Booming Residential Solar Market in Arizona Drives Growth, Creates 50 Additional Green Collar Jobs at Leading Surprise Solar Power Installation Company, Salt River Solar & Wind

As a result of Arizona's booming solar industry, one of Arizona's largest and most successful solar installation companies, Salt River Solar & Wind (http://www.saltriverenergy.com), announced today that the company is planning to hire another 50 new positions in sales, marketing and solar installation jobs as the company struggles to meet t

Suniva & Clipper Wind Get Ex-Im Bank Awards

Suniva Inc. this week received the 2010 Green Transaction of the Year award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) at the Bank's annual conference in Washington D.C. Suniva used a US $2 million Ex-Im Bank short-term multi-buyer insurance policy to offer a $500,000 credit line to a customer in India to buy its solar equipment, and has a number of other potential export deals in the pipeline. The company plans to expand its U.S. facilities and add U.S. jobs to meet growing demand.

SunEdison To Build 72-MW Plant in Italy

SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc, received final approval from the Italian government this week to develop and build a 72-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo. When completed, this is expected to be the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Europe.