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Campbell Soup Co. to Build 2.3-MW Solar System
Kelly Pickerel
October 21, 2011
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Schneider Electric Earns SEIA Award
October 20, 2011
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Molex: SolarSpec DC Connectors
October 20, 2011
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Switchgear Solution to Reduce Solar Plant Installation Time
October 20, 2011
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Siemens Sinvert Inverters Used in New Facility
October 20, 2011
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SunLink: Core RMS roof mount system

SunLink Corporation today released Core RMS — the newest addition to the company’s trusted solar roof mount product li...

October 20, 2011
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SunLink: HomeRun Combiner Boxes

SunLink Corporation announced the next generation of its HomeRun combiner box family. Proven on more than 100 MW of installations across Nor...

October 20, 2011
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SunWize Appoints New CEO

SunWize Technologies Inc. has appointed Scott Tonn as chief executive officer, and has elected him to the company’s board of directors...

October 20, 2011
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eIQ Energy Enables Largest-Ever Solar System with Distributed Electronics

eIQ Energy Inc. announced today that Granite Construction Inc. has commissioned a new 1.2-MW solar system at Granite’s aggregate and h...

October 14, 2011
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SunPeak Solar Chooses Schneider Electric PV Boxes for 23-MW Farm

  Schneider Electric has been selected by SunPeak Solar LLC, a privately-owned solar energy project developer, to supply 25 solar power...

October 14, 2011
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Signal Energy Completes Construction on 10.8-MW Solar Farm

Signal Energy LLC, a design/build general contractor to the North American renewable energy industry, completed construction on a 10.8-MW so...

October 13, 2011
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First Solar Measures Its Carbon Footprint

First Solar Inc. announced that the company participated in and received a score on its inaugural response to the Carbon Disclosure Project ...

October 13, 2011
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Exelon, Constellation Strengthen Merger Proposal

Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy today filed rebuttal testimony with the Maryland Public Service Commission that strengthens the c...

October 13, 2011
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SOLON: SOLquick rooftop installation aide

SOLON Corp., a provider of turnkey solar power plants and PV products in the U.S., recently launched SOLquick, a patent pending new plug-and...

October 13, 2011
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Suntech Celebrates 10th Anniversary With 5-GW Milestone

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. , a producer of solar panels, celebrated its 10th anniversary by announcing that more than 5 GW of Suntech ...

October 13, 2011
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Hawaii PUC Approves SunPower-Hawaiian Electric Contract for 5-MW Solar Farm

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a contract for SunPower to sell energy to Hawaiian Electric Company from a 5-MW so...

October 13, 2011
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Install of 1-MW Winery Solar Power System Begins in Oregon

King Estate Winery, an Oregon producer of Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir, is teaming up with SolarCity, a national leader in solar power design, ...

October 12, 2011
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sonnen_systems Opens North American Headquarters

sonnen_systems Inc., a global manufacturer of dual-axis tracking systems, is expanding its operations in North America. Customers in the U.S...

October 11, 2011
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Molex: SolarSpec panel-mount DC connectors

Molex Inc. has further expanded its range of SolarSpec products with the development of pin (male) and socket (female) panel-mount DC connec...

October 11, 2011
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AETI: 1,000-volt solar inverters

Houston-based American Electric Technologies Inc. (AETI) today announced the introduction of two new models in its 1,000-volt, Integrated So...

October 11, 2011