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Trade Tensions Rise: Chinese Solar Modules Hit With Major Tariffs

A preliminary ruling from the U.S. Department of Commerce imposes significant tariffs on solar cells and modules manufactured by China-based producers. The impact on the solar sector remains to be seen.


Chinese Solar Manufacturers React To Commerce Department's Tariff Decision
May. 18, 2012
Chinese solar manufacturers are speaking out in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce's recent announcement that it will impose significant tariffs on Chinese PV cells and modules imported into the U.S. Suntech, [read more]

Virginia Utility Proposes New Solar Energy Program For Residential Customers
May. 18, 2012
Dominion Virginia Power has proposed a new rate that includes a premium to encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to the utility. In a filing with the Virginia State [read more]

Apple Planning Solar Installations To Power North Carolina Data Center
May. 18, 2012
Responding to criticism that its operations relied heavily on fossil fuels, Apple plans to power its main data center entirely on renewable energy by [read more]

Next Year's Solar Decathlon To Be Held In California
May. 18, 2012
The Orange County (California) Great Park Corporation Board has approved an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that provides a $1 million [read more]

Austin Solar Advocates Looking To Find Common Ground On Utility's Plans
by Angela Beniwal, May. 17, 2012
Texas formed the Sustainable Energy Development Council (SEDC) in the early '90s to figure out how to maximize the clean energy potential of the [read more]












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PPA In Place For Marine Corps Solar Project
May. 18, 2012
SunDurance Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the U.S. Marines Corps at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif. The procurement and management of the project is being overseen by the [read more]

GreenVolts Commissions CPV Projects In Arizona
May. 17, 2012
GreenVolts Inc., a provider of fully integrated concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, has commissioned three solar projects for the City of Somerton, Ariz. Chosen from a competitive bidding process that considered all renewable technologies, GreenVolts' systems [read more]

Clean Energy Transmission Line Planned In New Mexico
May. 16, 2012
Lucky Corridor LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Western Area Power Administration, a power marketing administration in the U.S. Department of Energy, to explore the potential joint development of a 93-mile, [read more]

Independent Solar Developers Installs CPV At Cattle Feedlot
May. 16, 2012
Independent Solar Developers, a provider of solar installations to the agricultural industry, has installed and commissioned a 480 kW concentrated PV (CPV) solar field in Coachella, Calif. The installation provides energy and shade to a [read more]

Solectria Supplies Inverters To Alamosa Solar Project
May. 16, 2012
Solectria Renewables LLC, a photovoltaic inverter manufacturer, has provided its utility-scale inverters for the 30 MW Alamosa concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) project, which recently began operating in Alamosa, Colo. The site is interconnected at the 115 [read more]



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