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Bringing In New Projects, Protecting Older Installations
Upstate New York is facing a unique solar challenge in bringing new solar projects to the region while trying to keep existing solar...
BP Solar Expands In Maryland
BP Solar has begun construction on the $97 million expansion of its Frederick, Md., solar panel manufacturing plant. According to the company, the...
Applied Materials Hires New R&D Executive
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., has hired Dr. Chris Eberspacher to lead advanced research and development programs in the company's Solar Business...
Solar And Wind Research In Oil Kingdom
A new renewable energy research center has opened in the heart of the world's oil producing market. The Center of Research Excellence in...
Florida’s Governor Goes Solar
The Sunshine State has a new solar initiative, thanks to Florida Governor Charlie Crist's executive order requiring utilities to generate one-fifth of their...
Borrego Goes Four For California
Borrego Solar Inc. has opened a fourth California office, in the city of Petaluma. The company already operates offices in San Diego, Berkeley...
Hey, Kids, Learn About Solar
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) have partnered to introduce solar power to Washington Middle School, in Olympia, Wash....
Xantrex Offers New Grid Tie Inverters
Vancouver-based Xantrex Technology Inc. has introduced its Xantrex GT Series Grid Tie Solar Inverter line-up, including single-phase and three-phase products. Xantrex GT Series...
Solar Lights Up Kohl’s Store
Attention, Kohl's shoppers in Visalia, Calif.: your department store will soon be powered by 2,160 solar powers generating 387 kW of energy per...
$7 Million for Solar Company
MWOE Solar Inc., Toledo, Ohio, has received $7 million in venture capital from two sources: the Swiss investment firm Emerald Technology Ventures and...
Amtech Rings Up More Orders
Amtech Systems Inc., a Tempe, Ariz.-based supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of semiconductors, solar cells and...
California (Solar) Living
The new Rocklin, Calif., residential development of Wisteria at Whitney Ranch is the first community to be approved by the State of California...
Ceradyne Goes Buying
Ceradyne Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif., has acquired Minco Inc. of Midway, Tenn., for approximately $27.5 million in cash. Minco is a key supplier...
German Company Expands U.S. Base
The German company Ersol Solar Energy AG is opening two sales offices in Ohio and California later this summer this summer. In a...
BSE Taps Tyco Veteran For New Post
Blue Square Energy (BSE), a developer and manufacturer of high-performance silicon solar cells based in North East, Md., has hired Alan Swanson as...
Is Solar Consumption Synonymous With Corporate Responsibility?
Does solar power equate to corporate social responsibility? The office supply retailer Staples Inc. believes it does. The Framingham, Mass.-based company released its...
A Solar-Powered Scooter?
Is the world ready for a solar-powered scooter? The Spanish company SunRed believes the time is right, and they've previewed what they claim...
Solar-Powered Home Readied for DOE Competition
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture has announced plans to build a completely solar-powered home. More than 25 UT architecture...
Utility Offers Rebates For Solar Users
Sierra Pacific Power Co., a Nevada utility, is offering cash rebates to residential customers who install solar-power generating technology. Applications will be accepted...
More Solar Cells From China
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd., headquarterd in Hebei, China, has announced it has commenced production on four additional solar cell production lines. The...