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April 28, 2025
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News SolSmart program
Pico Rivera, California earns SolSmart Gold designation for solar permitting initiatives
April 28, 2025
+ Storage UL Solutions battery energy storage test
UL Solutions improves BESS safety test methods
April 25, 2025
Projects Aspen Power net metering solar Pennsylvania ribbon cutting
Aspen Power completes 10 net-metering solar projects in Pennsylvania
April 24, 2025
O&M MGM Transformers VanTrans facility
VanTran, MGM Transformers open new manufacturing facility in Texas
April 24, 2025
Projects solar financing spotlight funding piggy bank panels
AIP Management invests $500M in Silicon Ranch | Solar Financing...

This edition of the Solar Financing Spotlight looks at AIP’s major investment in Silicon Ranch, while several other developers have cl...

April 24, 2025
PV Modules Daanaa-Zodiac-108cells-horizontal
Profiling Zodiac, a ‘substring inverter’ that could revolutionize PV systems

Solar module manufacturing has been in the spotlight in the United States the last few years, mostly in terms of supply chain for convention...

April 23, 2025
Featured Chris Brown Solamp kilovault battery
Installed KiloVault? Solamp is here to help

Chris Brown, tinkering with a KiloVault battery. As the battery attachment rate soars, so too will the number of abandoned systems and defun...

April 23, 2025
News fire fighters
Vector Solutions, NFPA offer DER safety training for fire departments

ID 59292001 © Szebas Last year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Vector Solutions launched a program to properly tra...

April 17, 2025
News Standards.
UL updates 9540A test protocols for new battery chemistries, applications

Battery testing and standards continue to evolve along with battery innovations. UL Solutions announced some important enhancements to the 9...

April 17, 2025
Projects LPL Solar and lightsource bp
Report: $8 billion in renewable energy investments canceled in Q1

The first three months of 2025 have seen $8 billion in investments canceled and 16 new large-scale factories and other projects abandoned or...

April 17, 2025
Projects VermeerOne
New VermeerOne connects equipment owners to essential information 

Vermeer’s new VermeerOne digital platform streamlines the management, monitoring and maintenance of the manufacturer’s equipment...

April 16, 2025
Products PTNA24 Solar Panel Bonding — Busbar Bonding (1)-001
Avery Dennison debuts Solar Panel Bonding adhesives

Example of Busbar Bonding PSA tape from Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Performance Tapes is expanding into the solar industry with a new Sola...

April 16, 2025
News Scanifly and EcoFasten demo
Scanifly speeds up solar design with racking integrations. EcoFasten the...

Scanifly and EcoFasten demo Solar PV design and field operations software company Scanifly, best known for its drone service, is now integra...

April 16, 2025
News solar asset auction
Auction for $17M in Sunnova surplus stock set for April...

We just got word that Silicon Valley Disposition, has been selected to sell the surplus inventory to the ongoing operations of Sunnova Energ...

April 15, 2025
+ Storage Fortress Power eSpire Mini
Fortress Power eSpire Mini approved for Connecticut Green Bank C&I...

Fortress Power is on a hot streak of acceptance in 2025 on the East coast. Green Mountain Power in Vermont added Fortress Power’s full...

April 15, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Budderfly aids 128-year-old company to go solar | Projects Weekly

The latest Projects Weekly highlights a $1.5 million solar project for the Gilman Brothers Co. in Connecticut. Plus, GS Power energizes the ...

April 14, 2025
News tribal energy alternatives
Tribal Energy Alternatives explains ‘energy sovereignty’ mission

Tribal Energy Alternatives (TEA), formerly the GRID Alternatives National Tribal Program, announced its official launch as an independent en...

April 14, 2025
O&M EnergyAid solar service truck
EnergyAid adds Titan Solar IP to growing solar services empire

EnergyAid is dedicated to reviving and repowering legacy solar systems, which suffer from reduced efficiency and lost savings. Often, these ...

April 14, 2025
Mounting Guide Solvari-panel
Get to know Solvari SR: All-in-one solar panel is now...

Solvari is an Austin, Texas solar equipment manufacturer, that wants to disrupt residential solar with a pre-engineered solar panel that com...

April 14, 2025