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Cupertino Electric Completes 500-kW Solar Power System
Kelly Pickerel
January 3, 2012
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Dept. of Interior Approves More Projects in California, Oregon
January 3, 2012
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Calif. Water Facilities Reduce Costs with Solar Power Systems
January 3, 2012
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First 42 MW of Solar Panels Energized at Mesquite Solar 1
December 28, 2011
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SunPower Acquires Tenesol SA for $165.4 Million Cash
December 23, 2011
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2.3-MW System in Massachusetts Completed

Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today celebrates completion of its second large-scale solar energy facility in the Indian Orc...

December 21, 2011
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Uncertain Tax Credit to be Discussed at Solar Power Generation...

With the impending year-end expiration of the nation’s renewable energy investment tax credit (ITC) cash grant, Solar Power Generation...

December 21, 2011
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Ormat Signs 20-Year PPA for 10-MW PV Project in California

Ormat Technologies Inc. announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for 10 MW of s...

December 21, 2011
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NRG Energy to Install Solar at MetLife Stadium

NRG and New Meadowlands Stadium Company today announced a new sponsorship agreement that will bring sustainable solar power to MetLife ...

December 19, 2011
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4.9-MW Rooftop Array Installed at Kimberly-Clark Distribution Center

Prologis Inc.,Southern California Edison (SCE) and Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced that Kimberly-Clark’s Redlands, ...

December 16, 2011
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Regulators Approve Long-Term Contract for 150-MW Power Plant

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 25-year contract to purchase 150 MW of renewabl...

December 16, 2011
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Exelon/Constellation Reach $1 Billion Merger Settlement with Key Parties

Exelon Corporation, Constellation Energy and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company today announced that, in connection with their proposed...

December 15, 2011
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Evergreen Valley College Celebrates New Solar Power Project

Evergreen Valley College, Gilbane Co. (a full-service construction company) and SunPower Corp. today announced the groundbreaking of a ...

December 15, 2011
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San Diego Cardiac Center Installs 60-kW System

The San Diego Cardiac Center recently installed a 252-panel, 60-kW commercial solar system that was designed and installed by Stellar Solar....

December 15, 2011
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New IDC Energy Insights Forecast Shows Worldwide Solar PV Module...

Global solar PV module shipments are forecast to grow from an estimated 22.7 GW in 2011 to 43.8 GW in 2015 according to IDC Energy Insights&...

December 14, 2011
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Exelon Names Risk Leadership Team for Combined Exelon-Constellation

Exelon today announced that upon closing of the Exelon-Constellation merger, Joseph R. Glace will become senior vice president and chie...

December 14, 2011
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Oak Grove School District, Chevron Energy Solutions Unveils PV System

The Oak Grove School District (Calif.) and Chevron Energy Solutions today celebrates the completion of a state-of-the art solar PV system to...

December 14, 2011
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Siemens Solar Energy System Powering California Correctional Facilities

Merced County officials recently held a ceremony to “throw the switch” on its 1.4-MW solar PV array which will generate enough e...

December 14, 2011
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U.S. Solar Industry Sets Installation Record for 3rd Quarter 2011

The U.S. solar energy industry achieved a new record for installations and growth in the third quarter of 2011 thanks to utility-scale proje...

December 14, 2011
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Cenergy Power Completes 472-kW Rooftop Installation at Ready Roast Nut...

Ready Roast Nut Company, an industrial supplier and custom processor of whole and manufactured tree nuts, and Cenergy Power, a solar develop...

December 13, 2011