http://www.solarindustrymag.com/ en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 editors@solarindustrymag.com publisher@solarindustrymag.com Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has postponed its preliminary determination in the countervailing-duty investigation of Chinese solar products. The determination, originally scheduled for Jan. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9758 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:52:07 -0500 Germany's energy landscape in 2020 is expected to be dramatically different from its current mix, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. Nuclear [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9757 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:50:54 -0500 Minnesota Power has introduced an updated version of its SolarSense program, which provides solar project incentives for residential and commercial customers. According to the utility, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9756 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:49:35 -0500 The Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has inaugurated a 5.4 MW PV installation featuring technology from SunPower. The system is expected to generate the equivalent [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9755 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:48:23 -0500 The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the draft plan for the Restoration Design Energy Project (RDEP), which [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9754 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:47:09 -0500 Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP), a PV equipment manufacturer, has launched a series of grid-tied inverters. The units are designed for residential and small-commercial rooftop or [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9753 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:45:38 -0500 National University, headquartered in La Jolla, Calif., has completed an 852 kW PV installation at two campuses in San Diego. The project was installed by [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9752 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:44:25 -0500 JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a China-based solar product manufacturer, has opened a PV module testing laboratory in Jiangxi, China. The facility has been awarded the [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9751 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:43:02 -0500 The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is expected to formally file a Supreme Court appeal today challenging previous rulings that deemed its [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9750 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:01:30 -0500 The total market for transparent conductors (TCs) in PV is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 30% from a value [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9749 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:05:32 -0500 Following months of unconfirmed reports, Apple has publicly commented on its plans to construct a large PV array at a new data center in Maiden, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9748 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:28:36 -0500 Saugerties, N.Y.-based Ceres Technologies, a provider of branded support equipment to the semiconductor and solar sectors, says it has expanded its position in the photovoltaic [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9747 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:27:25 -0500 Shoals Technologies Group, a provider of photovoltaic components, says its MultiLink solar junction box has received certification to the DIN V VDE 0126-5: 2008-05 from [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9746 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:26:20 -0500 Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., a Nantong, China-based designer and manufacturer of solar products, has established its subsidiary company, Eoplly USA Inc., in San Bruno, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9745 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:25:16 -0500 PanelClaw, a provider of mounting systems, says all of its products have received an ETL listing to UL Subject 2703, which establishes safety and performance [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9744 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:24:01 -0500 Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic systems, says it has been awarded a contract by the General Services [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9743 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:22:32 -0500 Hoku Materials Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Corp. that plans to produce, market and sell polysilicon for the solar market from its facility [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9742 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:21:20 -0500 New Energy Technologies Inc. and scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have fabricated the largest-area organic photovoltaic (OPV) module ever produced at NREL, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9741 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0500 Cooper Bussmann, a provider of circuit protection, power management and electrical safety products, has launched a new modular fuse holder for PV applications. The fuse [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9740 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:10:34 -0500 Nanosolar Inc., a manufacturer of thin-film PV modules, has closed a $20 million funding round that is expected to fund continued expansion and newly committed [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9738 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:06:54 -0500 Matinee Energy, a solar project developer and financier, has broken ground on the Matinee Energy Campus, a new 50-acre site in Benson, Ariz., that will [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9737 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:05:50 -0500 GEMCO Solar Inc., an Ontario-based solar developer and engineering, procurement and construction contractor, has begun commercial operation of a 500 kW rooftop solar photovoltaic system [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9736 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:04:33 -0500 SIBA Fuses, a manufacturer of PV fuses, has introduced a series of new photovoltaic fuses that the company says meet the UL 2579 standard and [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9735 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:02:48 -0500 Tokyo-based thin-film PV module manufacturer Solar Frontier has supplied its copper indium selenide modules for the 10 MW Mt. Komekura solar power plant in Yamanashi [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9734 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:01:43 -0500 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will award a total of more than $6.5 million to 19 clean energy projects across the [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9739 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A newly released congressional compromise bill that extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits through the end of the year does not address tax [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9733 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:32:59 -0500 The average price of Chinese tier-two crystalline PV modules fell to $0.96/W in January, according to the latest PV module pricing report from IMS Research. