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Uncertain Tax Credit to be Discussed at Solar Power Generation USA
Kelly Pickerel
December 21, 2011
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Ormat Signs 20-Year PPA for 10-MW PV Project in California
December 21, 2011
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NRG Energy to Install Solar at MetLife Stadium
December 19, 2011
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4.9-MW Rooftop Array Installed at Kimberly-Clark Distribution Center
December 16, 2011
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Regulators Approve Long-Term Contract for 150-MW Power Plant
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
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ESA Renewables Begins Construction on 1.3-MW Rooftop Array

ESA Renewables (ESA), a leading turnkey solar solutions provider, announced it has begun construction on a 1.3-MW commercial rooftop so...

December 13, 2011
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Solyndra Asset Auctioning Dates Announced

Counsel RB Capital Inc., a leader in distressed and surplus capital asset transactions, today announced two upcoming auctions of remaining s...

December 12, 2011
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Phoenix Solar Completes Solar Plant for Dow Corning

Phoenix Solar and Dow Corning Corp. jointly announced the completion of a solar installation at Dow Corning’s world headquarters and f...

December 12, 2011
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Duke Energy Acquires Two Arizona Solar Farms

Duke Energy now owns two large-scale solar farms in Arizona – the company’s first in the American West. Duke Energy Re...

December 12, 2011
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R.I. Dept. of Environmental Management Receives $1.5 Million for Solar

The Department of Environmental Management has been awarded $1.5 million in federal funds from the RI Office of Energy Resources to install ...

December 12, 2011
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Orange County, Fla., 5.9-MW PV Array Dedicated

Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) proudly announced the completion of the first solar farm in Orange County on Wednesday in a dedicati...

December 9, 2011