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Heliene opens solar module manufacturing facility in Minnesota
June 3, 2025
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Future of residential solar at risk: A candid talk with Freedom Forever
June 3, 2025
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Meyer Burger closes Arizona site, files for insolvency in Germany
June 2, 2025
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S-5! PVKIT is now UL 3741 certified
May 29, 2025
News Carolina Carshare program
From demand response to carshare: EV versatility on display in...

Photo from Charlotte Carshare Electric vehicles (EVs) can give as much as they take from the electric grid (and people’s wallets) via ...

May 29, 2025
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Apply now for the 2026 Solar Games at Intersolar &...

Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA), the US-based tradeshow and conference series focused on solar, energy storage, E...

May 29, 2025
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Shine Solar assets up for auction — solar panels, generators,...

Tiger Group will be hosting an online auction on June 11 for the assets of Shine Solar, a multi-state installer of residential and commercia...

May 29, 2025
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Savant, GRID Alternatives support underserved communities in Puerto Rico and...

Savant Systems Inc. has formed a philanthropic partnership with GRID Alternatives to provide home energy storage solutions to underserved co...

May 29, 2025
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Residential solar player Zeo Energy to acquire concentrated solar tech...

Heliogen photo in our archives from 2019. Of all the things I expected to read today, “residential solar company buys concentrated sol...

May 29, 2025
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Report: $14 billion in renewable energy projects canceled in 2025

A new report shows that businesses canceled or delayed more than $14 billion in investments and 10,000 new jobs in renewable energy and clea...

May 29, 2025
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European solar supply chain taking a hit in 2025

While the European Union’s Clean Industrial Deal promises to boost domestic PV production, the region is currently grappling with a wa...

May 28, 2025
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Video: Repowering as a Solar Installer Business Model | Power...

The residential solar market has changed, which means residential solar business models need to change too. Over the next few episodes of Po...

May 28, 2025
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Aligned Climate Capital solar fund exceeds $200M target | Solar...

Aligned Climate Capital raises more than $200 million to support solar projects. This edition of Solar Financing Spotlight illuminates a maj...

May 27, 2025
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California Appropriations Committee swiftly passes bill that will break NEM...

California leadership continues to find new ways to devalue home solar. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to pass AB 94...

May 23, 2025
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Majority of BESS defects at system level, according to CEA...

ID 246529232 © Nattawit Khomsanit | Dreamstime.com Clean Energy Associates (CEA) conducted quality audits at 70+ battery energy storage...

May 22, 2025
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ABB and GridBeyond partner on BESS-as-a-Service offering

Global electrification and automation tech company ABB placed a strategic investment in GridBeyond — a smart energy company — in...

May 22, 2025
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U.S. House passes bill that will gut solar industry tax...

The solar industry keeps warning Congress that the reconciliation budget bill being drafted by the U.S. House of Representatives will be har...

May 22, 2025
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Sprocket Power joins Schneider Electric’s Microgrid Flex Partner Program

Sprocket Power is the inaugural partner of Schneider Electric’s Microgrid Flex Partner Program, a program designed to deliver the bene...

May 22, 2025
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Report: Nearly 50% of global solar power exposed to cyber...

Source: DERSec’s Public History of Cyberattacks and Vulnerabilities report. Solar vulnerability disclosures are increasing at an &ldqu...

May 22, 2025