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SEIA Elects New Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2012-2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced today it has elected the following chair and vice-chair to serve on SEIA's Board of Directors Executive Committee: Chairman Arno Harris, CEO of Recurrent Energy; and Vice-Chairwoman Patricia Nugent, Director of Policy and Business Development for Dow Solar.
Report: US Solar Installations Continue to Surge in Q1 2012, but Domestic Manufacturing Woes Continue
The U.S. Solar Market Insight: Q1 2012, a report to be released tomorrow by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA®), finds that growth in solar photovoltaics (PV) markets in the U.S. is maintaining its breakneck pace from 2011.
U.S. Solar-Panel Market Seen Doubling in 2012
The U.S. market for solar panels is likely to double in 2012, thanks to government policies and falling prices, although new tariffs on panels imported from China could contribute to slower growth in 2013, according to a new study.
U.S. Solar Installations Jump in First Quarter
Solar installations in the United States jumped 85 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from the previous year, according to an industry report that prompted a research firm and a lobbying group to raise their capacity forecasts for the year.
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Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant in North America Formally Completed
New Jersey loves setting rooftop solar power records. It did in 2009 when it opened the largest solar rooftop in North America (2.4 MW of capacity), again in 2011 when Toys"R"Us got a 5.38-MW solar roof, and again later in 2011 when a 9-MW solar roof was installed on a large Holt Logistics refrigerated warehouse, the Gloucester Marine Terminal.
Solar Carve-Out Revisions To Maryland's State RPS Hailed As 'Huge Victory'
Maryland's solar sector recorded a hard-fought win this week, as legislation providing for a temporary acceleration of solar requirements in the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) cleared the State Senate by a vote of 37-9.
Secret Ingredient To Making Solar Energy Work: Salt
The solar thermal power plant business is all about big: Square miles of mirrors in the desert that surround 600-foot-tall towers to generate massive megawatts of electricity for multibillion- dollar price tags. Big Solar's ability to compete against fossil fuels, though, could come down to grains of salt.
Applied Materials Honored with Trina Solar's Highest Supplier Award for Second Year
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Trina Solar Limited, a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, presented Applied with its "Outstanding Contribution of the Year 2011 - World Purchasing Award" recently in Changzhou, China.
A $2 Billion Solar Mistake - From The Media
Monday's news that yet another solar company that received Energy Department backing is filing for bankruptcy protection at first looked like the Obama administration had funded another expensive loser.
