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25 January 2012
Yingli's US subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Americas, and non-profit solar installer GRID Alternatives have renewed their strategic partnership for 2012, providing solar power to 800 low-income families in California and Colorado, USA.
01 March 2012
ESA Renewables (ESA) has begun construction on a 1.3 MW commercial rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the city of New Bern in Craven County, North Carolina.
20 December 2011
SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have agreed to terms on financing for SolarStrong, SolarCity’s five-year plan to build more than US$1 billion worth of solar power projects for privatised US military housing communities across the country.
02 December 2011
Amonix Inc's solar concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) facilities in California and Nevada have won gold-level certification for their low environmental impact construction, and high energy and water efficiency from the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) programme.
21 November 2011
Environment California Research & Policy Center says California’s 'Million Solar Roofs Initiative' is on track to meet its goal of installing 3 GW of solar capacity by 2016.
10 November 2011
A new report from Fuel Cells 2000 highlights 34 corporate customers in the US that have installed, deployed, or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units – totaling more than 30 MW of power capacity – in the past year. This is in addition to more than 1000 fuel cell powered forklifts.
02 November 2011
Sungevity Inc and Rabobank have established a residential solar fund that could support over US$50 million of new US residential solar lease projects.
25 October 2011
The 2011 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (FCS&E) is taking place October 31 to November 3 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
17 October 2011
SoCore Energy has installed Walgreens' 100th rooftop solar power system at one of the drug store chain's outlets in Mason, Ohio, USA.
30 September 2011
A team of students from Ohio State University will use 8 kW of First Solar's thin-film solar modules to power their sustainable house in the 2011 US Department of Energy's (DoE) Solar Decathlon competition.
21 September 2011
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a US$344 million loan supporting a solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop project for military housing.
09 September 2011
In California, ClearEdge Power has installed two 5 kW ClearEdge5™ fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) systems at The Palace Hotel in Long Beach.
08 August 2011
Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy has signed two multi-year service agreements with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), to operate and maintain two 1.4 MW Direct FuelCell® power plants previously purchased and located at two California universities.
05 August 2011
Bloom Energy is to install its fuel cell Energy Servers at 11 AT&T sites in California. The Bloom Energy Servers are expected to produce a total of 7.5 MW of cleaner onsite power for the AT&T facilities, using advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology.
13 July 2011
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility has installed a US$1.7 million solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system.
01 July 2011
The Department of Energy (DoE) has offered a conditional commitment for a partial loan guarantee for a US$1.4 billion loan to support a solar rooftop project across the US.
28 June 2011
A 1.16 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system has been installed at the historic building Masonic Home of New Jersey.
28 June 2011
ClearEdge Power has been awarded $2.8 million by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to accelerate the installation of its ClearEdge5™ fuel cell technology in a variety of industries.
14 June 2011
Chandler has become the first city in Arizona to recognize solar energy systems in its municipal zoning code.
13 June 2011