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Solar farm eyed for old city landfill site

May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Joyce The Mount Airy News, N.C. - For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site. More...

REC Solar Completes Pioneering Colorado Community Solar Project

BOULDER, Colo., May 16, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - REC Solar, a national leader in solar electric system design and installation, today announced the completion of a 500 kilowatt community solar project in Boulder, Colorado. More...

Empower Energies Completes Four Solar Projects for General Motors

TROY, Mich., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire - Empower Energies, a leading Renewable Portfolio Solutions company, announced the completion of four new photovoltaic (PV) solar projects at the General Motors Warren Technical Center campus, in Warren, MI. More...

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Owens Corning Selects Constellation to Develop 2.6-Megawatt Solar Project for Delmar N.Y. Facility

DELMAR, N.Y., May 15, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) and Constellation today announced the development of a 2.6-megawatt (DC) solar generation project that will supply clean energy to the company's thermal and acoustical insulation plant in Delmar, N.Y. More...

Cape and Islands solar venture gets $120M boost

May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Patrick Cassidy Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. - A Boston-based company has secured financing for $120 million in solar energy projects it plans to build on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. More...

Turner, Southern Co. partner in solar farm projects in southwest

May 15 - Tulsa World - Atlanta businessman Ted Turner, a climate-change crusader, and Southern Co., the second-largest utility in the U.S. More...

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Solar PV Needs More PR Power in Light of Subsidy Cuts

By Kate Garratt
On: November 6, 2012

As governments across Europe slash subsidies for small-medium scale renewable energy generators, the industry needs to rethink its approach to communications strategy if solar PV is to continue to shine, says Kate Garratt, head of more...

Ending India's Massive Power Grid Outages

By Darshan Goswami
On: November 1, 2012

Massive Blackout in India -- 700 Million with No Power -- One More Example of Why Renewable Energy and Smart Grid's Time has Come?

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Tracking the Advances in Solar Charge Controllers

By Mark Cerasuolo
On: October 16, 2012

Recently, there has been an increase in popularity for off-grid solar systems for independence from utilities and grid-interactive systems for flexibility to easily switch from drawing from the grid when it's up or switching to more...

How To Empower India With Big Solar Energy Plans

By Darshan Goswami
On: April 12, 2012

Solar energy can be the source of many benefits for India and the environment. Solar energy has the potential to re-energize India's economy by creating millions of new jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce the trade more...

On Solar and Solyndra

By Tam Hunt
On: September 28, 2011

Reports of the death of the solar industry are greatly exaggerated. Yes, there have been some high profile bankruptcies of US solar companies -- Solyndra, Evergreen, Spectrawatt -- in 2011. But the solar industry as more...

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