major construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo Co...

May 4, 2012
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N.J. Boarding School Gets 6.1-MW Ground Mount System

The bucolic campus of the Lawrenceville School, a centuries-old boarding school in Lawrenceville, N.J., is home to 6.1 MW of high-performanc...

May 4, 2012
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O2 Energies Announces 4.5-MW Solar Farm for Mt. Airy, N.C.

Andy Griffith never imagined that his hometown of Mt. Airy, N.C., would generate more solar electricity per person than almost any other cit...

May 4, 2012
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Largest Solar Array in West Virginia Completed

American Public University System (APUS), an online higher-education provider focused on the military and public service communities, has ch...

May 3, 2012
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San Diego Students Organize 250-kW System

San Diego State University (SDSU) is now powering one of its busiest student facilities with solar energy. The Aztec Recreation Center (ARC)...

May 3, 2012