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9732 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:08:35 -0500 Schletter, a provider of ground-mounted solar PV mounting systems, has launched the 2.5 kW FS Kit, a new product for residential and small commercial solar [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9731 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:07:25 -0500 ESA Renewables, a turnkey solar provider, is expanding its operations and maintenance (O&M) division and releasing a new O&M service plan. After securing multiple new [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9729 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:04:39 -0500 Solis Partners, a provider of commercial solar power systems, has completed two solar power systems in the Catholic Diocese of Trenton, which spans Burlington, Mercer, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9728 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:03:54 -0500 Thin-film PV module provider NexPower has provided its NT145AX modules for a 5 MW ground-mounted solar project in Gujarat, India. According to the company, this [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9726 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:28 -0500 Genmounts, a solar racking provider based in Flemington, N.J., has completed delivery of flat-roof ballasted racking equipment for the 4.5 MW Toms River School District [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9725 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:00:39 -0500 Germany-headquartered Singulus Technologies AG has received a new order for a processing machine for the production of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar products. The [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9724 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:58:37 -0500 Germany-based Conergy AG has provided modules and other equipment for a newly inaugurated 5.3 MW PV project near Mazarron, Murcia, Spain. The plant was constructed [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9727 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A critical county-level project permit that threatened to derail First Solar's 230 MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 project has been secured. Earlier this week, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9730 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 As the investigation into failed PV module manufacturer Solyndra hits its one-year anniversary, the lawmakers spearheading the probe are forging ahead with plans to issue [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9723 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:45:40 -0500 After being named as a defendant in a data-theft lawsuit filed by San Jose, Calif.-based solar manufacturer SunPower, systems integrator SolarCity has fired back, attributing [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9701 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:22:10 -0500 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has entered a 25-year agreement to purchase 200 MW of energy from the Mount Signal Solar project in Imperial [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9722 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:15:59 -0500 Silicon Ranch Corp. has partnered with LightWave Solar Electric to build a 1 MW PV array in Memphis, Tenn. The installation calls for 4,160 PV [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9721 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:14:17 -0500 Westinghouse Solar Inc., a designer and manufacturer of solar power systems, has signed a letter of intent to pursue a business combination with CBD Energy, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9720 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:12:53 -0500 Eldorado Coffee Roasters has commissioned a 240.24 kW solar photovoltaic PV system at its worldwide headquarters in Maspeth, Queens, N.Y. The solar array will produce [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9719 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:11:48 -0500 SunEnergy1, based in Mooresville, N.C., has completed a 2.4 MW ground-mounted PV installation at an unspecified location in Plymouth, N.C. Daetwyler Clean Energy supplied its [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9718 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:10:50 -0500 Heliatek GmbH, a Germany-based PV technology provider, has signed a joint development agreement with Reckli GmbH, a manufacturer of elastic molds for concrete building facades. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9717 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:09:57 -0500 Sunweb Solar, formerly known as Solland Solar, has closed a previously announced acquisition transaction with Spain-based Pufin group and plans to hold an auction to [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9716 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:09:10 -0500 Solar Frontier, a manufacturer of copper indium selenide (CIS) thin-film PV modules, has signed a module supply agreement with developer NRG Solar LLC for 13.2 [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9715 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:07:31 -0500 Mage Solar has been named an authorized dealer of Delta's Solivia NA residential inverters, which were developed for the North American solar market. The inverters [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9714 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:06:36 -0500 Vincotech, a supplier of module-based products for power electronics, has released two new symmetrical boosters designed specifically for premium solar inverter and other applications. Equipped [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9713 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:42:10 -0500 The University of Arizona Science and Technology Park (UA Tech Park) in Tucson, Ariz., has signed AstroSol Tech Park AZ LLC as a new tenant. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9712 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:41:09 -0500 Broadway Renewable Strategies, a Boston-based electrical construction company, has hired Carter Wall to lead a newly created business unit called Performance Solar. The new department [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9711 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:39:26 -0500 As a part of a strategic alliance with brightLeaf Technologies, Composite Mirror Applications (CMA) says it has delivered its first 1,000 off-axis solar collectors. Replicated [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9708 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:35:59 -0500 California Solar Thermal, a San Diego-based solar company, has commissioned a solar hot water heating system for the Parker-Kier Apartments in downtown San Diego. This [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9707 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:34:52 -0500 Foodservice distributor US Foods says that nearly 85% of its metro New York division's annual energy will come from solar power by July, as installation [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9706 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:33:28 -0500 SunDurance Energy and Solaire Generation have inaugurated a 120 kW solar carport at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) headquarters in Lyndhurst, N.J. The canopy, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9705 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:32:21 -0500 PV inverter manufacturer SMA has introduced a new SMA Sunny Portal application for smartphone users with the Android operating system. Available for free download from [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9704 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:30:41 -0500 AU Optronics Corp., a global display and solar solutions provider, says its solar business will now be known as BenQ Solar, as authorized by BenQ [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9709 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Home furnishings retailer IKEA has completed a solar energy system at its store in College Park, Md. The 148,200 square-foot PV array consists of a [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9710 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), a provider of flexible solar laminates and systems for the building-integrated and commercial rooftop market, has filed for [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9703 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:06:42 -0500 President Barack Obama's newly released fiscal-year 2013 (FY '13) U.S. budget provides for an extension of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Section 1603 program, also [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9702 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:36:44 -0500 First Solar's 230 MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 project, a 230 MW PV plant in North Los Angeles County, Calif., may lose its U.S. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9700 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:32:06 -0500 Digital Photonics Corp. has debuted the SolarJet printer, a system designed for the selective emitter application of front contacts on crystalline silicon PV cells. According [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9698 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:28:21 -0500 Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar PV systems, has closed a new $47 million fund with partners U.S. Bank [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9697 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:27:00 -0500 JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. has opened a new Australian subsidiary, JinkoSolar Australia Co. Ltd., based in Queensland, Australia. The newly opened office will serve as [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9696 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:25:31 -0500 HilcoBid, the global industrial asset auction platform of the Hilco organization, has been engaged by Sanyo Solar (USA) to sell the company's PV wafer fabrication [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9695 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:17 -0500 Inovateus Solar LLC, a South Bend, Ind.-based distributor and integrator of solar electric products, has opened a satellite office in Innovation Park at Notre Dame, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9694 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:23:03 -0500 DuPont and Yingli Energy have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials. Under the terms of the agreement, Yingli will purchase photovoltaic materials [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9693 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:21:52 -0500 In a letter sent to President Barack Obama, CEOs of 45 U.S.-based solar energy companies strongly urged the president "to discuss the mutual benefits of [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9699 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Obama administration's newly released independent review of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) loan-guarantee portfolio makes several concrete suggestions for program improvement, but overall [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9692 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:21 -0500 Solar Junction, a developer of multi-junction cells for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market, has closed a Series D financial round totaling $19.2 million from current [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9691 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:22:35 -0500 Solar project integrator Mercury Solar Systems has completed a 3.6 MW system in Manalapan, N.J. The company worked with NJR Clean Energy Ventures, the owner [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9690 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:21:08 -0500 London-based GoIndustry DoveBid, an industrial equipment reseller, has been appointed to handle the disposals of solar manufacturing equipment from Renewable Energy Corp. Group (REC) in [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9689 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:19:36 -0500 In partnership with Yes! Solar Solutions and Argand Energy Solutions, Cary, N.C.-based nonprofit Dorcas Ministries plans to install a 236.5 kW solar photovoltaic rooftop system [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9688 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:17:39 -0500 Seaward Solar has expanded its range of specialist test equipment for solar PV installation work with a new kit designed to meet the electrical-testing needs [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9687 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:16:42 -0500 Phoenix Solar Inc. and Silicon Ranch Corp. plan to build a 200 kW PV solar system on the roof of the Second Harvest Food Bank [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9686 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:51 -0500 Trina Solar Ltd. says its multicrystalline modules manufactured with European-sourced silicon wafers have been certified by the independent Italian institute ICIM and fulfill the requirements [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9684 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:12:56 -0500 Dow Corning Corp. has named Bardawil Group as distributor of its silicon-based products for solar applications in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9683 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:11:42 -0500 A decisive majority of citizens in California's desert communities strongly support the development of solar power facilities in their counties, according to a new survey [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9682 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:12:49 -0500 Decreased government incentives in Europe have prompted cadmium telluride module manufacturer First Solar to reduce production levels by 50% at its factory in Germany. First [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9681 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:11:48 -0500 The U.S. 