Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:42 pm
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--They may say everything is bigger in Texas, but at KB Home (NYSE:KBH) your energy usage doesn’t have to be—in fact it could be zero. KB Home unveiled its first net-zero energy home in the Houston area during a special event held today at its Lago Vista at Westheim...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:34 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that its 2011 solicitation for new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record for the utility. PG&E's energy procurement staff are reviewing them closely to...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:33 pm
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viridian Energy, the leading provider of affordable, green retail energy, today released its second annual Sustainability Report. The report, which includes an opinion letter from Ernst & Young, provides details of the company’s green power purchasing a...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:28 pm
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Pacific Homes, one of the nation's leaders in homebuilding quality, today announced the February 11 Grand Opening of Legacy Oaks at Serrano in El Dorado Hills. The community includes four brand new single-family home designs that blend ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:25 pm
VOORHEES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Jersey American Water’s new Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant will not be complete until June 2012, but already the state-of-the art facility in Short Hills is garnering plenty of attention. In recent weeks, the water t...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:22 pm
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarMax Technology Inc. recently completed a 756 kW photovoltaic solar carport system at the Wyndham Mt. Laurel Hotel in New Jersey. “A hotel often has high energy consumption because of the many rooms and amenities that have to be power...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:21 pm
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, today reported results for its first fiscal quarter e...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 10, 2012, 12:14 pm
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vote Solar, a non-profit solar advocacy group, in partnership with Probolsky Research, today announced the findings of a recent survey to assess the attitudes toward solar energy development in California’s Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino count...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 9, 2012, 12:55 pm
HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) complex, a headquarters for high-tech military command, communications and surveillance in San Diego, now hosts 1.3 megawatts of solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more tha...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 9, 2012, 12:54 pm
NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that the 500 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar array at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina will be Powered by Suniva™. The company...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:56 am
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Envision Solar International, Inc., ("Envision Solar") (OTCBB:EVSI), a leading sustainable infrastructure product designer and developer, today announced that the company was successful in both reducing and renegotiating the company's debt positions at t...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:55 am
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 7, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- AlsoEnergy, a leading supplier of energy monitoring systems, announced today the hire of Kevin Suhr to be its field service engineer as a result of rapid expansion to multiple countries. Suhr's experience in energy, technology and...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:53 am
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Satcon Technology Corporation® (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, today announced a partnership with Great Wall Computer Company Limited (GWPC), a majority-owned subsidiary of China Electr...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:52 am
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, is expanding to Connecticut to make it possible for many homeowners and businesses to install solar panels for free and pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power. SolarCity is expand...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:50 am
PROVO, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vivint Solar™, a leader in simple, affordable solar solutions, is partnering with Clean Power Finance to bring more affordable financing options to homeowners interested in clean energy. As a leading provider of residential financing for the sola...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:49 am
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO), the global leading display and solar solutions provider, today announced that it is ready to provide its customers with US-made solar solutions. The progress enriches AU...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:47 am
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings expects to rate the Series A senior secured notes issued by Topaz Solar Farms LLC (Topaz), as follows, subject to receipt of final documentation: --$700 million Series A senior secured notes rated 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is Stab...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:45 am
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MiaSole, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced the appointment of Richard (Rich) Hossfeld as Vice President of Global Business Development and Sales. He will also ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 7, 2012, 10:44 am
KINGMAN, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UniSource Energy Services is unveiling a new program that allows electric customers to buy solar energy directly from two recently completed solar generating systems in Mohave County. The systems’ combined 1.7 megawatt (MW) output will be sold dire...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Feb 6, 2012, 6:49 pm
LA Times By Tiffany Hsu February 6, 2012, 1:33 p.m. Two solar industry trade groups are going to court ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 1:04 pm
GLEN ALLEN,  Va., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In its newly released report, "CIGS Photovoltaics Markets-2012," industry analyst firm NanoMarkets forecasts revenues from CIGS panels will reach $4.4 billion (USD) by 2017.  And while the recent announcement of a 150 MW solar farm supports the...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 1:02 pm
TUCSON, Ariz. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is partnering with AREVA Solar on an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) addition to TEP's H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station in Tucson. TEP's Sundt Solar Boost Project will use ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:56 pm
ERLANGEN, Germany, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The solar company Semprius, in which Siemens has invested as a strategic partner in June 2011, achieved a world record for photovoltaic module efficiency of 33.9 percent. This result was externally certified after measurement under standard test ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:54 pm
PHOENIX, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CRC (Pink Sheets: CYSA) receives a Letter of Interest from Harqua Gila, LLC for deployment of its Alternative Energy Technologies.  Harqua Gila, LLC is currently developing a multi-phase alternative energy project in La Paz County, Arizona that encompass...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:52 pm
