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New plant fueling resort’s comeback
Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District (KMPUD) announced this week the closing on its sale of $5.5 million of bonds to fund construction of a new power plant for the Kirkwood community and resort operations.

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Coffee company installs solar panels to power roasting plant
A coffee company that already uses a wind turbine to generate power for its roasting plant in Cicero has recently added another green power generator. 160 solar panels were recently…

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APS, Luke AFB teaming up for huge solar plant
Arizona Public Service Co. has announced plans for the largest solar installation on U.S. government property. The utility, a unit of Pinnacle West Capital Corp., will own and operate a new 15-megawatt solar power plant to be built at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale.

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Supervisors to discuss proposed solar plant
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors today will conduct a hearing on a proposed 27-acre solar power generating plant in Newberry Springs that has been appealed.

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Ground broken on new Lompoc energy plant
The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), to which Lompoc isa member, broke ground Monday on what the agency has described as“one of the cleanest and most efficient gas-fired power plants inthe nation.” Called the Lodi Energy Center, the new plant willprovide a capacity of 280 megawatts of electricity when completedin June 2012.

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Sangre Chronicle > News > Solar plant construction on track
Representatives from First Solar, Tri-State CoOp, and the Southern Company try their had at installing one of the photovoltaic panels at the plant. CIMARRON — Precise as soldiers standing in formation, steel posts protrude three-feet out of the ground in perfectly straight rows.

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SunEdison Activates 1.1-MW Staples PV Plant
Staples Inc. and SunEdison announced the activation of a 1.1 megawatt (MW) solar system on the roof of the Staples fulfillment center in La Mirada, California. The activation marks the 32nd SunEdison solar power site hosted by Staples.

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Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant
(PhysOrg.com) — The Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese construction firm, has recently proposed a plan to harness solar energy on a larger scale than almost any previously proposed concept. Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the Moon`s 6,800-mile (11,000-kilometer) equator, converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at Earth, and …

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KYOCERA Supplies 9,000 Solar Modules for 1.2 MW Power Plant in Czech Republic
KYOTO, Japan—-Kyocera Corporation today announced that it has supplied roughly 9,000 solar modules for a large-scale solar power plant in the Czech Republic. Covering an area of more than 28,000 m², the plant delivers an output of 1.2 megawatts .

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