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XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced that its subsidiary company, Solar Green Technology ("SGT") of Italy, has completed design and construction of a 12 megawatt (MW) PV project known as "Century." The Century project consists of industrial rooftop PV plants ranging between 300 and 1,000 kilowatts (kW), located...
ONTARIO, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies with a global supply-chain and manufacturing facilities in Canada and China, today announced that while it is relieved an end has come to a lengthy and costly legal suit, they oppose the final ruling of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) upholding the Department of Commerce's (DOC) earlier findings that Chinese...
OAKLEY, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hayworth-Fabian, LLC, the City of Oakley and the Oakley Chamber of Commerce have scheduled a Ground Breaking ceremony for a 1.68MW DC solar facility that will use S-Energy's high efficiency 295 W solar modules to provide shaded parking for the RVs and Boats at the Executive RV & Boat Storage facility located in Oakley, CA. Over 170,000 square feet of canopy parking engineered and constructed by Baja Construction will be the backbone...
BERNIN, France, November 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has announced the signature today of a power purchase agreement covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier power plant it is to build in South Africa. This signature represents a decisive step for the project submitted by Soitec in connection with the first call for...
CHICAGO, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Renewable Energy ('LRE'), a developer of U.S. solar and wind projects, today announced it has entered into 20-year power sales agreements with Southern California Edison ('SCE') to deliver electricity from its Marathon (25 MW dc) and the neighboring Agincourt (12.5 MW dc) solar power plants. Both projects are located in San Bernardino County, Calif., and will go into construction in 2013. "With its huge solar resources, California...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) held an informative solar forecast meeting hosted by Stion Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high efficiency thin film solar panels on October 30. The keynote was given by Paula Mints of SPV Market Research on the state of the North American Photovoltaic Industry. While the manufacturing infrastructure has been faced with significant challenges and price erosion,...
BORDENTOWN, N.J., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA) announced the awarding of the inaugural Chapin, Fuller, Pearson Medal to two recipients in New Jersey. The medal is awarded to an individual "who has made extraordinary contributions to the development and advancement of solar power in the Mid-Atlantic Region and the nation." It is named after Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and Gerald Pearson, the three scientists who...
SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced that it supplied 5.7 MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules for a 11.6 MW solar power station in Starkenberg, Thuringia, Germany. Built by Energiebauern GmbH ("Energiebauern"), the solar power station is located on an abandoned strip mine in the south of Starkenberg and it is the largest project of its kind...
MODESTO, Calif., Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Modesto Irrigation District (MID), K Road Power Holdings, LLC (K Road) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced today the completion of K Road's 25-megawatt (AC) McHenry Solar Plant in Modesto, Calif., which was designed and constructed by SunPower. The project created nearly 150 construction jobs, and is generating the equivalent amount of power for approximately 6,000 homes. "The McHenry Solar Project takes advantage of our...
ONTARIO, Canada, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. ("the Company", "Canadian Solar" or "we") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it will hold a conference call on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time (9:00 p.m., November 15, 2012 in Hong Kong) to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 and its business outlook. The dial-in phone...
