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Ikea said it has officially plugged in the solar energy system installed at its location in Paramus, N.J. Ikea contracted with REC Solar for the development, design and installation of the customized solar power system. The 132,00...  more

Kyocera Corporation (headquarters: Kyoto; president: Tetsuo Kuba; herein “Kyocera”), IHI Corporation (headquarters: Tokyo; president: Tamotsu Saito; herein “IHI”) and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (head office: Tokyo; president &...  more

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) today announced that it has achieved a new quality and safety milestone, receiving 1,000 volt UL certification with the introduction of its Silvantis line of multi-crystalline 290W PV mo...  more

Satcon Technology Corporation® (NASDAQ CM:SATC), a provider of utility scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, provided a business update and certain preliminary unaudited financial results for its first ...  more

Underscoring President Obama’s commitment to energy security for America’s warfighters, and to a sustained, comprehensive strategy to ensure a secure energy future for all Americans, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a $3...  more

Walmart announced six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company’s 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent renewable energy for all its retail a...  more

General Electric Co. (GE) will supply a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) with 288 turbines for six wind farms in Canada that will be able to power about 120,000 homes. The 1.6-megawatt turbines will be used in NextEra Ener...  more

New turbines were installed at this wind farm in California's Tehachapi Pass in 2011, part of the $2 billion invested in wind energy in the state last year. On Thursday, the Annual Market Report from the American Wind Energy Assn...  more