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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar Complete 250-kW System
Kelly Pickerel
May 24, 2012
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Salt Lake City Commissions 1.65-MW Rooftop System
May 24, 2012
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50 MW of PV Projects Reach Commercial Operation in Sacramento County
May 23, 2012
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$295 Million DuPont Expansion Doubles Production of Solar Films
May 23, 2012
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Dual Tracking Systems Installed in Tennessee
May 22, 2012
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1-MW Solar Canopies Installed at School District by Chevron

The San Lorenzo Unified School District announced the completion of its first solar energy system, which will significantly reduce the distr...

May 21, 2012
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SunEdison Closes $65 Million Loan for 20-MW Arizona Project

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electron...

May 21, 2012
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Nanosolar Completes 1-MW Installation at Camp Roberts

Nanosolar Inc. announced it has completed a 1-MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, the largest of California’s Nation...

May 21, 2012
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Honeywell: PowerShield 3W Film Protection

Honeywell announced it has introduced its third-generation laminate film designed to protect solar power panels from harsh environments...

May 21, 2012
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New England’s First 100% Solar Powered Printing Facility Flips Switch

At a celebratory event held last Friday, John Dumouchel said his company is giving new meaning to the words ‘green printing’; th...

May 15, 2012
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Walmart to Install Solar on 27 Massachusetts Stores

Walmart announced today that it will install solar panels to generate electricity at 27 of its stores in Massachusetts by 2014, becoming the...

May 15, 2012
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5.5 MW Installed at Arizona School District by SunPower

Today, Scottsdale Unified School District and SunPower Corp. are celebrating the installation of 5.5 MW of high efficiency SunPower solar po...

May 15, 2012
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New Orleans Historic Buildings Get 1-MW System with MAGE SOLAR

MAGE SOLAR, part of the globally operating MAGE GROUP, announced today that its premium high-efficiency modules are part of an ambitious his...

May 15, 2012
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Suntech and Krannich Enter 120-MW Agreement

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world’s largest producer of solar panels, and Krannich Solar, a leading value added distributor of com...

May 15, 2012
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NREL Finds Microinverters Can Improve Performance in Shade

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simul...

May 14, 2012
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Dynamic Solar Installs 257-kW System at Recycling Facility

Pro Pel Plastech, a recycling solutions center in Massachusetts, has acquired a new roof mounted solar array that re-defines the meanin...

May 11, 2012
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Ontario Rooftop Installations to Use Heliene Panels

Moose Power Inc., a leading rooftop solar developer in Ontario, announces that Heliene Inc. has been chosen to supply 1-MW of solar panels f...

May 10, 2012
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Largest Non-Utility Owned Solar Project Dedicated in N.J.

Lincoln Renewable Energy (LRE), a leading developer of solar and wind projects, yesterday held the official dedication ceremony for its 12.5...

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