Business finds home in Ohio’s ‘Biggest small solar town’
In 2009, solar panel maker Isofoton started searching for a U.S. manufacturing base. After interviewing more than 20 states, the northwest corner of Ohio emerged as an ideal location. The area has a...
View ArticleSolar finance firm lifts industry
The growing domestic solar industry is spawning hundreds of innovative, entrepreneurial companies. Whether it’s a solar installer’s truck parked in a neighborhood or a utility-scale solar array that’s...
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Full steam ahead for BrightSource Energy
BrightSource Energy Inc., headquartered in Oakland, Calif., designs, develops, and sells solar thermal power systems that deliver clean energy to utilities and industrial companies. BrightSource’s...
View ArticleRack ’em up! AET adapts auto technology to manufacture solar panel racks
Applied Energy Technologies (AET), headquartered outside Detroit in Clinton Township, Mich., is leveraging American ingenuity from the auto industry into a different sector: solar manufacturing....
View ArticleDetroit workers install solar power at brewery
Power Panel is a combined photovoltaic/thermal solar system manufacturer in Detroit. First conceptualized in 2006 by president Garth Schultz, the technology is different from many other types of solar...
View ArticleColorado business owner plants parking lot ‘solar trees’
By Bob Keefe When Erin Geegan looks at a parking lot, she sees more than a spot to park. She envisions a place to generate electricity and help protect the environment – while also making a buck. Zam...
View ArticleMichigan women build growing solar business
Based just outside of Detroit in Canton, Mich., The Solar Specialist is a nationally certified, female-owned business with nearly 30 years of industry experience. A division of Mechanical Energy...
View ArticleIn North Carolina, congregations embrace clean energy
By Bob Keefe Businesses and home owners aren’t the only ones creating jobs and driving economic growth with clean energy. In North Carolina and in other parts of the country, clean energy works for a...
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