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 [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9678 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:08:22 -0500 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) says its 2011 solicitation for new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9677 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:13 -0500 Soitec, a manufacturer of concentrated PV (CPV) technology, has secured financing from Investec Bank Ltd. to build a planned 50 MW solar power plant in [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9675 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:05:16 -0500 SolarMax Technology Inc. has completed a 756 kW photovoltaic solar carport system at the Wyndham Mt. Laurel Hotel in New Jersey. According to David Hsu, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9676 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Perlight Solar, a division of the China Baolite Group, has released a series of PV modules manufactured in the U.S., according to Perlight distributor twin [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9679 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton has sent a new letter to President Obama's administration claiming that the White House "continues to stall" [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9680 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) as the first step [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9673 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:31 -0500 Sharp reductions in market prices, combined with the impact of regional and national policies, pushed the North American photovoltaic market to a new quarterly peak [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9672 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:17:09 -0500 Following an in-depth review, the U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a new plan for the country's solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) program [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9671 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:15:28 -0500 SolarReserve, a developer of large-scale solar power projects, says it has completed the 540-foot solar power tower for its 110 MW Crescent Dunes project, under [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9670 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:07:28 -0500 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu has announced more than $12 million in additional funds for the DOE's SunShot Incubator program. The funding [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9669 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:05:21 -0500 North Carolina-based Southern Energy Management (SEM) has installed a 1.13 MW PV array at Marlboro Mushrooms, a mushroom farm near West Grove, Pa. The array [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9668 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:03:42 -0500 GreenVolts Inc., provider of an integrated concentrated PV system, has completed a 496 kW PV array at the McKinley Children's Center campus in San Dimas, [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9667 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:14 -0500 Aztec Solar Inc., a Sacramento, Calif.-based residential and commercial PV and solar thermal design firm, has acquired Solahart Services, based in Stockton, Calif. Solahart provides [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9666 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:01:14 -0500 Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd., a solar inverter provider, and Lightway Solar America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of module manufacturer Lightway Green New Energy Co. Ltd., [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9665 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:03 -0500 Although commercial-scale technology to harvest the sun's energy has existed since the 1900s, this decade undoubtedly will mark the dawn of "The Solar Age." In [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9674 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), comprising SolarWorld and six unnamed industry partners, says that new research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9664 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:08:42 -0500 Hoku Corp., a solar energy products and services company, has received an extension of the maturity date of $50 million in loans from Tianwei New [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9663 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:06:54 -0500 Solectria Renewables LLC says its Smartgrid inverters (SGI) have been chosen to power a 1.65 MW PV array at the Salt Palace Convention Center in [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9662 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:03:28 -0500 Chromasun says its MCT solar panels, which provide thermal energy, have been installed on a solar and natural-gas powered air-conditioning project at the Crow Canyon [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9661 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02:19 -0500 JP Sercel Associates Inc. (JPSA), a provider of laser micromachining, says it has expanded its processing capabilities. Utilizing new laser beam delivery techniques with the [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9660 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:01:18 -0500 Aqua America Inc., a publicly traded water utility, says it has completed its fourth solar installation at one of its water treatment facilities. Subsidiary Aqua [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9659 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:05 -0500 Zep Solar Inc., developer of a platform for PV system installation, says it has been issued patent number 8,109,048 (the '048 patent) by the U.S. [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9657 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:56:58 -0500 The Solar Maid Co., headquartered in Pittsburgh, has launched a new website that is designed to help solar operations and maintenance (O&M) companies gain rapid [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9656 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 centrotherm SiTec GmbH, a subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, has signed a contract for the basic engineering and technology concept for a polysilicon factory with [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9658 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A controversial fee that has been dubbed the "sun tax" may be ruled illegal in Riverside County, Calif. - one of the U.S.' prime solar [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9655 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:47:41 -0500 The House Energy and Commerce Committee says it has received 313 pages of new internal White House documents and emails related to the $535 million [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9654 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:42:01 -0500 Despite strong long-term growth prospects, the worldwide solar photovoltaic inverter space dipped slightly in 2011 as two big solar markets stalled or cut tariffs - [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9653 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:41:48 -0500 Recreation Centers of Sun City Inc. (RCSC) in Arizona has approved plans for a 2.2 MW photovoltaic solar project that is expected to generate approximately [...] http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9652 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:02:59 -0500