RṺSSELSHEIM, Germany – General Motors is moving closer to doubling its global solar output with the addition of an 8.15-megawatt solar array on the rooftop of the Opel Rüsselsheim facility in Germany. The array – one of the largest in Europe – is equivalent to the area of 32 soccer fields. The array will generate [...]
State’s Two Largest Distributed Solar Arrays Plugged-in at Both Chicago-Area IKEA Stores; CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. www.SolarThermalMagazine.com With local officials, community leaders, and solar industry representatives on-hand, IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar panels installed at both its Chicago-area stores – in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg, Illinois – bringing the total number [...]
LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 17, 2012. -SolarThermalMagazine.com Real Goods Solar and Gestamp Solar today announced plans to construct 4.8MW of solar projects in Vermont. Construction on the two solar installations, 2.3MW in Pownal and 2.5MW in Williamstown, is slated to begin later this month and the projects are scheduled to complete by the end of the [...]
SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. (SCHOTT Solar) recently provided solar panels for two rooftop solar arrays installed by Microgrid Energy at the Ford Family Plaza at Busch Stadium, home of the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. Solar Power at Busch Stadium The solar energy system will generate enough energy to power all the team stores in [...]
Commercial rooftop solar arrays and other small scale generation will find it easier to connect directly to local electricity grids.
EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by ATK to utilize ZTJ solar cells in the new lightweight and highly-efficient ATK Ultraflex solar arrays. The solar panels will be used to [...]
Longhorn Solar is encouraging customers interested in purchasing a solar system to beat the year end rush that usually happens as people scramble to get systems installed to take advantage of the 2011federal tax credit. Longhorn Solar also wants to make customers aware that the end of the year is when CPS Energy typically considers [...]
SMA Canada will provide a first look at the new Sunny Boy 240 micro inverter at Solar Canada 2011, CanSIA’s annual conference and exposition, which takes place Dec. 5-6 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. Conference attendees will be able to view the micro inverter, which is scheduled for release in 2012 and [...]
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has honored Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with a Solar Business Achievement Award for its innovative Bright Tucson Community Solar Program, which allows customers to purchase solar energy directly from their utility. SEPA, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group with more than 1,000 utility and solar industry members nationwide, recognized TEP [...]
New 500 Wp/120-Cell PV Module is 60% Larger, but Weighs Same as Conventional 280 Wp/72-Cell Metal-Framed Modules EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – While building beta prototypes of its innovative new COSMOS™ photovoltaic (PV) modules for independent-laboratory testing, TULiPPS Solar B.V. owner and inventor, Paul Stassen decided to try something revolutionary: build a 500 watt-peak (Wp)/120-cell unit [...]
Company celebrates milestone by flipping the switch for new solar system at Fort Worth Zoo — the largest solar system to help power a zoo in Texas What’s the same size as 560 elephants, over 33,000 large 14″ pizzas or nearly 95,000 iPads? The impressive 45,000 square feet of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels that have [...]
This week Oregon University broke ground on what will be the state’s largest solar photovoltaic power program, and the largest solar contract in the nation for a public university system on multiple campuses. Eventually to include solar arrays on all seven OUS campuses, the project – called Solar By Degrees – will begin installation of a [...]
REC Solar Awarded 6.6 Megawatts of Turnkey Solar Contracts from Veterans Affairs in California and Texas Awards include expansion to make the West Los Angeles Medical Center home to the VA’s largest solar energy system REC Solar, leading solar electric provider in the United States, today announced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has [...]
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