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March 20, 2025
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SMA Sunny Central Storage UP-S large-scale battery inverter available in U.S.
March 20, 2025
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IDTechEx: Anode-less lithium metal can maximize energy density
March 20, 2025
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Energy storage deployments set new record in 2024
March 19, 2025
Inverters and eBOS solar cells made in US
How SolarEdge, Enstall, Novogradac and Crux are teaming up to simplify domestic content compliance
March 19, 2025
Mounting Guide 2025 Ground Mount BOS Buyer's Guide
Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2025

Solar PV can be mounted and energized atop of nearly any ground conditions you’ll encounter across the United States – from vast...

March 19, 2025
Financing solar financing spotlight funding piggy bank panels
GS Power Partners secures $22M for community solar portfolio in...

In this edition of the Solar Financing Spotlight, we highlight GS Power Partners securing $22 million to build out a community solar portfol...

March 19, 2025
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Sinovoltaics launches China transformer factory map to aid solar developers

Sinovoltaics has released a free annual resource that includes listings for 128 transformer factories in mainland China. The Dutch-German Ba...

March 18, 2025
Inverters and eBOS APsystems 25 year warranty
APsystems boosts standard warranty for DS3, QT2 microinverters to 25...

APsystems, one of the most bankable inverter companies according to Sinovoltaics, announced that its DS3 and QT2 series microinverters now c...

March 18, 2025
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Interested in NABCEP Energy Storage Install Professional certification? Try this...

If you are interested in becoming certified in NABCEP’s new Energy Storage Installation Professional (ESIP) Board Certification but wa...

March 18, 2025
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Savant App integrates ClimateMaster geothermal heat pump control

Smart home tech company Savant keeps integrating more control options into its Savant App, this week adding ClimateMaster’s heat pumps...

March 18, 2025
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LONGi reports impressive test data for Hi-MO 9 solar modules

Hi-MO 9 Module Hainan Demonstration Project LONGi is reporting impressive performance statistics for its Hi-MO 9 solar modules with second-g...

March 18, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
SolRiver starts construction on Longleaf Solar Project in N.C. |...

This edition of Projects Weekly highlights SolRiver and DC Green Bank breaking ground on new solar projects in North Carolina and Washington...

March 17, 2025
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Champion Homes debuts a ‘solar-ready’ manufactured home

Factory-built homebuilder, Champion Homes, is launching a new solar-ready manufactured home called EcoWise. Now available in the Northeaster...

March 17, 2025
Batteries Greenberg-and Solis
Residential UL 3741: EnergyWise explains code-compliant install for unhoused community

Peter Greenberg, owner of EnergyWise Services, on left. Natascha Hood, Director of Sales at Solis USA/Canada, on right. Peter Greenberg, own...

March 17, 2025
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Sungrow debuts PowerTitan 2.0 ESS in Mexico

At RE+ Mexico 2025 (formerly Solar + Storage Mexico), Sungrow showcased the PowerTitan 2.0 Energy Storage System. Sungrow is promoting Power...

March 17, 2025
News Dispatches Lebanon Solar Project
Video: Installing solar on floodplain in Lebanon, Ohio

The eighth episode of Dispatches From the Energy Transition, a webinar series hosted by Mayfield Renewables and Outfit, is titled “Ins...

March 14, 2025
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Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 debuts in Europe

Enphase Energy is now shipping its newest electric vehicle (EV) charger, the IQ EV Charger 2, in 14 European markets. The IQ EV Charger...

March 13, 2025
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Battery storage sales buoy sinking home solar market

There was much celebration this week because a record-breaking 50 GW of new solar capacity was installed in the United States in 2024, accor...

March 13, 2025
News Houston OASYS House 2024
Panasonic builds concept home to showcase solar, ESS, and new...

Renewable energy, air quality, and heating & cooling technology, and smart home gizmos are all starting to converge. For example, look n...

March 13, 2025