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SunPower To Build 25-MW of Solar for FPL

SunPower Corporation announced that it has been selected by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to build one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the United States and a second power plant at the Kennedy Space Center. The installations will include a 25–megawatt (MW) power plant in DeSoto County, Florida and a 10–MW project at the Kennedy Space Center.
 

GM Installs 12-MW Rooftop Solar System

General Motors (GM) announced that it is adding the world's largest rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) power installation to its assembly plant located in Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain. When the project is completed in the fall of 2008, the Zaragoza solar installation will cover about 2,000,000 square–feet of roof at the plant and comprises approximately 85,000 solar panels.
   

MTI Micro and NeoSolar Sign Agreement to Co-Develop Mobion(R) Powered Portable Digital Devices

ALBANY, N.Y. & SEOUL, Korea––(BUSINESS WIRE)––MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), the developer of Mobion® off–the–grid portable power
 

Spire to Present at Intersolar North America Tradeshow in San Francisco, California

BEDFORD, MA, July 10, 2008 – Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will exhibit at the Intersolar North America tradeshow at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from July 15 through July 17, 2008 at Booth 9746. Spire Corporation's Chairman and CEO, Roger Little, along with other members of Spire's senior sales team, will attend the conference. On Tuesday, July 15, Mr. Little will present "The Next Generation of PV Module Manufacturing Lines." At the recent Intersolar 2008 conference held in Munich, Germany in June, Spire introduced its newest fully integrated, 25–megawatt (MW) cell–module turnkey photovoltaic production line.
   

China Sunergy Announces US $45 Million Private Offering

Solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy Co. Ltd. announced that it plans to make a private offer of approximately US $45 million of its convertible senior notes due 2013. China Sunergy plans to grant the initial purchaser of the notes an option to purchase up to an additional US $5 million in aggregate principal amount of the notes to cover over allotments.
 

Spain Solar Power Makers Want Stable Regulations

   

Sencera Plans 35-MW Plant in North Carolina

Sencera International Corporation announced that it plans to invest US $36.8 million in a new manufacturing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company said that the plan was made possible in part by a US $62,000 One North Carolina Fund grant as well as local incentives from the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
 

Borrego Installs Solar for Stone Brewing

Borrego Solar Systems Inc. and Bank of America announced that Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, California, has installed a 312 kilowatt (kW) solar electric system at its brewing facility in the Escondido Research & Technology Center (ERTC). The system represents an investment of US $2.5 million.
   

GE Unit Passes US $4 Billion in Investment

With a goal of investing US $6 billion in renewable energy by 2010, GE Energy Financial Services surpassed the US $4 billion mark this week by investing in New York State's three newest wind farms. GE will invest a total of US $100 million in the three wind farms, on which construction began last month.
 

Mosel secures 7-year solar wafer supply from Nexolon

   

Moncada Enters Solar Energy Market with Contract for Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line

ARAGONA, Sicily & SANTA CLARA, Calif.––(BUSINESS WIRE)––The Moncada Energy Group s.r.l., a leading private producer of renewable energy in Italy, has awarded Applied Materials, Inc. a contract to
 

Evolution Solar To Attend Groundbreaking Solar Exhibition And Conference

GILBERT, Ariz.––(BUSINESS WIRE)––Evolution Solar Corp (OTC:EVSO) has accepted an invitation to attend the inaugural groundbreaking COPENMIND Conference and Exhibit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
   

Intel makes another solar move with $38M investment in Sulfurcell

Following Intel's spin off last month of key solar assets to form independent company SpectraWatt, the chip ginat expands its cleantech portfolio by leading a $133.7 million investment round in thin–film CIS photovoltaic solar module maker Sulfurcell Solartechnik.
 

Cleantech Venture Investment Hits Record US $2 Billion in Q2

The Cleantech Group has announced that cleantech venture investments during Q2 2008 in North America, Europe, China and India totaled US $2 billion across 96 companies, making it an all–time record quarter. The previous record quarter was Q3 2007, which saw US $1.8 billion in cleantech venture investments.
   

groSolar Acquires Chesapeake Solar

July 8, 2008 – White River Jct., VT – groSolar, North America's premier provider of solar energy solutions, announced today the acquisition of Chesapeake Solar, a leading installer of solar energy systems in the Mid–Atlantic region.
 

ICP Solar Expands Distribution in Russia and Ukraine

   

SolarWrights Acquires Connecticut Solar Company

BRISTOL, RI– SolarWrights, Inc., New England's premier solar provider of photovoltaic, solar thermal, and wind systems, announced today the acquisition of Sunsearch, LLC, a solar energy company based in Guilford, Connecticut. Sunsearch has been designing, installing, and servicing solar systems since 1975 throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
 

Jenoptik awarded another multi-million order from the solar industry

The systems will be installed in a thin–film solar plant in Asia.
   

Pricester.com Expands Solar Energy Development

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.––(BUSINESS WIRE)––Genesis Electronics, a wholly–owned subsidiary of Pricester.com, Inc. (OTCBB:PRCC),
 

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Announces Update on 1.2 MW Valley Center Contract

EWING, N.J.––(BUSINESS WIRE)––WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTC BB: WWAT.OB), developer and marketer of proprietary high–power solar systems, today announced that it has
   

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