Puerto Rico is getting a $4.5 million boost in its economic development arm, with a public-private project aimed at accelerating solar business on the island. The package involves $3.8 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to train workers in ...

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A local company that has been developing a solar panel that can produce more energy and be made more quickly has earned a $4 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to scale up its technology and process. Energy ...

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Heritage Christian Services is the latest entity to build solar power capacity to change its energy footprint. The nonprofit agency that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has added a 2.7-megawatt solar array in the western Monroe county town ...

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SunCommon NY, the local company that has been growing in leaps and bounds by distributing solar power to homes and businesses, has changed its name to GreenSpark Solar. SunCommon was named No. 1 on the Rochester Chamber Top 100 list ...

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A solar power project at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is both making power and producing educational opportunities for students, particularly in the area of sustainability. The second of two solar arrays began operating in December; combined the two arrays ...

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The city of Rochester unveiled its new solar field Wednesday, Oct. 25, a project that capped a former landfill and promises to supply 2.6 megawatts of power. Mayor Lovely Warren, other city officials and developers of the solar energy project ...

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