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The international photovoltaic company completed two additional solar power plants.
Springfield, NJ. Gehrlicher Solar America recently completed two additional commercial solar installations in the US. With the completion of a 151 kW ground-mounted system in North Dartmouth, MA, Gehrlicher Solar has successfully entered the Massachusetts market and plans over the course of 2012 to build at least 5 MW of projects in the state.
The Dartmouth system covers approximately seven acres in a sem... [more]
Across Japan energy reduction countermeasures are starting to be made in earnest due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and resulting nuclear power situation. Furthermore, environmental awareness in urban planning has also been receiving a lot of attention.
Sekisui Jushi Corporation, Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned domestic solar energy sales subsidiary Kyocera Solar Corporation have announced the co-development of the Eco-Shell - only available in Japan.
Eco-Shell is a mu... [more]
With power supply shortages expected during the summer months due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake, the Japanese government has placed restrictions on electricity use to require high-volume users in the Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. service areas to reduce electricity consumption by 15% compared to last year.
Kyocera Corporation has significantly increased the size of the solar power generation system at its Tanagura manufacturing plant in Fukush... [more]
Kier Stoke has fitted 198 solar panels onto the south and south-west facing roofs of the Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Civic Centre. In just the first month since installation they have already generated 4,128kWh of electricity - enough electricity to power the average home for a year in just one month.
Under the government’s Feed In Tariff (FIT) for generating zero carbon electricity, the panels have already delivered the equivalent of £1,750 in income and savings. The FIT rewards the owners... [more]
The AEON shopping center in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a large-scale facility containing 159 businesses. 960-kilowatts (kW) of Kyocera Corporation's solar modules (roughly 4,300 units) have been installed on the roof of the recently opened AEON Itami-Koya shopping center in Itami City.
The total solar power generating system is 1.16-megawatts (MW), of which 960kW are Kyocera modules, making it one of the largest systems on a commercial building in the country. Kyocera's modules... [more]
Last September the authority signed a trailblazing agreement with energy supplier E.ON which will deliver millions of pounds of investment to the city to improve the energy efficiency of homes and use green power to drive down residents’ fuel bills and help combat climate change.
The agreement has already seen 54 council properties in Chell Heath fitted with solar panels – the first time any of the council’s 19,000-strong housing stock has been powered by such green energy. And the council is... [more]
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