The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and First Solar Inc. have reached an agreement on the installation of solar modules at the Solar Ranch One PV power plant currently under construction in the Antelope Valley. The agreement enables First Solar to continue construction activities of the 230-MW power plantRead More

As part of the Obama Administration’s all of the above approach to American energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved a 350-MW solar energy project on tribal trust land of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians (Tribe) in Clark County, Nevim. The project marks a milestone as the first-ever,Read More

Kohl’s Department Stores today announced the company will expand its solar program by nearly 25 percent in 2012, installing solar panels at approximately 30 additional Kohl’s locations. While some of the new solar sites will be in states such as California, Connecticut and Maryland where Kohl’s already has a solar presence,Read More

Blue Earth Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xnergy Inc., signed a 48-kW commercial custom solar carport engineering, procurement and installation contract with Los Altos Foods Products Inc., a manufacturer of unique cheeses and other food types in the City of Industry, Calif. The approximate value of the contract isRead More

Campbell Soup Company, BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, Enfinity America Corporation, FirstEnergy Solutions and SunPower Corp. will today celebrate the completion of a 9.8-MW solar power system at Campbell’s manufacturing facility in Napoleon, Ohio. More than 200 jobs were created during construction of the system, which is now generating the equivalent ofRead More

The Sky Factory, a global fine art and technology company that creates virtual skylights and windows for interior environments, has just become the first net-zero solar powered business in the state of Iowa. Designed and installed by Fairfield’s Ideal Energy, the 3,500 sq. ft. PV panel array, generating 54 kW,Read More

The Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE), along with Chevron Energy Solutions, unveiled its solar power and energy efficiency project today during a briefing with the community at the MCOE headquarters located on Blanco Circle in Salinas. The event attracted a multitude of community members, including elected officials, business leadersRead More

enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, today announced it has signed a solar module supply agreement with First Solar Inc. First Solar will deliver 61 MW-peak of thin film modules starting in September 2012 for enXco’s Catalina Solar Project located in Kern County, California. Catalina Solar will be built inRead More

Las Cruces (New Mexico) Mayor Ken Miyagishima and officials from El Paso Electric Company (EPE), the regional electric utility for the area, and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., gathered to officially inaugurate and name the 12-MW solar power plant located nearRead More

General Cable, a cable solutions provider for solar applications from the sun to the outlet, is pleased to announce that its SunGen PV UL 4703 Wire is now available in an array of sunlight resistant solid colors in all gauge sizes. Recent changes to the National Electric Code (NEC) require thatRead More