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San Ramon Valley Unified School District and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), dedicated SunPower solar power systems at five schools, totaling 3.3-megawatts of solar capacity. The systems will generate more than two-thirds o...  more

SolarEdge Technologies Inc., a provider of end-to-end solar power optimization and PV monitoring solutions, announced today that it has closed a $37 million round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). The funding will ...  more

The solar technology company SOLON has sold a solar power plant with a capacity of 1.5 MW in the northern Italian province of Udine to EAM Solar AS, a Norwegian investment company who has also committed to buy a power plant with a...  more

The Vestas Sailrocket 2 is on a mission in pursuit of the Outright Speed Sailing Record. It is the second generation of the Sailrocket speed sailing boat, and is designed to be better, safer and faster than the previous. The curre...  more

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that is has supplied 8,500 solar modules for a new 2-megawatt (MW) solar power plant which sits over four acres of unused farmland in north-western France. The plant was officia...  more

Walney Windfarms Limited announced that it has completed the sale of transmission assets at the offshore wind farm Walney 1 to Blue Transmission Walney 1 Limited, which is the licensee entity incorporated by the consortium of Macq...  more

Dow Kokam unveiled its state-of-the-art global research and development (R&D) center located in Lee’s Summit, Mo. The world-class R&D center will enhance Dow Kokam’s ability to provide customers with cutting-edge energy st...  more

General Motors said it will invest $325 million in tools and equipment to support production of future electric vehicle components, creating or retaining 418 jobs. Timing for the project was not disclosed. The plant in suburban De...  more

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Goldwind) recently has begun mass production of its permanent magnet direct drive (PMDD) 1.5MW wind turbines customized for high altitude areas. This marks one step further in ...  more

United Solar, the global manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR® lightweight, flexible solar modules exhibited this week at Solar Power International 2011 (SPI) in Dallas, Texas, showcasing its newest products and programs, including the groun...  more