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Google’s Project Sunroof Expands to Nine States

Samantha Joe — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:13:29 +0000

The mission of Google is to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” While the first instinct is to think about the search engine and its continuous efforts to catalog and rank websites in search, the company also has physical world projects like Google Maps and Google Flights. Project Sunroof is […]

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Solar Panel Installations Growing in America, Report Says

Samantha Joe — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:47:56 +0000

According to a new report, U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, Q3 2015, it appears that this year will turn out to be an excellent year for solar panel installations in America. The country has seen eight straight quarters where over one gigawatt of photovoltaic (PV) capacity was installed. Last year, over six gigawatts of capacity total […]

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Second Quarter of 2013 Marked as Second Best In the History of U.S. Solar Industry

Mila Luleva — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:36:44 +0000

The number of solar panel installations across the U.S. has risen by 15% in the second quarter of 2013 thanks to the escalating success of utility-scale businesses. The total figure of 832 megawatts of solar panels installed between April and June came as a slight surprise, mainly because project developers were racing to finalize their […]

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Solar Power Systems in California Reaching 1 Gigawatt

Mike Sandru — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:16:10 +0000

The rebate program targeted at businesses and homeowners in for installing solar panels in California now has enough subscribers to produce 1 gigawatt worth of electricity, which is the first among the US states, and a level reached by only a few nations. The report on Thursday showed that California residents, taking advantage of the […]

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U.S. Photovoltaic Market to Double, Says SolarBuzz Forecast

Mike Sandru — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:50:31 +0000

According to a study made by Solarbuzz, the United States' solar photovoltaic (PV) market is to double in 2011. Due to the latest 17 gigawatt solar project, the Port Washington, NY-based research firm is convinced that the US solar PV market will reach 6.4 GW by the end of 2015.

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