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Solar Frontier announced today that the company will supply General Electric with its CIS (copper, indium and selenium) thin film modules. This move is to supplement GE’s portfolio as a solar energy solutions provider.

Thailand petroleum company Bangchak has secured a 4.2 million Thai Baht (100 million euro) loan from the Asian Development Bank for two solar power plants in central Thailand.

The U.S Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved the Ivanpah solar electrical generating system. The project proposed by BrightSource Energy, based in Oakland, is stated to be able to produce up to 370 megawatts of energy.

Taiwan’s largest cement maker, Taiwan Cement, is looking to build a 100 megawatt plant in the country.

Ikea is ready to equip eight stores in California with solar panels. The eight stores comprise nearly 90 percent of the Ikea presence in California.

Business analytics software and services company SAS completed its second solar farm on the company’s headquarters campus, collaborating with groSolar and FLS Energy.

Conergy has announced that it has received an order from Uni Land, an Italian real estate holding company to develop nine solar installations.

GT Solar has officially opened its new Asian operations in Hong Kong to serve its customers throughout the Asia Pacific region.

The manufacturer of flexible thin film solar modules has announced that it is the first manufacturer to receive the full IEC 61646 certification for thin film flexible monolithically integrated CIGS modules upon completion of environmental testing.

LG Electronics has donated solar modulues for installation on the official residence of the president of the Maldives.