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SolarCity’s New Zero-Down Solar Financing Scheme to Benefit Home Builders

SolarCity, a leading provider of clean energy, today announced the launch of a Zero-Down solar financing program for the home building industry. Home builders now have the opportunity to offer solar in their new residential communities without incurring any upfront costs.

From Tesla Energy Foster City 7 Jun 2013

RevoluSun Offers SunPower X-Series Solar Panels to Massachusetts Residential Customers

RevoluSun today announced its Massachusetts residential customers now have access to the new SunPower® X-Series Solar Panel (X-Series), the world’s most efficient panel on the market today.

6 Jun 2013

Empower Energies Completes Commissioning of Solar EV Charging Station in Ohio

Empower Energies announced the completion and commissioning of a new Solar Electric-Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at McCluskey Chevrolet at the King’s Automall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The eight-space installation has the capacity to charge about 3000 electric vehicles per year – from completely empty to full – directly from the sun.

6 Jun 2013

PPA Approval Clears Way for Solar Power Plant in New Mexico

First Solar, Inc. and New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced today that First Solar, Inc. has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission, clearing the way for First Solar to begin construction on the state's largest solar power plant to be located on State Trust Land in Luna County. The PPA will provide El Paso Electric Power with 50MW of solar energy for 25 years.

From First Solar, Inc. 6 Jun 2013

ESCATEC Commercializes Azuri’s Solar Power Station in Rural Africa

ESCATEC, the EMS innovator, has helped commercialise a novel design of solar power charging station for its client Azuri Technologies. The Indigo™ unit has a solar panel, two LED lamps and control unit with a charging point for a mobile phone. It has already won several major awards and is now in mass production in ESCATEC's Malaysian production facilities.

5 Jun 2013

Canadian Solar Opens Sales and Business Development Office in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that is has opened a sales and business development office in Sao Paulo, Brazil to expand and strengthen the company's South American sales network and broaden regional customer service capabilities.

From Canadian Solar 5 Jun 2013

Verengo Reports Milestone Installation of 8,000th Home Solar System

Verengo Inc., the nation's leading residential solar specialist, today announced it has installed its 8,000th home solar system. Verengo is the first residential solar specialist to reach this milestone and has accomplished this growth in less than five years.

4 Jun 2013

China Development Bank Grants Canadian Solar RMB270 M Loan for 30MW Solar Project

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has signed a RMB270 million (US$44.1 million) loan agreement with China Development Bank.

From Canadian Solar 3 Jun 2013

Solar Water Heating Systems Installation Company, Skyline Innovations, Closes $2M Financing for Expansion

Skyline Innovations, Inc., a national leader in the financing and installation of solar water heating systems, has closed $2 million in mezzanine financing to fund its continued expansion. CCM US, LLC (“CCM”), a Washington, DC based asset management group investing in clean energy and real estate led the investment.

1 Jun 2013

KYOCERA Solar Modules Generate Electricity for Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced today that its solar modules are providing 100 percent of the power needed by H.G. Fenton Company's recently opened Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments in the Scripps Ranch suburb of San Diego, Calif.

From KYOCERA Global 31 May 2013