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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

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