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Secretary of Energy Steven Chu declared the University of Maryland the winner of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 on October 1. Purdue University took second place in the competition, and New Zealand (Victoria ...  more

Johnson Controls, the global leader in building efficiency, announces the Panoptix solution, a new approach to building efficiency that makes it easier and more affordable for owners and operators of any size facility to achieve b...  more

Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen and solarhybrid AG, Brilon will pave the way for the construction of major solar power plants in the US starting in 2013. In the evening from Wednesday to Thursday, the companies conditionally agree...  more

In the light of its successful business development Donauer Solartechnik is expanding its management team. Andreas Fornwald (46) will lead the business area On and Off-Grid Projects. In this newly created position he is responsibl...  more

When the first half ended, the Taiwan based thin film manufacturer NexPower Technology Corporation claimed the company had coped with this year’s slow market momentum relatively well, in particular its shipping volume for any firs...  more

SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants in the U.S., today announced the commercial operation of a 15-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) station in collaboration with California’s Pacific G...  more

Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has secured the project rights for a solar park with a peak power of 50 megawatts ...  more

Master International, the parent company of Master Distributors, a leading distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, announces the launching of a dedicated solar photovoltaic division with its marketin...  more

STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRI) announced that it will further streamline its U.S. operations and improve its cost structure by shutting down operations at its St. Augustine, FL manufacturing facility. "A relatively slow...  more

Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEST), a designer and manufacturer of solar power systems, announced that it has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission accusing Zep Solar and Canadian Solar of infringing two ...  more