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HDPV Alliance Aims to Decrease PV Inverter Costs by 50%

The HDPV Alliance, an industry alliance aimed at reducing photovoltaic (PV) balance of system (BOS) costs while increasing energy production...

10.8 MW of ET Solar Modules to Power Ormat California...

ET Solar Group Corp. announced it is supplying 10.8 MW of photovoltaic modules to Ormat Technologies Inc. for its first photovoltaic power p...

aleo solar, Assurant Partner on Warranty Management Program

Solar manufacturer and distributor aleo solar North America and specialty insurance provider Assurant Inc’s solar group anno...

Solar Venture Capital Increases to $189 Million in Q2 2013

Mercom Capital Group llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisiti...

Exosun Enters North American Solar Tracker Market

Exosun, a leading French company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of solar trackers for ground-mounted photovoltaic plants...

E.ON Climate & Renewables Completes First U.S. Solar Projects

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) Solar has commissioned two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Tucson, Ariz., area with a combi...

Schneider Electric Announces Conext Core XC-NA Inverter

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, announced today at Intersolar 2013 the availability of its Conext Core XC-NA i...

Canadian Solar Modules to Power 2.3-MW Project in North Carolina

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced it was selected by Argand Energy Solutions for a 2.3-...

Gehrlicher Enters Partnership to Install tenKsolar Products

tenKsolar Inc. and Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation announced a strategic alliance to deliver tenKsolar’s RAIS XT solution to Gehr...

Phoenix Solar to Build Georgia’s Largest Solar Power Array

Phoenix Solar Inc. (www.phoenixsolar.com), the U.S. subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG, today announced it signed a contract with Silicon Ranch ...

Elevated Thinking

Instead of losing precious solar space because of vents and pipes, why not raise the panels above the problem? Flat rooftops are very rarely...

Integrated Design

Just when you thought costs couldn’t get lower, integrated balance of system developments help save even more on installations. Drivin...

Bankability: What it Is and How it Works

Real-world examples help explain the tool used to evaluate companies in the solar industry. Bankability has always been important when evalu...

All Control to the Modules

Module-level power electronics — like power optimizers — have increased their influence in the industry in recent years. Accordi...

Affordable Solar Installs Three Solar Systems in New Mexico

The City of Deming, N.M., has worked with Affordable Solar to complete three solar system installations that now deliver electric power to t...

SMA Expands Distribution Program with Five New Partnerships

SMA America has expanded its recently launched distribution program with five leading distributors representing the residential, commercial ...

SolarCity to Install 3.4 MW at Military Homes on New...

On the eve of independence day, SolarCity is underway with a project to provide solar electricity, and a measure of energy independence...

Axitec Solar Panels Supported by Sunnova

Axitec Solar, a leading German solar panel manufacturer, is thrilled to announce that its high-quality modules are now supported by Sunnova,...

Standard Solar Installs Solar Array for Elementary School

The University Park Elementary School will become the first Prince George’s County public school to host a rooftop solar array. The so...

Energy Storage Systems Will Total 22 GW from 2013 to...

More than 1,300 GW of wind and solar power generation capacity are expected to come online in the next 10 years, creating an unprecedented a...