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Kelly Pickerel
February 28, 2012
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30-kW Inverters Used at University of Texas at Austin
February 27, 2012
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Mars Chocolate Installs Ground-Mount Solar System
February 23, 2012
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National University and SPG Solar Complete Carport and Rooftop Systems
February 22, 2012
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Phoenix Airport Dedicates 5.4-MW Solar Power System
February 22, 2012
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America’s Oldest Private Mint Now Uses Solar Power

Osborne Coinage is America’s oldest private mint. Custom coins, casino tokens, amusement tokens, key chains and medallions, and promot...

February 21, 2012
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Eldorado Coffee Roasters Installs 420-kW System

Eldorado Coffee Roasters proudly announces the commissioning of a 240.24-kW solar PV system at its worldwide headquarters in Maspeth, Q...

February 16, 2012
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Solar Carport Completed at New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Headquarters

SunDurance Energy and Solaire Generation announced the commissioning of a 120-kW solar carport at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJM...

February 15, 2012
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IKEA Powers-up Solar Project at Maryland Store

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

February 15, 2012
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Mercury Solar Systems Completes 3.6-MW Project in New Jersey

Mercury Solar Systems today announced the completion of a 3.6-MW system in Manalapan, one of the largest ground-mounted, grid-inte...

February 13, 2012
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Tennessee Food Bank to Save Costs with 200-kW Rooftop Install

Phoenix Solar Inc. and Silicon Ranch Corp. today announced plans to build a 200-kW solar system on the roof of the Second Harvest ...

February 13, 2012
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SolarMax Technology Completes Hotel Project in New Jersey

SolarMax Technology Inc. recently completed a 756-kW PV solar carport system at the Wyndham Mt. Laurel Hotel in New Jersey. “A hotel o...

February 10, 2012
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Rainwise: PVmet Solar Energy Efficiency Monitor

Rainwise has recently released the PVmet Solar Energy Efficiency Monitor, a weather station specifically designed to improve accurate m...

February 9, 2012
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Space and Naval Warfare Complex Gets 1.3-MW Rooftop System

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) complex, a headquarters for high-tech military command, communications and surveillance...

February 9, 2012
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Aztec Solar Acquires Solahart Services

Aztec Solar Inc. recently acquired Solahart Services of Stockton, Calif. Aztec Solar, a Sacramento-based residential and commercial solar co...

February 9, 2012
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Canadian Solar and HelioPower Complete 516-kW System for California Vineyard

Canadian Solar Inc., HelioPower and Giumarra Vineyards Corporation announced the successful completion of a 516-kW comme...

February 9, 2012
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1.13-MW Array to Power Mushroom Crop

Mushrooms do not normally need much help from the sun, but nearly 5,000 solar panels have popped up alongside buildings that house white but...

February 9, 2012
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New Jersey American Water Installing Two Solar Fields at Water...

Using solar power to treat blue and as a result save some green, New Jersey American Water is becoming more environmentally friendly by inst...

February 8, 2012
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SolarCraft Completes 321-kW Installation at Medtronic Santa Rosa Campus

Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft recently completed the design and installation of a 321-kW solar electric installation at the main Santa ...

February 8, 2012
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Aqua America Finishes Fourth Solar Farm to Help Power Water...

Aqua America Inc. Chief Financial Officer David P. Smeltzer said its utility operations are making deliberate steps into the alternativ...

February 8, 2012