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Duke Energy Carolinas Issues a Request for Proposals for Wind Generation

MarketWatch (press release)

22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Duke Energy Carolinas is issuing a request for proposals for energy and renewable energy certificates produced from wind generation that can be delivered to the Duke Energy Carolinas transmission system. ...
 
Solectria Renewables Sponsors Team Massachusetts in the US Department of ...

RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Lawrence, MA – September 22, 2011 – Solectria Renewables, LLC, the leading US PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that it is sponsoring Team Massachusetts in the US Department of Energy's annual Solar Decathlon by donating an integrated inverter ...
 
As Solyndra Execs Prepare to Take the Fifth, Company Blames DOE for Its Demise

New York Times

Spokesman David Miller wrote that, at the same time Solyndra was building out the production facility that its hefty DOE loan guarantee had helped fund, the landscape for its solar photovoltaic panels was in flux. Miller noted that those conditions led ...
 
Solar Decathlon 2011: Ohio State University, enCORE

EarthTechling

enCORE uses a flat-plate solar thermal system that works with a heat pump water heater for optimal efficiency, and has a solar thermal hot air system that provides comfortable temperatures while using a minimum of energy. The thin-film PV array is ...
 
Solyndra employees: Company suffered from mismanagement, heavy spending
Washington Post

As the $344 million factory went up just down the road from the company’s leased plant in Fremont, Calif., workers watched as pallets of unsold solar panels stacked up in storage. Many wondered: Was the factory needed?