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Delaware Electric Cooperative Reduces Carbon Footprint Using MOTECH Solar Panels

Delaware’s Motech Americas LLC, a subsidiary of Motech Industries, Inc., today announced that 16,000 of its U.S. manufactured solar panels are contributing to the annual elimination of 12,640,747 lbs. of carbon dioxide emissions at Delaware Electric Cooperative’s new Bruce A. Henry solar energy farm.

22 Aug 2013

Agilent Supports University of Michigan's Solar-Car Team

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Michigan today announced Agilent's support of the university's solar-car team. Agilent will provide a 200-MHz capacitive touch-screen oscilloscope as well as a handheld oscilloscope and a triple-output power supply to support the team's solar-car engineering program, from design through competition.

22 Aug 2013

Canadian Solar’s Modules Selected for 600 KW Solar Project in Leeward Islands

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company," or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced its modules would be used for a landmark solar project in the Leeward Islands.

From Canadian Solar 20 Aug 2013

GCCA Nominates Over 160 Cleantech Companies for 2013 Later Stage Awards

The 49 member clusters of the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) have nominated over 160 cleantech companies for the 2013 Later Stage Awards.

20 Aug 2013

Distributed Sun and PwC US to Co-Host Solar Network Summit 2013

Distributed Sun LLC (D-SUN), a leading innovator in solar development and finance, today announced the inaugural Solar Network Summit. The summit, co-hosted by PwC US, will be held in Washington, DC, on October 8-9, at the landmark House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront.

17 Aug 2013

Sierra Lists Three UC Campuses on Top 10 Coolest Schools Ranking for Green Buildings

How cool is UC? Well, three campuses just made the top 10 of Sierra magazine's Coolest Schools ranking, and nine campuses were included in its list of 162 greenest universities in the country for 2013.

17 Aug 2013

First fully mobile, autonomous and sustainable Solar Electric Vehicle Charging Station to Launch

Envision Solar International today have announced the completion of the world's first fully autonomous, mobile, renewable, electic charging station, and is now ready for shipping.

15 Aug 2013

Significant Price Reductions Continue in Installed Price of Solar PV Systems

The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2012 and through the first half of 2013, according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual PV cost tracking report produced by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

14 Aug 2013

Advanced IBM Technology Will Enable Utilities to Integrate More Renewable Energy into Power Grids

IBM today announced an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy.

12 Aug 2013

Mercury Solar Systems to be Acquired by Real Goods Solar

Real Goods Solar, Inc., a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mercury Energy, Inc. d/b/a Mercury Solar Systems in a merger transaction. Based in Port Chester, New York, Mercury Solar Systems is one of the region’s top solar companies.

12 Aug 2013