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New Report on Global Building Integrated PV Glass Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "BIPV Glass Markets 2014 and Beyond" report to their offering.

25 Apr 2014

Silver Spring Foundation Honors One Million Lights with Inaugural Grant

One Million Lights, a nonprofit with the goal of improving lives of rural communities around the world through the distribution of solar lights, is the recipient of the Silver Spring Foundation’s inaugural grant for 2014.

25 Apr 2014

Professor Henry Snaith to Receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award for the Development of Perovskite-based Solar Cells

Professor Henry Snaith is to receive the Materials Research Society’s (MRS) prestigious Outstanding Young Investigator Award for his work on the development of perovskite-based solar cells. The award will be an...

24 Apr 2014

Astrum Solar Enters Cross Promoting Partnership with Ethical Electric

Astrum Solar, a leading national full-service residential solar provider, and Ethical Electric, a renewable energy provider that connects consumers to 100% renewable energy in minutes with no change in their monthly payment routine, today announced a partnership that will cross-promote each company's offerings into their installed base. Customers of both companies will soon be able to take advantage of complementary renewable energy offerings.

23 Apr 2014

Wreden Ranch Awards Sunvalley Solar 1,122 kW Solar Installation Contract

Sunvalley Solar, Inc. (SSOL), a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announced today that it has been awarded a new 1,122KW solar system installation contract from Wreden Ranch in Handord, CA.

23 Apr 2014

Nice-Pak and PDI Install 855 kW Solar Rooftop Array at Orangeburg NY Headquarters

Nice-Pak Products, Inc. (Nice-Pak) and its sister company, Professional Disposables International, Inc., (PDI) - the world's leading producers of pre-moistened wipes – celebrated Earth Week with a ceremony marking completion of the solar array that was installed on the roof of its headquarters and manufacturing plant.

23 Apr 2014

Yingli Solar and Leading French PV Module Manufacturer Partner to Satisfy Requirements of French National Tender Program

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that the Company's subsidiaries in China and France agreed to cooperate with a leading French PV module manufacturer ("French Partner") to join forces to satisfy the requirements of the French national tender program ("French National Tender Program") under which the French Partner won large-volume tenders, according to the French Partner.

23 Apr 2014

SunEdison Completes 20MW AC Adobe Solar Facility in Kern County, California

SunEdison, a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services has interconnected a 20-megawatt AC (alternating current) solar plant in Kern County, California. The project, known as the Adobe Solar Facility, is owned by Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy and is composed of 80,000 SunEdison Silvantis™ Solar PV (photovoltaic) modules.

22 Apr 2014

Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy Acquire their Second California Solar Installation

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power, in partnership with Turner Renewable Energy, has announced the official acquisition of the partnership's second California solar installation. The agreement to acquire the Adobe Solar Facility, a 20-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in Kern County, Calif., was closed upon successful completion of construction.

22 Apr 2014

IREC Training Program Accreditation Awarded to Everblue for its Solar Professional Courses

Everblue, a leader in renewable energy training, recently received Training Program Accreditation from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) for its Solar PV Installer and Solar Sales Professional courses. Everblue, which provides training programs in a variety of fields around the United States and abroad, is one of 42 training providers nationwide and one of only two providers in the state of North Carolina to receive this accreditation.

21 Apr 2014