SOLARWATT Extends Product Warranty

SOLARWATT Extends Product Warranty PR Newswire — October 4, 2011 DRESDEN, Germany, October 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Ten year product warranty for all SOLARWATT modules Major German manufacturer offers customers unique insurance package ‘SOLARWATT FULL COVERAGE’ Starting October 1, 2011, SOLARWATT AG extends the product warranty for all of its modules from five to ten [...]

IKEA Powers-up Solar Energy System’s Panels at Covina, CA Store

COVINA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its San Gabriel Valley store in Covina, California. The 57,000-square-foot PV array consists of a 451-kW system, built with 2,002 panels. IKEA Covina’s program will produce approximately 651,800 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing [...]

Solyndra gave bright forecasts as it ran out of cash

By Mark Hosenball and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON | Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:06pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just before solar panel maker Solyndra scrambled in August to get more cash from private investors and better loan terms from federal bureaucrats, top company officials went on a political road show. Article source: Source

Engensa Data Reveals Government Solar Policies on Track to Create 10,000 Jobs by April 2012

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New analysis by Engensa, the UK’s fastest-growing solar energy company, finds that the UK’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) will create 10,000 green jobs by early 2012. First introduced in April 2010 to support domestic alternative energy production, the policy is expected to create nearly 50,000 additional jobs by 2015 if kept at current levels, according [...]

IKEA Plugs-in Solar Energy Panels at East Bay Store in Emeryville

EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its East Bay store in Emeryville, California. The 68,000-square-foot PV array consists of a 538-kW system, built with approximately 2,394 panels. IKEA Emeryville’s program will produce approximately 760,300 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing [...]

UK Homeowners with Solar Power can cut their electricity bills by more than £200 a year

Solar power company A Shade Greener (http://www.ashadegreener.co.uk) are a South Yorkshire based renewable energy company offering free installations of domestic solar PV systems in the Yorkshire and Midland areas. They are one of the UK’s largest operators with over 4,000 domestic installs to their name.

Solar panel plant under protest for pollution partly closed in east China

HANGZHOU (Xinhua) — The operation of a solar panel plant in east Zhejiang Province was partly suspended after hundreds of villagers protested over pollution, local environmental authorities said.

KYOCERA Solar Modules Provide ‘Fuel’ for Electric-Powered Cars and Bikes in Germany

KYOTO, Japan & NEUSS, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has supplied its high-performance solar modules for a carport roofing installation in southern Germany which provides power for a charging station for electric cars and bikes. The system was designed and installed by BLU”e” Solar Group GmbH.

Hanwha Solar of China Makes One of the Biggest Corporate Gifts to the U.S. DOE’s 2011 Solar Decathlon

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) announced today that China-based Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Solar) made a $350,000 cash gift to the SCI-Arc/Caltech entry to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (U.S. DOE) 2011 Solar Decathlon.

Solar Energy Training in San Antonio – ONTILITY Responds to Growing Solar Demand in Texas

Nationally recognized solar training company, ONTILITY will offer its five day Solar Electric Training course October 3-7, at Graybar in San Antonio, Texas. Houston, TX (PRWEB) September 09, 2011 Nationally recognized solar training company, ONTILITY will offer its five day Solar Electric Training course October 3-7, at Graybar in San Antonio, Texas.

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