World’s first Solar Management Unit Capable of Converting any Inverter into a Solar Inverter.

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Bangalore, India. NavSemi Energy has unveiled their New Product Series of Solar Management Units (SMU), which will convert any conventional Inverter to Solar Inverter. With SMU Product Series NavSemi is targeting large customer base of existing installed home UPS & Inverters to convert them to Solar Inverter. “NavSemi envisions bringing solar energy to the masses [...]

Siemens to Implement U.S. Army’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic System at White Sands Missile Range

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Solar Array Part of a $16.8 Million Energy Savings Performance Contract Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. announced this month that the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center has awarded a $16.8 million task order to implement energy-conserving upgrades, including a 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating system–the largest to date for the U.S. Army–at the [...]

Clean Power Finance Expands Residential Solar Financing Products to New Markets

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SAN FRANCISCO,-Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and sales software, today announced the availability of its residential solar finance products in the states of Colorado, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Initially only available in California, the solar leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs) Clean Power Finance manages and markets are now accessible [...]

Mortenson Construction to build 2.4 MW Solar Project in North Carolina

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Mortenson Construction announced their selection as EPC contractor by San Francisco-based MP2 Capital, a leading developer, financier and operator of solar facilities throughout North America, to construct the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar array to be built in Scotland County. Located on a 12 acre site in the Sandhills region, the 2.4 megawatt (MW) system is [...]

6.1-Megawatt Solar Energy Plant Certified for Financing in Tucson, Arizona

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The Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) approved certification and financing for a 6.1-megawatt (MW) solar energy plant to provide electricity to Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) in Tucson, Arizona. A US$13.15 million loan for the construction of the new plant has been approved [...]

SunPower Breaks Ground on 13.78-Megawatt Solar Power Plant at Naval Air Weapons Station in California

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SunPower Corp.  today announced that the company has broken ground on a 13.78-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) in California. The plant is expected to create 140 jobs during construction, and generate the equivalent of more than 30 percent of NAWS China Lake’s annual [...]

GE Solar Technology to Bring Power of the Sun to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Solar Project

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GE  today announced an agreement to supply 23 megawatts (MW) of advanced solar equipment to Invenergy. Invenergy will install the solar equipment at its Grand Ridge Solar project (“Grand Ridge Solar”), now under construction in Illinois. When completed in mid-2012, Grand Ridge Solar will be the largest solar farm in the Midwest. The Grand Ridge [...]

ET Solar Supplies PV Modules for a Government Solar Project in the UK

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NANJING, China. ET Solar Group Corp. (“ET Solar”), a China-based vertically integrated producer and provider of Photovoltaic (“PV”) modules and related solutions to the global solar market, today announces its supply of 600KW PV modules to various rooftop solar energy systems in the United Kingdom. Located in Newcastle, the systems were installed on 30 commercial [...]

New Hybrid Solar-Thermal System at Hale’s Ales. Real Green Beer

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Net Zero Impact has begun installation of a hybrid solar-thermal system at Hale’s Ales, the company’s largest and most sophisticated solar project to date. Located in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, the project kicked off today with the dramatic lowering of a 1,200-gallon storage tank through a temporary opening in the brewery’s roof. “Northwest brewers have an [...]

Canadian Solar Supplies Solar Modules for 9 MW Project in Spain

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Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced that the company has supplied solar modules for a 9 MW solar power plant by OPDE Group in Spain. The solar system is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2011. With this project, Canadian Solar continues to extend its presence in Southern [...]

Long Island Solar Farm Comes Online

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Largest solar project in New York State seen as key to Long Island’s energy, economic, and environmental future. Solar farm will produce enough energy to power up to 4,500 Long Island homes avoiding the use of fossil fuels Upton, NY- Officials from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), BP Solar International, Inc. (BP Solar), Brookhaven [...]

World Bank Supports Morocco’s Bold Plans for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants

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The World Bank this week  approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project, taking a historic step toward realizing one of the first large-scale plants of this kind in North Africa to exploit the region’s vast solar energy resources. With this approval from the Bank’s Board [...]

Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Three North Carolina Solar Farms

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Duke Energy Renewables has acquired three 1-megawatt (MW) commercial solar projects in the southwestern corner of the state. The company now owns seven commercial solar farms in North Carolina. Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses, purchased the portfolio of photovoltaic (PV) projects from ESA Renewables, LLC, which designed and built the generation [...]

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