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PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has closed an undisclosed amount of funding to develop a solar panel reliability and performance laboratory in San Francisco, North America.

Emerson has been awarded a contract by Quanta Services to supply power inverters and plant-wide controls for what it says will be California, the U.S.’s largest photovoltaics power generation facility, at 45 megawatts (MW).

The first three megawatts (MWs) of what has been described as Italy’s largest photovoltaic roof installation to date, have been connected to the grid.

SunEdison has announced it is to own, and operate three solar generation facilities within the CPS Energy services territory, in Texas, the U.S. totaling 30 megawatts (MWs) AC.

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Arizona, the U.S., today.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a 25-year power purchase agreement, meaning U.S.-based SolarReserve can move forward with its 150 megawatt (MW) Rice Solar Energy Project.

PsomasFMG, LLC has started construction on a USD$52-million, 9.6-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) project for the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD), in California, the U.S.

Air Products has chosen Blue Sky Solar as the turnkey installer for its two-megawatt (MW) solar farm at its U.S. headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

For the first time since U.S. President Jimmy Carter was in office in 1979, solar panels are set to be installed on the roof of the White House.

A 49.9-megawatt (MW) solar array, Turning Point Solar, is set to be built in Ohio, the U.S.