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April 28, 2022
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California community solar + storage bill focuses on resilient power for low-income residents
April 28, 2022
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Savant integrates smart home tech with Schneider, Fortress Power, Sol-Ark and more
April 28, 2022
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Greenskies completes rooftop solar project at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania
April 27, 2022
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Standard Solar building solar array atop former ReEnergy biomass plant site
April 27, 2022
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GSK Consumer Healthcare adds 12th solar project to power global...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare and Ameresco completed of a comprehensive solar PV project to serve GSK Consumer Healthcare’...

April 27, 2022
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RFO Alert: PG&E seeking 176 MW of new solar projects

In case you missed it, PG&E issued a Request for Offers, seeking 176.15 MW of new, front-of-the-meter solar projects. The deadline for s...

April 27, 2022
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Solar installation forecasts cut in half for 2022, 2023 due...

The Auxin solar trade case, which is only being investigated by the Department of Commerce, is already reducing solar installation forecasts...

April 27, 2022
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Solar inverter cyber security strategy that improves system monitoring

The war in Ukraine is another reminder that cyber security is of utmost importance — and hardening the cyber security of an electric g...

April 27, 2022
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This Supercomputer Center swapped out lead-acid backup for alkaline battery...

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is swapping out 20,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries with rechargeable alkaline battery technology...

April 26, 2022
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Safer batteries, better economics usher in urban energy storage era

NineDot Energy is developing this containerized storage project in the Bronx borough of New York City. Urban battery storage adoption finall...

April 26, 2022
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Yotta Energy nets more funding and a microgrid project at...

Yotta Energy, the tech providers pushing along the concept of rooftop energy storage for the commercial and industrial (C&I) market, con...

April 26, 2022
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Sunlight Financial debuts 30-year loans for home solar

Sunlight Financial is introducing a set of 30-year loan products for residential solar this week, available at Annual Percentage Rates (APRs...

April 26, 2022
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Sensata Technologies acquires Dynapower for $580 million

Sensata Technologies acquired renowned energy storage and power conversion provider Dynapower from private equity firm Pfingsten Partners fo...

April 26, 2022
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EagleView debuts TrueDesign to create install-ready rooftop solar layouts

Many solar installers are forced to create two different designs as part of their standard workflow, creating operational inefficiencies tha...

April 26, 2022
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Summing up New York’s plans for small-scale solar, big battery...

The state of New York unveiled a slew of renewable energy-focused plans the last few weeks, featuring a roadmap to 10 GW of distributed gene...

April 25, 2022
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Fronius’ GEN24 series hybrid inverters earn high marks via HTW...

Fronius achieved top rankings for the third time in a row in the annual Energy Storage Inspection by the Berlin University of Applied Scienc...

April 25, 2022
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Phoenix Contact debuts 1-MW rooftop solar project atop Net Zero-certified...

.The 1-megawatt solar power system is expected to produce over 40% of the energy needed for plant operations. In 2017, Phoenix Contact neede...

April 25, 2022
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The impact of SolarAPP+ streamlined solar permitting one year later

As we’ve noted a bunch, upfront costs and, in many cases, bureaucratic gridlock are slowing down our transition to renewable energy. M...

April 25, 2022
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The Pitch | Send used solar panels to people in...

Older solar panels are often still viable, the way that old toaster you dropped off at the Goodwill is still good for somebody. There just i...

April 22, 2022