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Imported Chinese Solar Panels Causing Instability in U.S. Industry

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:13:38 +0000

An economic “war” is about to unleash between China’s solar panel industry and the U.S.’s, as the latter applied more than $1 billion in duties to the imports from China. Also, Solyndra LLC blamed the Chinese low-priced solar cells for their September bankruptcy. The two Chinese companies that have been accused of unfair policies are […]

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Australia’s Largest Rooftop Solar System Installed At The University of Queensland

Mike Sandru — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:20:32 +0000

Only 6 percent of the electricity generated by the system is enough to power the St. Lucia campus, which is not small, after all. It is estimated that the entire rooftop solar system is able to generate around 1.22MW of clean energy.

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Atlantic City Convention Center Installed 2.4 MW Solar Powered Rooftop

Cristi — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:07:19 +0000

13,400 modules, manufactured by the Chinese company Trina Solar, provide 2,4 MW at peak capacity, equivalent to the needs of 280 American houses. The energy generated will reduce the building's electricity bills with 25% and in it's lifetime of 20 years the solar panels will save about $4.4 million.

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