SolarNexus Launches Web-Based Solar Business Management Software Platform

SolarNexus has launched the full version of its industry-leading solar business management software. Over the past two years, 1500 users have tried the SolarNexus platform, coming from hundreds of businesses of various sizes throughout the United States.

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Bosch to Acquire Brazilian Solar Thermal Company Heliotek Maquinas e Equipamentos

Bosch’s Thermotechnology Division plans to acquire Heliotek Maquinas e Equipamentos, head-quartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Established in 1989 and situated in Barueri in the state of Sao Paulo, Heliotek is one of the leading enterprises for solar thermal heaters and heat exchangers in the Brazilian market.

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BP Agrees to Add More Than $400 Million in Pollution Controls at Indiana Refinery and Pay $8 Million Clean Air Act Penalty

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls and cut emissions from BP’s petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind

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Wells Fargo Fuels Energy Efficiency Research With Half-Million Dollar Grant to UC Davis

Wells Fargo’s contribution provides core funding to assist the UC Davis EEC, one of the nation’s leading research centers, in its mission to accelerate the development and commercialization of energy efficient technologies and train future leaders in energy efficiency.

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Solar-powered SpeedInfo Sensors Bring Real-time Traffic Data to Ohio Drivers on Key Routes

Whether heading to Lake Erie for some R&R, carrying a load of food products across the state, going to a ball game or on their way to visiting relatives in Kentucky, drivers in Ohio will arrive at their destinations faster and more safely as a result of recent enhancements to the ODOT Traffic Management System. [...]

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UK Supreme Court Stops Early End to Solar Subsidies

According to a Reuters report, the British government on Friday lost a bid to ask the country’s Supreme Court to let it make an earlier than expected cut in subsidies for solar panels on homes, which it says cost too much. The government had introduced a cut to the  country’s solar subsidies beginning  Dec. 12, [...]

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Cogenra Awarded 2012 Ideas and Innovation Award for Energy Technology

Cogenra Solar, a leading provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, today announced it has won a 2012 Ideas and Innovations Award from the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. Recognized in the energy category, Cogenra was honored for its solar cogeneration technology that produces five times the energy, three [...]

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Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain

Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar – Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company and SENER – the Spanish engineering and construction firm, announced today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants – two identical 50 MW parabolic trough plants, located in Cadiz, in the South [...]

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Xcel Energy & SunEdison Activate First 3 Plants in 53.5MW Solar Project

Xcel Energy and its regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Company, along with SunEdison and state and local officials, announced today the activation of the first three of five solar power plants that make up the 53.5 MW solar project deployed by SunEdison and Xcel Energy in Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico. The [...]

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After $2.1 Billion D.O.E Loan, Solar Trust of America Expands Management Team

Solar Trust of America, the nation’s leading integrated solar industrial company, today announced the appointment of Edward L. Sullivan as Vice President of Corporate Communications and External Affairs. Mr. Sullivan will oversee Solar Trust’s corporate communications, government affairs, marketing and investor relations activities. Mr. Sullivan brings over 15 years of relevant professional experience in government [...]

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Arctic Solar Engineering to Provide Solar Thermal System for Sheet Metal Workers Union Building

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (OTCBB: EFIR) is pleased to announce that their latest acquisition candidate Arctic Solar Engineering, LLC. (“ASE”) has received a new purchase order for the Sheet Metal Workers Union based out of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Alternative Energy Pioneer Sees Increased Demand on Both Sides of the United States and Mexico border

Business is expanding so quickly for California based Solar Electric that the alternative energy distributor and installer has opened a new Tecate, CA, location. The new location allows Solar Electric to expand reach and enhance customer commitment on both sides of the border.

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New Concentrated Solar Tower Project will Be Europes Largest and Most Technologically Advanced

Crete: 38MW Solar Electricity License Granted From Greek Regulatory Agency NUR-MOH SA has announced that it received a 38 megawatt (MW) Electricity Generation License for a solar power plant on the island of Crete in Greece from the Greek regulatory agency. The Crete Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant will be the first in Europe to [...]

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