Solar Cells Info

Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 10, 2007
Source: UniRac press release
http://www.unirac.com/unirac/news070918.html

UniRac is pleased to have been chosen by EI Solutions to play an integral role in the largest corporate solar installation in the U.S. to date, on Google’s solar panel installation at their Mountain View, CA campus. The milestone project was completed in May 2007, far earlier than initially projected.  With 9,000 panels to rack and a variety of roof styles to contend with, UniRac performed custom engineering analysis of the structures to match the best products with each roof. A non-penetrating racking system was used for the standing-seam roofs which UniRac was readily able to accommodate. (more…)

Clean Energy Information Service Provider Set to Present, Exhibit at Solar Power 2007
San Jose, CA, Sept. 18, 2007
Source: PR Newswire/Money.CNN.com
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU10318092007-1.htm

Fat Spaniel Technologies, the leading provider of critical information services for the renewable energy industry, monitors the solar energy system at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, the venue for the Solar Power 2007 Conference and Expo. MMA Renewable Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity owns the 750-kW rooftop photovoltaic system that supplies a portion of the power used each year by the Convention Center. Delivering reliable real-time and historical performance data, Fat Spaniel adds value to the Long Beach solar installation by providing maintenance alerts, revenue-grade reporting and an interactive lobby kiosk display.
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By Sandra Upson
Source: IEEE Spectrum /Oct 7, 2007 issue
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5568

It’s another brilliant day at the world headquarters of the hottest company on the planet. Some shirtless employees are playing a lunchtime game of volleyball while others stride across campus with laptops tucked under their arms. The place fairly crackles with energy, and in more ways than one.  Up here on a roof at Google’s leafy and sprawling Mountain View, Calif., campus, with the shouts of the volleyball game just barely audible, sunlight glints off 9212 polysilicon solar panels stretching out toward the horizon. Amid the irregular jumble of angular roofs, a single south-facing wave stands out, a pitch and roll frozen in place against a backdrop of foothills.
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by Ann Braybrooks, September 24, 2007
Source: Chronogram.com
http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2007/10/Community+Notebook/Solar-Attraction

Renewable energy. The arts. Combine the two to create a unique arts and business complex powered by sunlight, an existing waterfall, and possibly even recycled vegetable oil from local restaurants. Do this by rehabilitating and redeveloping a sprawling former box-board mill that straddles a section of the Stonycreek Kill, about a mile from the village of Chatham.

Add all kinds of cool things: artist studios; workshop space for ecofriendly woodworking, metalsmithing, and tilemaking businesses; and a huge green building center, where prefab homes with integrated energy-efficient systems can be manufactured. Maybe even construct a carbon-neutral ecovillage on the property adjacent to the mill, and simply move those energy-efficient, prefab dwellings down the road. Encourage residents to leave their cars in a lot off the main thoroughfare and use electric vehicles, or, better yet, their legs and feet, to get to their front doors. Some residents might even be able to walk from work to home if they hold one of the “green-collar” jobs at the Solaqua complex, or if they work at the restaurant or performance space envisaged for the property. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2007
Source: Empire Solar press release/ PRweb.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557350.htm

On the heels of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roofs Plan being signed and the public embrace of Al Gore’s Oscar winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” and Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary “The 11th Hour”, Empire Solar Solutions, an affiliated partner company of the nation’s leading Home Improvements provider Empire Today, brings environmental and economic benefits of solar energy to greater Los Angeles area. Approximately $3 billion are available in rebates and incentives for California residents to covert to solar power – and reduce utility bills in the process. Installation of just 100,000 solar roofs in Los Angeles would cut global warming pollution by 300,000 tons per year, and reduce smog forming pollution by 90,000 pounds per year.
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By Episcopal Life staff, September 28, 2007
Source: Episcopalchurch.org
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_90541_ENG_HTM.htm

Mention solar energy and people often think of individual roof-mounted panels. Mention stained glass and people think of traditional windows in churches. Not too many people would think to combine them, but artist Sarah Hall has done this and more, with the first stained glass installation in North America to utilize solar cells.
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Total of 15 Solar-Powered Stores Planned for Southern California
Westminister, CA, Sep 28, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=266457

With a solar store dedication in Westminster today, Macy’s is launching a program to install solar electric power systems at 28 California stores, including 15 in Southern California. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, is partnering with Macy’s to design and install the systems.
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TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2007
Source: Mondial Energy Inc.    /Yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070912/to290.html?.v=56
Mondial Energy installation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 61 tonnes per year

Mondial Energy Inc. has installed Ontario’s largest, most powerful solar thermal heating system at one of WoodGreen’s affordable housing sites on Toronto’s Queen St. East. The installation is a partnership between WoodGreen Community Services and Mondial Energy, which builds and owns solar sites on commercial, residential and municipal buildings.
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GM Uses Uni-Solar PV Panels to Power One of the Largest Solar Installations in Corporate Use / United Solar Ovonic’s Second Installation for GM
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept 14, 2007
Source: PRNewswire/Marketwatch.com
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gm-uses-uni-solar-pv-panels/
story.aspx?guid=C70BAC53-A29F-4645-8DC8-659008502194

United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced today that it has been selected for one of the largest solar power installations in corporate use. Uni-Solar PV solar panels will be installed on the roof of the GM facility in Fontana, California. When completed in December, the installation will produce 1.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, roughly the amount needed to power 500 homes for one year.

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Auburn Hills, Michigan, September 17, 2007:
Source: PRNewswire/CNNMoney.com
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM11017092007-1.htm

United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. , showcased its lightweight, flexible thin-film UNI-SOLAR(R) laminates during this year’s 59th Annual Primetime Emmy(R) Awards telecast which aired live on Fox Television, Sunday, September 16, 2007.
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