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A new administrative building for RENA GmbH is being constructed in Gütenbach/Germany. The equipment manufacturer, which produces machines for the wet chemical processing of substrates used in solar, semiconductor, medical and cir...  more

SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, today announced it has received its final 1041 Permit from the Saguache County Board of County Commissioners for its two 100 megawatt solar thermal energy facilit...  more

Suniva, Inc., an U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced its panels will soon be helping to meet more than 75 percent of the electric needs of Bonnie Brae’s campus in Berna...  more

Maui Brewing Co. plans to install a solar cogeneration system by Cogenra Solar that will provide the Hawaii craft brewer with solar hot water and electricity. The 24-panel, 60-kilowatt system will occupy less than 2,400 square fee...  more

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announce that they have signed an agreement on collaborative research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells and have begun said research. The agreement follows the m...  more

Sumitomo Corp. of America (SCOA), part of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp., will become a 50-50 equity partner in two large-scale wind farms Duke Energy Renewables is building in Kansas, the companies announced. SCOA is buying a 50 perc...  more

Seminole Financial Services, LLC (“Seminole”) announced the funding of a $2.5 million construction loan to construct and install a 1.5 MW ground-mounted, fixed tilt solar array located in Elm City (Nash County), North Carolina.   ...  more

AllCell Technologies released a white paper comparing the economics of lithium-ion and lead acid batteries for stationary energy storage systems (ESS).  Even though the initial purchase price of lead acid batteries is one-fifth th...  more

Enphase Energy, Inc., announced the installation of its Microinverter System on a 346kW solar array located in the town of Brewster, Mass. Constructed by My Generation Energy®, the system combines the output of 1,440 Enphase M215 ...  more