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Leaders in project development and PV production to be honored at Intersolar North America in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersolar North America, the most attended industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, opened nominations for the 6(th) annual Intersolar AWARD to be presented at this year's event. For the first time, the winner of...
Retailer working with SolarCity to install more than 4.7 megawatts of generation capacity, making it the state's largest solar power user COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Walmart today announced that it has worked with SolarCity to install solar panels on 12 Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs throughout Ohio. The solar panel installations will add approximately 6,000,000 kWh of generation production - enough energy to power more than 820 homes - and are expected to supply...
GUELPH, Ontario, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it is scheduled to attend Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Taiwan, Technology & Beyond Conference on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei. During the conference Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Michael G. Potter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be...
- 7.7-megawatt project is located in Washington County, near Augusta, Ga. RICHMOND, Va., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest energy providers, has acquired a solar energy development project in Georgia from Smart Energy Capital and Jacoby Development. The project is to begin commercial operation late this year. Dominion's Azalea Solar Power Facility, near Augusta in east-central Georgia, is planned to produce approximately 7.7 megawatts...
SunPower Systems Operating At 92 California K-12 Public Schools SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At the California's Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) annual conference in Sacramento, SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced that SunPower solar power systems installed at 92 of California's K-12 public schools have delivered an estimated total savings of $5.6 million in 2012. "Over the next 25 years, SunPower solar power systems are expected to...
ONTARIO, Canada, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced a 85 kW sales agreement with Zara Solar, a company from Tanzania specialized in solar PV importing, retail and installations. Including this new order, Canadian Solar will have supplied more than 350 kW of its solar modules to Zara Solar for off-grid PV projects in Tanzania. Canadian Solar's...
Company to Supply 400 Kilowatts of its High-Efficiency Solar Panels to Help Stadium Achieve Net Zero to the Grid Energy Performance During 49ers Home Games SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the San Francisco 49ers today announced that SunPower has been named the official and exclusive solar technology partner of the San Francisco 49ers and the new Santa Clara Stadium. (Photo:...
Company applies for JPEC listing TOKYO, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company") (NYSE: SOL), a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, today announced the Company established a Japanese subsidiary, ReneSola Japan Ltd., in October 2012 to drive sales and business development in Japan. In addition, the Company has applied for its products to be listed by the Japan Photovoltaic Expansion Center ("JPEC") for...
Combining two world record solar energy technologies to optimize CPV SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley-based solar energy company Solar Junction, a developer of high efficiency multi-junction solar energy cells for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market, has signed a co-development agreement with Amonix, a leading designer and manufacturer of utility-scale CPV solar power systems. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120213/SF52000LOGO)...
SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar, Inc., (the "Company," or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced that it has invested in and partnered with Strata Solar on a suite of utility-scale solar power projects located in North Carolina. The projects, developed jointly, will total approximately 85MW divided amongst 15 unique solar installations. The first project to be commissioned is Fuquay Farm,...
