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April 30, 2013: Walmart to Greatly Increase Renewables and Energy Efficiency

April 30, 2013
Mike Duke, Walmart president and CEO, has announced the company’s next step on the path to achieving its goal of being supplied 100 percent by renewable energy. 


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April 25, 2013: Solar to Slash Energy Costs at Georgetown University

April 25, 2013
Georgetown University is going solar with SolarCity on a project that is expected to cut the school’s energy bills by tens of thousands of dollars and reduce more than 600,000 pounds of carbon pollution over its lifetime. 


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KB Home and SunPower Celebrate 1,000th Solar Home

April 22, 2013
KB Home and SunPower Corp. came together for a special event in Lancaster, Calif., celebrating the 1,000th new home built by KB with a SunPower solar power system. More than 200 of these homes are in Lancaster, a city focused on advancing the use of solar power.


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April 10, 2013: REC Solar Announces Expansion into New York State

April 10, 2013
REC Solar, a leader in solar system design and installation, has announced a major expansion into New York state. REC Solar now offers turnkey solar solutions to residents across the state, with an initial focus on Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange Counties.


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REC Solar Brings 3.5 MW of Solar Power to 12 Arizona Public Schools

April 8, 2013
REC Solar, a leader in solar system design and installation, has announced the completion of solar installations totaling 3.5 MW at 12 Arizona public schools. The systems will provide enough power to reduce the schools’ electricity bills by up to 20 percent, said the company.


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April 1, 2013: U.S. Solar Market Grows 76 Percent in 2012

April 1, 2013
GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) have released their annual report, U.S. Solar Market Insight: Year-in-Review 2012, which indicates that solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States last year grew 76 percent over 2011.


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Melink Supplies Solar for Cedarville University

March 18, 2013
Cedarville University will soon be receiving clean, renewable energy from the sun via a 2,154 kilowatt solar array on the southwest edge of campus. Power is expected to begin flowing in April. 


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March 8, 2013: SolarCity, Honda Partner to Provide Solar Power to Auto Customers and Dealerships

March 8, 2013
SolarCity® and American Honda Motor Co. Inc. have announced a partnership to make solar power available to Honda and Acura customers in the United States, providing a clean source of electricity at a lower cost than utility-supplied power.


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Feb. 26, 2013: California Residents Install More Than 1 Gigawatt of Solar Power

February 26, 2013
The Solar Center reported that California residents have now installed more than 1 gigawatt — over 1,066 megawatts — of solar power using rebates from the $2.4 billion California Solar Initiative, launched in 2007 as a way to jump-start the industry. 


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Sun Soaked

February 25, 2013

Trane is collaborating with the Roman Catholic Church’s Diocese of Honolulu and Sunforce Solutions International, a provider of fully integrated, third-party, decentralized solar-power solutions, to implement solar roof solutions totaling over 1.15 MW in nine parishes on the islands of Oahu and Maui.


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