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The California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas and Electric Company's 25-year contract to purchase 150 megawatts (MW) of renewable power from Sempra Generation's Copper Mountain Solar 2 project in Boulder City, Ne...  more

Chromasun has announced that it has extended its lead as a researcher and supplier of high performance energy solutions with the world's first installation of a hybrid photovoltaic panel coupled with a solar thermal cooling system...  more

As the year is coming to an end, Conergy has won a further major contract in Thailand, continuing its string of successes in Asia in spite of the recent flooding in the country. The 9 megawatt solar park in Pak Thong Chai in the p...  more

solarhybrid AG is continuing its successful strategy of developing land at former military airports in Germany for the use for solar power plants. Following the completion of eight projects with a total capacity of 218 MWp on form...  more

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division announces eight new electric trucks will be rolling out in the Boston area.  These electric delivery trucks join the largest fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North Amer...  more

Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to DTE Energy of Detroit. The PHEV Ram 1500 pic...  more

Evergreen Valley College, Gilbane Co., a full-service construction company, and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), announced the groundbreaking of a 1.5-megawatt, ground-mounted solar power project at the Evergreen Valley College camp...  more

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, announced that Michele Beasley has joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Ms. Beasley comes to First Wind with extensive experience in the develo...  more

Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. ("Hanwha SolarOne" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HSOL), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers, and photovoltaic ("PV") cells and modules in China, announced that its Board of Directo...  more

In recent years the solar energy market has seen extensive growth and undergone massive change. With so much fluctuation in the market landscape it becomes increasingly difficult for end-users to know where they can place their tr...  more