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Locus Energy Signs Agreement with Amicus Solar Cooperative to be its Preferred Vendor

Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and analytics company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Amicus Solar Cooperative to be its preferred vendor of solar monitoring hardware, software and solar data analytics.

21 Apr 2014

Trina Solar Announces Two UK PV Power Plants Complete Grid Connection

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic ("PV") modules, solutions, and services, today announced two of its PV power plants in the United Kingdom have successfully completed connection to the grid. The company is an investor in and sole project developer for these projects, which have a total capacity of 23.77 MW.

From Trina Solar Limited 21 Apr 2014

New Smart Power Solution with Solar Charge Control from Victron Energy

Victron Energy announces the launch of EasySolar, an integrated, smart, total power solution. All that is needed to reap the full benefit of solar energy is EasySolar, some solar panels and batteries.

18 Apr 2014

Rice Solar Car Club Prepares for Shell Eco-Marathon

That could be the motto for the Rice Solar Car Club, which is preparing its entry for the Shell Eco-marathon in downtown Houston later this month.

18 Apr 2014

EPFL Invites Students for Competing in the 2016 Solar Decathlon Challenge

EPFL is putting together a team of students to compete in the 2016 Solar Decathlon Challenge. Interested students are called to sign up at solardecathlon.epfl.ch.

17 Apr 2014

LEDsafari Solar Lamp May Help Overcome Problems Posed by Kerosene Lamps

The solar lamp developed by the start-up LEDsafari is a more effective, safer, and less expensive form of illumination than the traditional oil lamp currently used by more than one billion people in the world.

16 Apr 2014

SolarWorld to Supply High-Performance Solar Panels for PetersenDean Residential Installations

SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for nearly 40 years, and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest privately held roofing and solar company, today announced a partnership to offer homeowners an affordable path to solar ownership, using American-made solar systems installed by U.S. workers.

16 Apr 2014

Kyocera Installs ‘Solar Cycle Station for EV’ at Shintec Hozumi’s Headquarters

Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (herein “KCCS”) announced today that they have installed a “Solar Cycle Station for EV” at the headquarters of Shintec Hozumi Co., Ltd. in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

15 Apr 2014

United PV to Acquire 300 MW of Solar Energy Systems from Yingli China from 2014 to 2016

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 its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China,") has entered into a framework agreement with United Photovoltaic Group Limited ("United PV" ) for the acquisition of China-based solar PV plants to be developed and constructed by Yingli Green Energy. United PV is a company listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

15 Apr 2014

First Wind Seeks to Provide Energy to O‘ahu Grid from Planned 20-MW Mililani Solar Energy Facility

First Wind, an independent renewable energy company that operates four wind projects in Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian Electric Company today announced that a request has been filed with the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission to provide energy to the O‘ahu grid from a planned 20-megawatt (MW) (AC) solar photovoltaic energy facility near Mililani, O‘ahu under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

15 Apr 2014