Category: Solar Power & Energy
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PosiGen snags Goldman Sachs investment to provide solar to low-income families
Months after providing PosiGen Solar Solutions with a working capital loan, Goldman Sachs, through its Urban Investment Group, has now made an equity investment in the Louisiana-based company to allow PosiGen to continue its explosive growth. What or who is PosiGen? Well, the company is focused on providing solar productionRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TXU Energy partners with SunPower for new Texas solar solution
TXU Energy is a Texas-based company that offers a variety of innovative products and solutions, allowing both its residential and business customers to choose options that best meet their needs, including bringing the first affordable rooftop solar offer to North Texas in 2010. As part of its continuing evolution –Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Most efficient p-type multi-crystalline solar cell? Trina Solar stakes claim
The latest update in the solar panel efficiency showdown: Trina Solar Limited reports that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record for a high-efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cell. The record-breaking p-type multi-crystalline silicon solar cell was fabricated onRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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WATCH: PSE&G debuts community solar project in N.J. landfill
We here at Solar Builder get excited about the possibilities of community solar. So, if there is news about a new community solar project, we will likely try to run it. This latest story comes from Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) in New Jersey (check out their blog):Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Latest SunEdison power plant to be largest in New Hampshire
SunEdison has completed construction on New Hampshire’s largest solar power plant, a 942 KW DC solar power plant for the town of Peterborough. SunEdison will supply solar energy generated by this system to the town over the next 20 years, saving taxpayers an estimated $250,000 on energy. “The town ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine