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PPA Signed Between Orange County, PsomasFMG

PsomasFMG, a leading turnkey solar solution provider, has entered into a $20 million Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Orange County in California for designing, engineering, building, operating and maintaining a 4 MW solar power unit, which would be installed in seven different sites.

1 Mar 2011

ENN Solar Energy Announces Extensive Investments in Solar Farms

ENN Solar Energy made an announcement at the SNEC 2011, stating that it would continue to invest extensively in American and European solar power projects.

1 Mar 2011

Sonic Drive-In’s Solar Array to Generate Electricity

The Sonic Drive-in at Wilsonville recently had something new on the menu – solar panels. Jess Wetsel, owner of the drive-in took the decision to install a 45-panel, 9.9 kW solar panel array over one of the canopies.

1 Mar 2011

Solar System Installed on United Nations Headquarters

The largest on-roof solar-power system has been installed by Energiebau Solarstromsysteme in Nairobi.

1 Mar 2011

Fraunhofer Researchers Determine 20% Efficiencies Achievable in Silicon Solar Cells

Researchers at the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have successfully achieved new peak efficiencies for silicon solar cells that can be applied easily over larger areas.

1 Mar 2011

Spinnaker Energy Acquires Solar and Wind Development Assets of Martifer Renewable Electricity

Spinnaker Energy, a La Jolla, California-based renewable energy investment and project maturation company, declared that it has acquired Martifer Renewable Electricity’s wind and solar thermal power development assets.

28 Feb 2011

Upsolar Receives J-PEC Certification to Enter Japanese Solar Market

Upsolar, a global solar module developer and producer, declared that it has received certification for the system configuration incorporated in its solar modules from the Japan Photovoltaic Expansion Center (J-PEC).

28 Feb 2011

Mitsubishi Buys Four Concentrated Solar Power Plants from Acciona

Mitsubishi, a Japanese trading company, declared that it has purchased shares in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants owned by Acciona, a renewable energy developing and owning company from Spain.

28 Feb 2011

Thousand Oaks City Council Announces New Solar Projects

Thousand Oaks City Council has announced that two new solar projects will come up over the Municipal Services Center and the previous city hall complex located at Hillcrest Drive that houses the National Park Service office, Conejo Recreation and Park District.

28 Feb 2011

Tuwairqi Steel Mills Signs MOU with SolarWorld

Tuwairqi Steel Mills (TSML), a Karachi, Pakistan-based company, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with SolarWorld, a Europe-based company to explore the possibilities of installing solar energy projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan in cooperation.

28 Feb 2011