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Xcel Energy Installs Solar Array in Leyva Middle School in Carlsbad, New Mexico

Minneapolis-based, Xcel Energy has completed the installation of a 13-kW solar photovoltaic array system at P.R. Leyva Middle School in Carlsbad.

3 Feb 2011

Turanor PlanetSolar Ship Circumnavigates World to Propagate Solar Energy

Turanor PlanetSolar, the large sized boat powered by solar energy that commenced its world tour four months back from Monaco, has now reached the Galapagos Islands away from the coast of Ecuador.

2 Feb 2011

Honda Soltec Introduces New Thin-Film Solar Cell

Honda Soltec, an auxiliary company of Honda and committed to the formulation of thin-film solar technology, has declared that it will be introducing a new type of thin-film solar cell offering a power conversion efficiency of over 13%.

2 Feb 2011

Unirac Partners with Canadian Solar Solutions to Supply Solar Modules

Unirac, a supplier of substructure for solar power systems, and Canadian Solar Solutions, a fully owned auxiliary company of Canadian Solar, declared that they have entered into a partnership to supply 30 MW worth of solar PV systems produced by Canadian Solar along with the mounting solutions of Unirac for the rooftop installations of the commercial and residential users all over Canada.

2 Feb 2011

Hanwha SolarOne to Deliver 54 MW Solar PV Modules

Hanwha SolarOne, a China-based producer of silicon ingots, solar photovoltaic cells, solar wafers and modules, declared that it has contracted an accord with an auxiliary company MEMC Electronic Materials to provide PV modules worth 54 MW during 2011 to an associate of SunEdison for use in solar power projects.

2 Feb 2011

Solar Tracking Control Systems to Increase Efficiency of Solar Modules

The Simatic S7-1200 control system, provided by Siemens, tracks the movement of the sun all through the day and the year.

2 Feb 2011

BioSolar Completes Initial Property Tests for UL Certification of BioBacksheets

BioSolar, a developer of bio-based technology and materials for use in solar PV modules declared that its BioBacksheet production samples have fulfilled the requirements of the initial property tests of Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) and it anticipates receiving full-fledged UL material certification for them soon.

1 Feb 2011