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Tioga Completes Solar Rooftop System for BJ’s Wholesale Club
Kelly Pickerel
March 8, 2012
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NRG to Power Philadelphia Eagles Stadium with solar, wind
March 5, 2012
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Eclipsall Announces First Commercial PV Project in United States
March 5, 2012
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Kyocera Panels Used at SDG&E’s Energy Innovation Center
March 2, 2012
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California County Education Office Breaks Ground on 640-kW System
March 1, 2012
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Magnetek Receives ETL Certification for its 1-MW Inverter

Magnetek Inc. today announced that it has received ETL certification to the UL 1741-2010 and CSA C22.2 No. 107.1 standards for its 1-MW 1,00...

March 1, 2012
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30-MW Texas Solar Farm Sold to MetLife and Longsol Holdings

MetLife and Longsol Holdings US Inc., a private owner and operator of solar projects in the U.S. and Europe, announced today the purchase of...

February 29, 2012
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Borrego Solar Completes 3.4-MW Install at Air Force Base

Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a designer, installer and financier of grid-tied government solar PV systems, today announced the completion of ...

February 28, 2012
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Siemens: Sinvert PVM UL Inverter

Siemens Industry Inc.  further strengthens its portfolio of solar inverters with the introduction of its new Sinvert PVM UL i...

February 28, 2012
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30-kW Inverters Used at University of Texas at Austin

Ideal Power Converters (IPC) today announced that seven of its new 30-kW PV inverters have been installed and are successfully operating at ...

February 27, 2012
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Mars Chocolate Installs Ground-Mount Solar System

Mars Chocolate North America, makers of Las Vegas’ own Ethel M Chocolates, announced the grand opening of a new solar garden at i...

February 23, 2012
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National University and SPG Solar Complete Carport and Rooftop Systems

National University, the second-largest private, nonprofit institution of higher education in California and the 12th-largest in the United ...

February 22, 2012
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Phoenix Airport Dedicates 5.4-MW Solar Power System

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and SunPower Corp. are dedicating today a 5.4-MW high efficiency SunPower solar power system. The s...

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