ChargePoint America begins installing EV charging stations in Michigan

Installation is now underway on the first electric vehicle charging station to be established in Michigan by the $37 million ChargePoint America program. The facility at the NextEnergy headquarters in downtown Detroit is one of 5,000 being installed in nine areas of the US, on the federally-funded initiative from Coulomb Technologies. Hundreds of the new networked charging points will be installed throughout southern Michigan, from Grand Rapids to Detroit.

Arizona firm wins $37m in solar equipment orders

Solar manufacturing equipment provider Amtech Systems has won $37 million in new business with new and existing customers in Asia. The company based in Tempe, Arizona, will provide its diffusion processing systems used in the production of silicon-based solar cells. Amtech said its expanding customer base has seen $157 million in orders since October 2009.

ESA to install 1MW solar array in North Carolina

Florida solar developer ESA Renewables has won a contract to install a one megawatt solar power system in Culberson, North Carolina. The company agreed a 10-year power purchase agreement to sell power to Tennessee Valley Authority. ESA will design, engineer, construct and commission a system with 4,166 solar panels on a 16-acre site for completion in November 2010.