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Ingeteam Inverters Power 1.2-MW Solar Project in Wisconsin

Ingeteam, a leading solar inverter manufacturer, has supplied its new Ingecon Sun PowerMax 500-kW inverters in Jefferson, Wis. The 1.2-MW PV...

SOLON Completes 1.9 MW of Solar School Projects in Arizona

SOLON Corp., a leading provider of solar energy solutions in the southwest, announced today the completion of 1.92 MW of solar systems for t...

National Solar Jobs Census Reports US Solar Jobs Grew 20%...

The Solar Foundation (TSF), an independent nonprofit solar research and education organization, today released its fourth annual National So...

Solar Only Surpassed by Natural Gas in New Capacity in...

According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of En...

BlackRock Acquries 10-MW Canadian Solar Project in Ontario

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., entered into an agreement with a fund managed b...

NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Installs Solar on Race Shop Roof

JR Motorsports, management company and racing operation for NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., has completed the construction and installatio...

M+W U.S., EDF Renewable Energy Start 6-MW Solar Project Near...

M+W U.S., a subsidiary of the global engineering and construction company M+W Group, Gehrlicher Solar America and EDF Renewable Energy (EDF)...

IKEA Near Denver Plugs-In Expanded Solar Energy System on Roof

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in an expanded solar energy system atop its Denver-area ...

Schneider Electric Offers New Solar Power and Irradiance Forecasts

As the world’s energy demand increases, utilities are leaning on sustainable power sources to enhance the supply to customers. Technol...

Cobalt Power, Trina Solar Announce First Install of Trinasmart

Trina Solar, the Smart Module market leader, today announced that Cobalt Power, a leading PV system installer, successfully commissioned the...

ASES, Intersolar to Join Conferences This Year in San Francisco

Intersolar North America , the most attended industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange in...

“Shout Out For Solar” Day This Friday, Celebrates SEIA’s 40th...

Saying “solar makes sense,” leading businesses and environmental  groups will join hundreds of thousands of people across t...

Real Goods Solar Rebrands as RGS Energy

Real Goods Solar Inc., a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions, has changed its brand identity to RGS Energy. “The ...

First Solar Starts Construction on 22-MW Project in Texas

First Solar announced today that the company has begun construction on Phase I of the Barilla Solar Project in Pecos County, Texas, wes...

Canadian Solar Powers 10-MW Install in Ontario

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10-MWac Module Supply Agreement with Silvercr...

IHS Announces Top Solar Modules Suppliers for 2013

China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the United States and Germany,...

Simplicity Steps Up a Notch

The combiner box of today does more than just hold wires and fuses. Most solar product names are self-explanatory — an inverter invert...

Sliding Into First

Powers Steel’s new carport design provides cost and time savings to purchasers. Carport solar designs are becoming an increasingly att...

A Few Extra Hands

Working with a distributor puts more people in your corner, helping you produce the best solar project possible. The solar industry is extre...

Differences Between Single and Dual Maximum Power Point Trackers

By Roy Allen, technical sales engineer at Power-One, with contributions from Cameron Stewart, academy technical trainer at Power-One MPPT st...