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Arizona Public Service-Owned Solar Plants Now Online
Kelly Pickerel
October 28, 2011
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Principal Solar Inc. Appoints Buzz Aldrin as Senior Adviser
October 28, 2011
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SOLON Joins UniSource to Bring 10 MW to Arizona
October 27, 2011
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Quanta Selected for Construction of 20-MW Calif. Facility
October 26, 2011
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Construction on Rhode Island’s Largest Solar Farm Complete
October 26, 2011
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Solutia to Acquire Southwall Technologies Inc.

Solutia Inc., a market-leading performance materials and specialty chemicals company, is commencing today, through its wholly-owned subsidia...

October 25, 2011
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VISHAY: Category IV High-Voltage Isolation Optocouplers

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. broadens its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of the industry’s first Category IV, high-vol...

October 25, 2011
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1st Global Sells Desert Hot Springs Property for Renewable Construction

1st Global Financial Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Desert Hot Springs (DHS) property for$1,...

October 25, 2011
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SunPower and School District Dedicate 3.3-MW Project

San Ramon Valley Unified School District and SunPower Corp. today dedicated SunPower solar power systems at five schools, totaling 3.3 MW of...

October 24, 2011
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Campbell Soup Co. to Build 2.3-MW Solar System

  Campbell Soup Company announced it has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Land Lease Agreement (LLA) with American Cap...

October 21, 2011
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Schneider Electric Earns SEIA Award

At an event held during Solar Power International 2011, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) presented a Solar Champion Award in t...

October 20, 2011
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Molex: SolarSpec DC Connectors

Molex Inc. augments its SolarSpec portfolio of products with the introduction of rugged, IP67-sealed SolarSpec DC Connectors that are design...

October 20, 2011
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Switchgear Solution to Reduce Solar Plant Installation Time

S&C Electric Company, a global leader in renewable energy integration, introduced a switchgear solutions package to help solar plants re...

October 20, 2011
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Siemens Sinvert Inverters Used in New Facility

Siemens Industry announced this week it has added another megawatt of solar power to its portfolio as Granite Construction Company (GCC), a ...

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