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Next-Generation PV Technologies to Take Center Stage as Solar Expenditures...

Advanced photovoltaic (PV) technologies such as diamond wire and n-type substrates will increasingly find their way into mainstream solar ma...

Mexico Boosts Global Solar Appeal, Now Third Most Appealing PV...

Mexico in the first quarter raised its attractiveness profile in the global photovoltaic (PV) market to close in on reigning leaders South A...

4.4-MW Texas Solar Farm Developed by OCI Solar Power Now...

OCI Solar Power’s second Texas solar farm, Alamo 2, is now generating power northeast of Downtown San Antonio. Alamo 2 is the second p...

Suniva Solar Modules Power VA Medical Center in Florida

Suniva Inc., a metro-Atlanta based manufacturer of high-quality, high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announce...

Gestamp Solar, 8minutenergy Renewables to Build 50-MW Solar Farm in...

Gestamp Solar and 8minutenergy Renewables LLC announced the signing of a 20-year contract to sell 50 MWac (66.5 MWdc) of clea...

How Google Glass Can Aid the Solar Installer

You may have seen people walking around wearing goofy-looking glasses with what looks to be a camera lens attached to the top. This is Googl...

Behind the Scenes at Crown Battery

On a frigid day last year during the holiday season, Crown Battery Manufacturing Co. invited Solar Builder for a factory tour at its headqua...

Built-In Solar

A new BIPV product hopes to take the new build and re-roofing market by storm. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is the outcast from ...

Delaware Utility Takes a Green Stand

Not making any progress on its Renewable Portfolio Standard requirement, a 4-MW solar field finally gets the ball rolling in the First State...

Security System

The HitchClip provides a level of protection to installers working on sloped roofs. The solar industry is drowning in choices for mounting, ...

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No Clamps? No Problem.

Creotecc Solar Mounting Systems produces clamp-free designs that can be installed quickly and are better for modules. Clamping and mounting ...

Empower Energies, EPG Solar Develop 3.7-MW Project in Massachusetts

Empower Energies Inc. announces the development of a 3.7-MWdc solar array in the Town of Shirley, Mass. The project will feature approximate...

Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Two 20-MW Solar Projects in California

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, today announced its acquisition of two 20-MWac California solar projects ...

TerraSmart Completes Largest Ground-Mount Solar Project in Bahamas

TerraSmart, the leading turn-key ground mount provider, announced  completion of  the largest ground mount PV system in the Bahama...

RGS Energy to Build Solar Projects in Eight Massachusetts Communities

RGS Energy, a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has been selected by e...

Ingeteam Central Inverters Used in 500-kW Solar Plant in Puerto...

Ingeteam has connected its first solar PV plant in Puerto Rico. The 500-kW power plant, built by WindMar Renewable Energy Inc., is also the ...

U.S. Solar Market Grows 41% in 2013

Continuing its explosive growth, the U.S. solar industry had a record-shattering year in 2013. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energ...

Comanche Solar Project to be Largest Solar Facility in Colorado

Community Energy announced today that its Comanche Solar project will supply 120 MW of solar generation to Xcel Energy comprising the larges...

NRG Solar, Boeing Breaking Ground on Guam’s First Solar Power...

NRG Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar LLC, and The Boeing Company started construction on Dandan, Guam’s...

Xcel Energy Plans to Add 150 MW of Solar Projects...

Citing the advantage of adding more solar energy at a lower customer cost, Xcel Energy submitted to state regulators a plan to add up t...