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M. Rajendran. New Delhi, March 28, 2006
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=c045bc08-037d-47db-a4a5-31db6df661c8

PRESIDENT A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has plans to light up Rashtrapati Bhawan with solar power. To avoid cutting down about 15-20 trees in the compound, the project would require the construction of a new structure on which the solar panels will be mounted.  All this will cost about Rs 350 crore.  The proposed structure — which will double up as a convention centre — would be bigger than Vigyan Bhawan..
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April 25th, 2007
Source: AMonline.com
http://www.amonline.com/web/online/Vending-Market-Watch-News/Frito-Lay-Harnesses-Solar-Power-With-Rooftop-Photovoltaic-System-For-Phoenix-Facility-/1$18754

Frito-Lay North America, a division of PepsiCo, has approved construction of the largest business-owned, photovoltaic (PV) power system in Arizona. The system will incorporate a 201-kilowatt photovoltaic array that will cover 27,000 square feet of roof space at the company’s Arizona Service Center in Phoenix. Construction of the new PV system is scheduled to begin this summer.
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April 26, 2007
Source: The Business Journal of Milwaukee
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2007/04/23/daily35.html

Kohl’s Corp. plans to convert more than 75 percent of its department stores in California to solar power beginning in May.  The Menomonee Falls-based retailer announced Thursday morning that the first stores involved in the project will be in Laguna Niguel and in Visalia. Twenty-four of Kohl’s 80 California stores will immediately convert, and the company is seeking permits and approvals for another 40 stores in the state.
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Daniel Karmann, Toronto Star
Source: Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/207415

The Ontario government has given approval for a California company to construct a massive solar “farm” near Sarnia that will blanket an area larger than all three Toronto islands with hundreds of thousands of sun-soaking panels.  It will be the largest solar power station in North America and among the most expansive in the world to use photovoltaic cells that produce electricity when exposed to sunlight. Once complete, the 40-megawatt Sarnia project will be able to supply enough emission-free electricity to power between 10,000 and 15,000 homes on sunny days.
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Source: SunPower.com /press release,
BARCELONA, Spain, April 25, 2007
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=239358

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced a number of solar power plant projects being built or supplied by its PowerLight subsidiary. These projects will expand PowerLight’s market-leading footprint in Spain to more than 61 megawatts.
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Source: SunEdison.com / press release /April 23, 2007
http://www.sunedison.com/images/press/042307-alamosagbreaking.pdf

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and US Senator Ken Salazar break ground on 8.22 Megawatt Photovoltaic solar plant
Xcel Energy to Buy Solar Energy Generated by SunEdison’s Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant to. Meet Colorado’s Amendment 37 and the “20 Percent by 2020” Renewable Energy Standard

ALAMOSA, COLO. – April 23, 2007 – An 82-acre tract in south central Colorado will be the site for one of the largest photovoltaic power plants in the United States. Dignitaries including Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, U.S. Senator Ken Salazar, and executives from SunEdison and Xcel Energy spoke at today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant. The solar plant will be built, financed and maintained by SunEdison, North America’s leading solar energy services provider. Xcel Energy will buy the solar power generated by the
Alamosa plant, which is scheduled for completion by early 2008.
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Coors Field Celebrates First Utility-Scale Solar Power Electric System in a Major League Ballpark
DENVER, April 20, 2007
Source: sunpower corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=238809

This weekend, the Colorado Rockies will take on the San Diego Padres at home under a solar-powered scoreboard. The new 9.9 kilowatt solar electric system, which was installed by Independent Power Systems as a result of a partnership between the Rockies and Xcel Energy, is being celebrated on Earth Day, April 22. Comprised of 46 solar panels from SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), it is the first commercial- scale solar electric power system to be installed in a Major League Baseball ballpark.
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Tapping the sun to power UAE homes

By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter /21 April 2007

source: Gulf News
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Technology/10119770.html

Dubai: Houses fully powered by solar energy will soon be available for home owners in the country.  Scandinavian renewable energy experts will be in Abu Dhabi and Dubai later this month to promote solar housing in the UAE after working on the idea in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
source: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-04-17-air-force-solar-power_N.htm?csp=34

The largest solar power plant in North America will soon be providing electricity to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert.  The military says the plant, scheduled to power up at Nellis Air Force Base by the end of the year, shows that solar energy can effectively meet part of the country’s energy needs.
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Apr 20 2007
source:
http://www.environmentalleader.com

Estee Lauder has installed a 600-kilowatt solar energy system at its manufacturing facility in Oakland, New Jersey. The project is one of New Jersey’s largest rooftop mounted solar installations as well the largest third-party solar energy supply contract in the state.

Designed and installed by DT Solar and owned by an investment partnership created by MMA Renewable Ventures, the system incorporates more than 3,000 solar panels installed atop a facility that houses manufacturing for Estee Lauder’s Aramis Brand. The project has the complete support of facility owner and operator Westminster Management. Expected to generate over 650,000 kilowatt-hours annually, the solar energy system will offset production of more than 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide over its expected 25-year lifetime.  Earlier this year, Ted Turner partnered with Dome-Tech Solar to create DT Solar, a Turner renewable energy company.