HANAU, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innovation and material technology are the keys to success for increasing the efficiency of solar cells. For the first time ever, scientists accomplished the development of an industry-scale c-Si solar cell with an efficiency greater than 20%. The record cell i...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:51 pm
QUEANBEYAN, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to increased US investor enquiries and as part of a determined bid to diversify its shareholder base and increase liquidity, dye sensitized solar cell frontrunner, Dyesol Limited (ASX:DYE, FWB:D5I, OTCQX:DYSOY), has upgraded from the Over-the...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:49 pm
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semprius, Inc., an innovator in high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has set a new world record for photovoltaic module efficiency, reaching 33.9 percent (active area). The module was tested indoors at Standard Test Conditions (850 W/m2, 25°C ce...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:44 pm
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the company a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoin...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 31, 2012, 12:27 pm
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), led by SolarWorld and supported by more than 150 U.S. employers of more than 11,000 workers, today recognized the U.S. Department of Commerce for taking expedited action against a massive, evasive surge of Chin...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 30, 2012, 4:19 pm
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using water and solar power, today announced that the numerous “mud pots” found in and around the Salton Sea emit mostly carbon d...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:49 am
KINGSPORT, Tenn. & ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) and Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Eastman will acquire Solutia, a global leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals. Under...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:47 am
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge), the leading developer of module-integrated microinverters for the solar industry, announces a partnership with Solartec Energia Renovable (Solartec) to introduce AC modules to Mexico. Solartec will manufacture and sell AC ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:46 am
MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Solar Power today announced the company has entered into a solar farm development agreement with Liberty County, Florida. Under the agreement, National Solar Power will build an up to 100MW solar energy project on property in Liberty County-–adjacen...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:46 am
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, today announced the appointment of Toby Corey as chief revenue officer. Corey, co-founder and former president and chief operating officer of USWeb, Inc., will focus on transforming the ways in which c...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:42 am
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the solar energy industry maturing rapidly, and expanding to newer markets, the focus of innovation and investment has shifted from panels to installations — the final critical step for monetization, according to a Lux Research report titled, “Swimming Downstr...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:40 am
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB:BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company intends to pursue an opportunity to c...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:39 am
ROSWELL, Ga., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GS Battery (USA) Inc. today announced it has begun to supply its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva's Balance of System Solutions (BOSS).  Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, these high capacity batteries prov...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:38 am
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Department of Energy today announced that the Orange County Great Park has been selected as the site for the 2013 Solar Decathlon.  With the award, the Great Park will work with the Department of Energy to stage the event and sho...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:37 am
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc., (OTCQB: CNUV) today announced the company's official name change to SurgLine International, Inc. has been completed and approved by FINRA. The Company will commence trading under the new OTC ticker symbol: SGLN...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Jan 27, 2012, 10:36 am
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KDC Solar LLC, headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey, through its wholly owned subsidiary, KDC Solar Nugen WR, a joint venture with Nugen Capital Management LLC, has begun commercial operation of the second largest PV roof-mounted solar system ...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:48 am
HERNDON, Va., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kent County Commissioners and Board of Education signed a 20-year contract with Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (WGES), to build a 1,579 kilowatt (kW) solar array to power Kent County High School, Worton Elementary School and the K...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:48 am
CHANGZHOU, China, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today it wil...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:47 am
... SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) and Staples the world's largest office products company, today announced a production milestone of more than 30 million kilowatt-hours of energy produced through solar i...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:46 am
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing's (NYSE: BA) South Carolina 787 fabrication and assembly facility ranks 14th on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Fortune 500 list of the largest renewable power purchasers in its Green Power Partnership, according to...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:45 am
CHANGZHOU, China, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today the fo...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:43 am
LUXEMBOURG and NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- CNPV Solar Power SA, a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, and Soltas Energy Corporation, a national solar-pow...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:42 am
FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced, thin-film solar photovoltaic modules, today inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Frankfurt (Oder) and celebrated the production of the new plant’s one millionth modu...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:41 am
ROHNERT PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarNet Holdings, LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation, today announced changes in its top management to enable the company to solidify its position for sustainable growth in the increasingly competitive global solar market. SolarNet is...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:40 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Solaria, a global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, has deployed the Camstar Enterprise PlatformTM to drive quality initiatives throughout all manufacturing processes, enabling flexibility for global manufac...
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Kevin M. posted an article on Solar Energy News - Nov 3, 2011, 10:37 am
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) can become mainstream with an estimated 6.6 GW installed in 2021 as the European Commission’s Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) standards lead to likely widespread adoption across the continent, according to a report from Lux ...
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