November 21, 2008
San Jose, CA, USA: San Jose Tech Museum Dedicates 185 kilowatt Solar System. SunPower Corporation, Helio Micro Utility and the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, today joined with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and other local officials to dedicate a 185-kilowatt solar-electric system.

November 21, 2008
Burghausen, Germany: Polysilicon Facilities Start Up at Wacker's Burghausen Site. Additional polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially came on stream at Wacker Chemie AG’s Burghausen site yesterday.

November 20, 2008
San Francisco, CA, USA: SunRun Secures Up to $105M for 2,000 Residential PV Systems. SunRun, a distributed residential solar electricity provider, has received an initial tax equity commitment from an affiliate of U.S. Bancorp as part of the financing for up to 2,000 residential solar facilities.

November 20, 2008
Tokyo, Japan: ProLogis to Install First Photovoltaic Project in Japan. ProLogis will install its first photovoltaic system in Japan, a one-megawatt PV system at ProLogis Parc Zama I, a five-story distribution facility totaling more than 1.2 million square feet.

November 19, 2008
Philadelphia, PA, USA: Conergy Group Completes 3 Megawatt Project. Conergy and its subsidiary EPURON have announced the completion and sale of the Exelon-Conergy Solar Energy Center.

November 19, 2008
Boston, MA, USA: Satcon Signs Inverter Supply Agreement with Samsung. Satcon Technology Corporation , a provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, has entered into a three year, 180 megawatt agreement with Samsung.

November 19, 2008
Mainz, Germany: SCHOTT Solar Signs Long-term Contract with Enerpoint S.p.A. SCHOTT Solar and Italy's Enerpoint S.p.A. have signed a long term supply contract for the delivery of 35 megawatts of modules.

November 19, 2008
White Plains, NY, USA: New York Power Authority Requests Information for Purchases of Solar Power. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has issued a formal Request for Information (RFI) in connection with its plans to purchase solar power on behalf of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and its operating agencies.

November 18, 2008
San Francisco, CA, USA: The North Face Completes 1MW Solar Energy System. The North Face®, a supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, has completed construction of a 1MW solar electricity system at its West Coast distribution center located in Visalia, California.

November 18, 2008
Sydney, Australia: BP Solar to Close Cell Manufacturing Plant. BP Solar will cease the production of solar photovoltaic power cells and panels from its manufacturing plant in Sydney Olympic park (Australia) at the end of March 2009.

November 17, 2008
Rockaway, NJ, USA: The Solar Center Starts Installation of 96 kilowatt Solar Electric System. The Solar Center is commencing installation of a 96 kilowatt solar system for IDA-International of Derby, Connecticut, its largest solar installation to date in that state.