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SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) is pleased to announce that Mr. Bryan Crabb has accepted the position of CALSEIA's Executive Director. Mr. Crabb brings a wealth of solar policy, legislative and regulatory experience, and comes to CALSEIA after serving as Director of Government Affairs for both First Solar and OptiSolar. Before joining the solar industry, Crabb served as the California Public Utilities...
TORONTO, July 6, 2012 /CNW/ - International Power Canada (IPC) announced today that construction has commenced at the Brockville Solar project in Leeds County, Ontario. The project, developed under Ontario's Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program, will have an installed capacity of 10 megawatts (MW), sufficient to serve nearly 1,700 Ontario homes annually. The project is expected to begin operating in early 2013. IPC and its affiliates currently operate 362 MW of wind-powered and 112 MW...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Santerno has been awarded with a supply contract for 155 MW of Santerno skid inverter stations to be installed in an Imperial Valley, California solar plant. "This contract is a milestone for Santerno, as it signals our entrance into the USA Solar Farm Market," says Guido Tonin, Executive Vice President of Santerno Inc., the North America subsidiary of Santerno Group, located in San Francisco. "The supply to the Project in California is...
DARIEN, Conn., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soluxe Solar, a Connecticut-based solar company, has announced its first "Solar Flare" - a weekly honor the company has decided to bestow on an individual or company making great strides in the world of solar advancement. "Solar technology and solar awareness is progressing these days at a tremendous pace," says Soluxe Solar CEO Jeffrey Mayer. "The advancements and heightened awareness for the possibilities of solar is...
DARIEN, Conn., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners who think New England does not get enough sun to justify an investment in solar electricity are "just plain in the dark," says a Connecticut-based solar company. Jeffrey Mayer, CEO of Soluxe Solar, says that the most popular objection to solar installations is "not enough sun." "Believe it or not, the sunlight in New England is only a little less than Florida, about 15%," says Mayer. As a result, Mayer claims,...
SAN RAMON, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ),one of the world's largest solar companies, and Real Goods Solar, one of the largest residential installers in the country, today announced a supply agreement. Under the agreement, Canadian Solar will supply up to 40 MW of high-performance solar modules to Real Goods Solar to power a range of commercial and residential installations in the United...
SAN RAMON, Calif., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced the acquisition of, or joint venture in 122MW of utility-scale solar development projects within the United States. The 11 photovoltaic (PV) power plants range in size from 2MW to 29MW and construction is planned to begin in 2012 with the last project set to be completed in 2014....
GUELPH, Ontario, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, has entered into a master supply agreement for 17 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules with Potentia Solar Inc. ("Potentia"), an Independent Power Producer in Ontario. Potentia will use the solar modules to power a number of commercial rooftop solar systems to be installed in major urban areas in...
SAN RAMON, Calif., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company," "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced the Company's photovoltaic (PV) modules continue to rank among the top for PVUSA Test Conditions (PTC) Ratings. Effective May 2012, out of almost nine thousand eligible modules rated in the California Energy Commission (CEC)'s Solar Electric Incentive program, Canadian Solar...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX), Seagate (NASDAQ:STX), Invesco (NYSE:IVZ), and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100419/HKM001LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link...
