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EPFL Invites Students for Competing in the 2016 Solar Decathlon Challenge

EPFL is putting together a team of students to compete in the 2016 Solar Decathlon Challenge. Interested students are called to sign up at solardecathlon.epfl.ch.

17 Apr 2014

LEDsafari Solar Lamp May Help Overcome Problems Posed by Kerosene Lamps

The solar lamp developed by the start-up LEDsafari is a more effective, safer, and less expensive form of illumination than the traditional oil lamp currently used by more than one billion people in the world.

16 Apr 2014

SolarWorld to Supply High-Performance Solar Panels for PetersenDean Residential Installations

SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for nearly 40 years, and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest privately held roofing and solar company, today announced a partnership to offer homeowners an affordable path to solar ownership, using American-made solar systems installed by U.S. workers.

16 Apr 2014

Kyocera Installs ‘Solar Cycle Station for EV’ at Shintec Hozumi’s Headquarters

Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (herein “KCCS”) announced today that they have installed a “Solar Cycle Station for EV” at the headquarters of Shintec Hozumi Co., Ltd. in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

15 Apr 2014

United PV to Acquire 300 MW of Solar Energy Systems from Yingli China from 2014 to 2016

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company,") the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China,") has entered into a framework agreement with United Photovoltaic Group Limited ("United PV" ) for the acquisition of China-based solar PV plants to be developed and constructed by Yingli Green Energy. United PV is a company listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

15 Apr 2014

First Wind Seeks to Provide Energy to O‘ahu Grid from Planned 20-MW Mililani Solar Energy Facility

First Wind, an independent renewable energy company that operates four wind projects in Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian Electric Company today announced that a request has been filed with the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission to provide energy to the O‘ahu grid from a planned 20-megawatt (MW) (AC) solar photovoltaic energy facility near Mililani, O‘ahu under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

15 Apr 2014

New Report on Global Building Integrated Photovoltaics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Building Integrated Photovoltaics Market Report" report to their offering.

15 Apr 2014

ET Solar Establishes New Subsidiary in Israel

ET Solar Energy Corp. ("ET Solar"), a leading smart energy solutions provider, announces that its German EPC subsidiary ET Solutions AG, based in Munich, Germany, today announces that it has successfully engineered and commissioned a 7.8 megawatt (MWp) PV power plant in Israel for EDF Energies Nouvelles, one of the world's leading electric utility companies.

11 Apr 2014

Hanwha Q CELLS Completes 10.86 MW Utility Scale Solar Project on Active EPA Superfund Site

Hanwha Q CELLS, an international solar developer, manufacturer and solutions provider, commemorated the historic completion of the first utility scale solar project constructed on an active EPA Superfund site.

11 Apr 2014

ASU Students Helped Design and Build Innovative Solar Powered House

Arizona State University and University of New Mexico students joined forces to form one of 19 teams of college students from throughout the world selected to compete in the 2013 Solar Decathlon.

10 Apr 2014