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June 30, 2022
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Delaware is offering free solar installations for low-income homeowners
June 30, 2022
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Leeward closes financing for Rabbitbrush Solar Project, its first solar + storage facility
June 30, 2022
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Self storage company adding solar PV to power 21 sites via Pivot Energy
June 29, 2022
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DSD Renewables adds seven-project community solar portfolio in Minnesota
June 29, 2022
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Pine Gate Renewables nets $500M from Generate Capital to expand...

Generate Capital made a strategic growth investment in Pine Gate Renewables, a utility-scale solar and storage developer, that includes a $2...

June 29, 2022
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Tucson Electric Power community solar project engineered with Solar FlexRack...

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) worked with Solar FlexRack to engineer a community solar project in in Tucson, Arizona. The new array will suppl...

June 29, 2022
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CleanCapital acquires brownfield solar developer BQ Energy

CleanCapital acquired 100% of the ownership interests in BQ Energy (BQE), a renowned landfill and brownfield renewable energy developer, and...

June 29, 2022
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Selling battery attachments with solar PV systems beyond California

An erratic yet accelerating trend in utility valuation of residential and C&I battery storage for grid services is helping system provid...

June 29, 2022
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Native-led non-profit adds solar array, heat pump via Everybody Solar

Nibezun, a Native-led nonprofit that seeks to revitalize and preserve Wabanaki culture in Passadumkeag, Maine, added a new solar array and h...

June 28, 2022
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How Biden’s executive order on tariffs offers relief for each...

The anticircumvention investigation launched by the Department of Commerce in late March wreaked havoc on the solar industry. The uncertaint...

June 28, 2022
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Orlando apartments demonstrate new shared solar hardware solution SolShare

Multifamily buildings and rental communities can be tough candidates for solar in terms of a design and ROI that works for each stakeholder....

June 28, 2022
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How to run a financially healthy solar installation business

On this episode of Power Forward, we get a crash course in solar installer financial health. What are “healthy” installers doing...

June 28, 2022
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Greenskies completes two solar carport arrays at Connecticut schools

Connecticut commercial solar developer Greenskies Clean Focus completed two 129-kilowatt (kW) solar carport arrays for the Town of Madison, ...

June 27, 2022
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Solterra Energy solar development platform nets $10M in early-stage capital...

Leyline Renewable Capital is partnering with Solterra Energy, formerly Solterra Partners LLC, to provide $10 million in early-stage growth a...

June 27, 2022
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Renu Energy Solutions installs solar array atop living-learning greenhouse prototype...

Renu Energy Solutions, a locally-owned and operated solar installer in North Carolina and South Carolina, completed a solar installation at ...

June 27, 2022
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LONGi’s HJT solar cell achieves 26.5 percent conversion efficiency

LONGi once again sets new world record for HJT solar cell efficiency LONGi has announced a new world record conversion efficiency of 26.5% f...

June 27, 2022
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Solar + storage + wind? Semtive debuts wind turbine for...

Solar installer business models are diversifying into all sorts of smart energy verticals — battery storage, EV chargers, energy effic...

June 27, 2022
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CPUC makes major ruling to ease solar, storage interconnection

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made a landmark ruling last week to dramatically simplify the interconnection process for ...

June 27, 2022
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Massive 195-MW solar facility + 40 MW battery system now...

RWE Renewables’ Hickory Park Solar project, a 195.5-MWac facility coupled with a 40 MW 2-hour battery storage system, located in Mitch...

June 23, 2022