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Ontario Power Authority Awards New Solar AC Projects to SunEdison

SunEdison, a solar energy service providing company, and an auxiliary of MEMC Electronic Materials, has been granted permission to construct the 31 MW AC of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA).

1 Mar 2011

T.R.A MAGE Presents New Ballasted Mounting Solution for Flat Roofs

T.R.A.-MAGE announces the availability of a new solar mounting solution utilizing ballasts. The solution is exclusively formulated for use in the flat roof mounted solar installations.

1 Mar 2011

Solar 3D’s Solar Cell to Utilize Semiconductor Processes for Mass Scale Manufacture

Solar3D, a Pioneering developer of a three-dimensional Solar Cell Technology, which maximizes the conversion of sunlight into electricity, has revealed that its design would utilize low cost semi conductor processes for achieving mass production.

1 Mar 2011

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