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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,...
BERLIN and TOKYO, February 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 1, 2013 access to one of Germany's investment incentive programs will be granted, but only to the bright spark who is able to solve the problem of storage capacity and the balancing of decentralized power generation. That problem will feature high on the agenda at the Batteries Japan 2013 convention as well as the Fuel Cell Expo, both happening in Tokyo from Tuesday February 27 and where Germany Trade and Invest...
CHULA VISTA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at San Diego's Southwest High School, Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) are celebrating the installation of 3.3 megawatts of high efficiency SunPower solar power systems at six district schools. In addition, SUHSD recently signed a power purchase agreement with SunPower for a potential 6.4 megawatts of solar power systems at 16 additional campuses. Construction of these solar power...
DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 21. 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Shoals Technologies Group, the global leader in photovoltaic OEM and balance of systems components, proudly announces it has become a partner member of the Emirates Solar Industry Association, ESIA. Through membership in the association Shoals hopes to help expand the solar power market in the UAE by providing its experience and industry products to customers and projects throughout the region. "Global expansion is the future of...
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Applying its atmospheric expertise to solar energy, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is spearheading a three-year, nationwide project to create unprecedented, 36-hour forecasts of incoming energy from the Sun for solar energy power plants. The research team is designing a prototype system to forecast sunlight and resulting power every 15 minutes over specific solar facilities, thereby enabling utilities to...
