May 18 - Marin Independent Journal - Marin energy officials announced a new agreement to buy electricity from a 972-kilowatt solar installation to be erected on rooftops at the San Rafael Airport. More...
May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Graham Moomaw The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va. - The group of men huddled on the roof of Charlottesville's Main Street Arena in early December, wondering how they could make it happen. More...
May 18 - MARKETWIRE - Nanosolar Inc. today announced that it has completed a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, the largest of California's National Guard training facilities, located in San Miguel, Calif. More...
SAN ANTONIO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire - The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., have signed a US$65 million loan agreement for the construction of a 20-megawatt (MW(ac)) solar park in Picture Rocks, Arizona. More...
May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Robin Kaminski The Hour, Norwalk, Conn. - Energy efficient solar panels and electric car charging stations may soon be coming to the Saugatuck train station by way of a grant through the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. More...
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 18, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Less than two weeks after its official groundbreaking ceremony, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. More...
May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Genevieve Reilly Connecticut Post, Bridgeport - A photovoltaic installation atop Fairfield's closed landfill could save the town money on electricity, while costing nothing. More...
May 17 - The Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn. - The sun is shining on First Stamford Place, an office complex on the west side of Stamford, after attracting a solar energy developer and financier from nearby Harrison, N.Y. More...
May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Darren DaRonco The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. - City of Somerton officials flipped the switch on their new solar power project at the city's water treatment plant during a Wednesday morning ceremony. More...
FOLSOM, Calif., May 17, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Commercial rooftop solar arrays and other small scale generation will find it easier to connect directly to local electricity grids. More...
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