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SolarCity Preannounces Q2 2016 Operating Metrics and Updates 2016 Guidance

August 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolarCity Corporation recently preannounced its second quarter 2016 operating metrics and updated its full year 2016 guidance.For the second quarter of 2016, Megawatts (MW) Installed were 201 MW, exceeding guidance of 185 MW, and MW Booked increased 40% over the first quarter of 2016 to help drive a significant improvement in Sales Cost per watt. A […]

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Isolux Corsan Will Build its Second Solar Plant in the US

August 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

Isolux Corsan Group takes hold in the strategic US market with the award of the Kayenta Solar Project located on the Navajo Nation and in the State of Arizona by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, the largest multi-utility owned and operated by an American Indian tribe in the United States. The engineering, procurement and construction […]

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Sunvapor Receives Award from U. S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative for Green Solar Collector

August 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

Sunvapor announced today that it is the recipient of a $2.2 million total cooperative award from the U. S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative. The award will enable Sunvapor to reduce the cost of concentrating solar collectors while greening the supply chain. “This award will help us demonstrate that the cost of solar can be […]

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Giant Leap Technologies and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Receive U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Grant to Use Invisibility to Harvest Sunlight

August 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

(GLT) has received a two-year, $2.2 million cooperative award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative. With support from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Center for Engineered Materials and Manufacturing, the company will develop capillary optics to replace expensive and wear-prone mechanical sun trackers with low-cost invisibility-inducing digital-glass for solar thermal and photovoltaic applications […]

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Solarize Albany Begins Second Year of Community Solar Discounts

August 2, 2016 Anand Gupta

Continuing the success of its 2015 effort, Solarize Albany enters its second year of Solar educational workshops and community driven system discounts. Solarize Albany has selected Apex Solar Power as the preferred installer for their county wide effort to bring discounted solar installations to homeowners in Albany County. Last year, Apex installed 51 Solar Systems […]

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American Solar Direct partners with Del Mar Thoroughbred Club to Offer Solar to More Racing Fans

July 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

American Solar Direct, a leading California residential solar company, announced a new partnership with the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club that makes American Solar Direct the official solar sponsor of the DMTC for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. This multi-year partnership aligns with American Solar Direct’s mission to inspire greater solar adoption among homeowners, while allowing […]

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Stellar Solar Completing 125kW Installation at San Rafael Parish

July 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

Stellar Solar, one of California’s leading commercial and residential solar installers since 1998 has completed nearly all of a planned 125.5kW installation at San Rafael Parish in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood of San Diego, pending inspections and certification. The impressive photovoltaic solar energy system uses (408) LG 315-watt modules, complimented by SolarEdge monitors and inverters; […]

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Duke Energy Renewables Control Center crosses 3,500-megawatt milestone; adds more capabilities

July 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

Duke Energy Renewables today announced its control center now serves more than 3,500 megawatts of wind and solar energy plants across the U.S. since it opened in its new location in 2015. As a result of this rapid growth, the center is further enhancing its cyber security and other capabilities. “The expanded Renewable Control Center […]

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Energy Department Announces $11 Million to Advance Novel Innovations in Solar Power Technologies

July 29, 2016 Anand Gupta

The Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy today announced a total of $11 million for 16 projects intended to develop innovative, early-stage solutions in both photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP). Ten of the projects are small-scale research and development (R&D) projects designed to push the limits of PV technologies, potentially […]

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SolarWindow Reveals First-Ever ‘Invisible System’ for Transporting Electricity on its Electricity-Generating Window

July 28, 2016 Anand Gupta

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. recently announced an ‘invisible’ system for transporting electricity within the company’s electricity-generating windows, currently under development for tall towers and skyscrapers, which consume nearly 40% of America’s electrical power. The company’s SolarWindow™ generates electricity when its transparent organic coatings are applied in thin layers on to glass surfaces. The SolarWindow™ Intra-Connection System, announced […]