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Intersolar North America 2014: SolarMax to Showcase Solar Inverter Technology

SolarMax, a Swiss based global pure-play photovoltaic (PV) inverter company with U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, GA, and more than 20 years of PV inverter experience, will showcase its industry-leading technology at Intersolar North America held July 7-10, 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

26 Jun 2014

First Wind Announces Commencement of Commercial Operations at Warren Solar Project

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today celebrated the end of construction of the Warren Solar project and announced that commercial operations have begun.

25 Jun 2014

SolarWorld’s Panels, Racking, and System Design Featured in Rooftop Installation at Plantronics’ Tijuana Factory

An audio-headset factory in Tijuana, Mexico, is now home to the largest, privately owned roof-mounted solar installation in all of Latin America.

25 Jun 2014

Concentrating Solar Power Could Supply a Significant Amount of Current Energy Demand

Concentrating solar power (CSP) could supply a large fraction of the power supply in a decarbonized energy system, shows a new study of the technology and its potential practical application.

23 Jun 2014

Kyocera Exceeds 5 GW Milestone for Total Accumulated Production of Solar Modules

Kyocera Corporation announced that its total accumulated production of solar modules since 1975 has exceeded the 5 gigawatt (GW) milestone. For comparison, 5GW of solar modules would be sufficient to supply individual 3.5-kilowatt PV systems for more than 1.4 million homes. In the current fiscal year (April 2014 to March 2015), the company is targeting annual production of 1.4GW, up from approximately 1.2GW in the previous fiscal year.

23 Jun 2014

Green Power EMC to Purchase Full Output of Planned 20 MW Ground-Mounted Solar Project in Georgia

Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), has reached an agreement to purchase the full output of a new 20 megawatt (MW) solar project planned for construction in southeast Georgia.

23 Jun 2014

EDF Renewable Energy’s 20 MW CID Solar Project to be Acquired by Dominion

Dominion announced an agreement to acquire a 20-megawatt solar project from EDF Renewable Energy, one of North America's largest independent power producers and renewable energy project developers. The acquisition is expected to close later this year prior to the project commencing operations.

20 Jun 2014

SunEdison Agrees to Purchase 50 MW of Solar PV Projects from BlueWave Capital

SunEdison, Inc., a leading solar technology manufacturer and solar energy services provider, and BlueWave Capital, LLC, a Boston, MA-based solar energy development company, today announced that SunEdison has agreed to purchase 50 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects from BlueWave Capital LLC, the largest acquisition of solar assets in Massachusetts history.

20 Jun 2014

Gading Kencana Acquires 12 MWp of Solar Modules from Yingli Singapore

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited, is supplying 12 MWp of solar modules to Gading Kencana Sdn Bhd., a leading solar energy company in Malaysia.

20 Jun 2014

Xinyi Solar to Purchase 60MW of PV Modules from Trina Solar

Trina Solar Limited, a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions, and services, today announced it will supply 60MW of PV modules to Xinyi Solar Holdings Limited, one of the world's largest solar PV glass manufacturers, for its utility scale and agricultural greenhouse solar projects in Anhui, China.

From Trina Solar Limited 20 Jun 2014