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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Intertek Opens Solar Thermal Test Lab
 Intertek a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services announces the addition of solar thermal testing capabilities to its Dallas, TX facility. The laboratory, accredited by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC), A2LA and Standards Council of Canada, tests solar thermal equipment to safety and performance standards including SRCC SD 100, CSA F378-87 and EN 12975-1. Compliance to these standards is required for manufacturers to receive SRCC Certification and the ETL Listed Mark for North American market access.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Jigar Shah Speaks on the State and Future of the United States Solar Industry
 Solar visionary, Jigar Shah, will join AltaTerra Research and RenewableEnergyWorld.com on September 23 to discuss the current state of the U.S. solar industry and where he sees the industry heading in 2011 and beyond, in a national and international online conference.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Peace Corps to Tackle Grassroots Energy Issues
The Peace Corps announced late last month that the U.S. Department of State will provide $1 million to fund the program in support of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The money will help Peace Corps efforts that increase rural access to energy, mitigate the effects of climate change, and support the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in Central and South American communities.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Top 6 Utility-scale Fast-tracked Solar Projects
In June 2009, the Department of Interior announced a fast-track program for renewable energy and transmission projects on public lands under BLM management. The agency designated fast-track projects as those "where the companies involved have demonstrated to the BLM that they have made sufficient progress to formally start the environmental review and public participation process."
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00:00 PM
CSP cooling options: Workarounds for water scarcity
 CSP Today speaks to Babul Patel, senior consultant at Nexant Inc., about the cost implication of plant cooling options and how to operate plants effectively under increasingly stringent water restrictions.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00:00 PM
International PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved balance of systems engineering
 What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities' solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Standard Solar Ranks in Top 100 of the 2010 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company in America List
 Standard Solar, Inc., a premier full-service developer, integrator and installer of solar electric systems for commercial, government and residential customers, today announced that the company was named to the prestigious Inc. magazine Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America list, a compendium of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing companies in America. Standard Solar ranked 73rd out of 500 and was the highest ranking renewable energy company on the list.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 11:00:00 PM
Grid Energy Storage a $35B Market by 2020
Coming on the heels of yesterday's announcement that California is moving closer to setting grid energy storage mandates for utilities in the state, today Pike Research released a new report that says the grid energy storage market could reach as much as $35 billion by 2020.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 11:00:00 PM
SMA Becomes the First Manufacturer Worldwide to Receive UL Certification for Its Transformerless Inverters
 SMA Solar Technology AG continues to expand its technological lead over the competition, and has set the course for the increased use of transformerless solar inverters in the United States. The leading manufacturer of solar inverters has become the first company in the world to receive certification from Underwriters Laboratories® (UL) for transformerless inverters. The certification applies to SMA transformerless Sunny Boy 8000TL-US, Sunny Boy 9000TL-US, and Sunny Boy 10000TL-US inverters and was granted as a result of complying with "UL Standard 1741 for PV and Battery-Powered Inverters," which, for the first time includes requirements on transformerless inverters.
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