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    Worldwide, the number of photovoltaic system manufacturers and project developers is growing. Below are links to four PV companies.

    Baekert ECD Solar Systems LLC and United Solar Systems Corp., based in Troy, Michigan, develop and produce the UNI-SOLAR® photovoltaic products for a wide variety of applications.

    BP Solar, headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland, designs integrated photovoltaic systems and sells system components for a variety of DER applications.

    DayStar Technologies, Inc. of Denver, Colorado is developing 10-50 kW photovoltaic systems based on proprietary packaging and thin-film processing.

    Xantrex Technology, Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, offers commercially available solar systems up to 20 kW for both on- and off-grid applications.


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