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The Ivanpah Solar Project of BrightSource Energy Receives Environmental Impact Statement

BrightSource Energy Inc., a leading developer of solar thermal power plants of utility-scale, has announced that the U.S. BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has issued its FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement) for the company’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.

9 Aug 2010

DRI Energy and SunEdison Ink Channel Partner Agreement to Deploy Solar Power Installations

DRI Energy, a DRI Companies subsidiary, and SunEdison, a MEMC Electronic Materials subsidiary, have entered into a channel partnership for deploying PV power plants in Arizona, Hawaii and California. Initially, this partnership is likely to deploy more than 19 MW capacity of solar energy.

7 Aug 2010

Increased Battery Storage Option Undergoes Testing for Commercial Viability

International Battery a renowned battery manufacturing company based at Pennsylvania has declared that Princeton Power Systems a company engaged in manufacturing of power electric systems will utilize the batteries manufactured by International Battery along with the new solar energy system installed at the headquarters of Princeton Power in New Jersey.

7 Aug 2010

Crayola Installs 1.9 MW Solar Power to Produce 1 Billion Crayons with Clean Energy

The project was constructed and commissioned utilizing the services of PPL a Lehigh Valley based company and Reading based UGI Energy Services. The Crayola’s solar farm incorporates more than 26,000 panels to produce annual energy of 1.9 MW.

7 Aug 2010

International Battery is Chosen to Provide Large-Format Lithium-Ion Batteries

International Battery will be installing this $1.5M worth solar generation system at the corporate head quarters of Princeton Power Systems and link it with the power grid of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G).

7 Aug 2010

BlueChip Energy Introduces Fusion 5kW Solar Generator with Battery Backup

The new solar system offered by BlueChip Energy, includes a grid synergistic inverter, a power charge controller manufactured by Outback and batteries to store and provide continuous power.

7 Aug 2010

Kyocera Aims to Achieve 1 GW Production by 2013

The Kyocera Yasu Plant incorporates an improved type of production feature that is capable of producing solar cells with 16.9% energy conversion efficiency, considered to be the peak level energy efficiency for bulk produced multi-crystalline solar cell.

7 Aug 2010