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May 23, 2022
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Enphase IQ8 first to earn UL 1741 certification under new interconnection standard
May 23, 2022
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ForeFront Power completes eight solar projects for Anheuser-Busch
May 23, 2022
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Trina Storage, Power Electronics team up on new battery storage system rollout
May 23, 2022
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Hoymiles rapid shutdown system supports wide range of currents
May 23, 2022
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The Pitch | What Makes a Quality Solar Module?

Selecting an underperforming solar module can sink the performance and economic value of a solar project. Today on The Pitch, we get a crash...

May 23, 2022
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Santa Margarita Water District to pair 12 MWh battery system...

Santa Margarita Water District (District) provides safe, reliable drinking water, recycled water and wastewater services to over 200,000 res...

May 19, 2022
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Anti-dumping news dump: Commerce memo stokes fears, Auxin’s petition based...

The solar industry and at least 85 members of Congress are applying intense pressure on the Department of Commerce and the Biden Administrat...

May 19, 2022
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Quinn Residences teams with Palmetto on solar for new built-to-rent...

Clean energy platform Palmetto is debuting its build-to-rent (BTR) and single-family rental (SFR) community development solar services, team...

May 19, 2022
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Pennsylvania schools starting to prioritize solar energy

Frankford High School in Philadelphia solar demo. Photo credit: Generation 180 The amount of solar at K-12 schools in Pennsylvania doubled s...

May 19, 2022
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Meet VelociWrapper, a self-propelled cable wrapping machine built for solar...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent for a neat new invention, the VelociWrapper — a cable-wrapping machine ...

May 18, 2022
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JA Solar unveils its first n type module with DeepBlue...

JA Solar new product DeepBlue 4.0 X At its product launch event on May 18, JA Solar released its first n-type PV module: the DeepBlue 4.0 X....

May 18, 2022
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Sol-REIT ready to finance more C&I solar projects via Amerant...

Sol-REIT has secured a substantial credit facility with Amerant Bank, the largest community bank in Florida, which will allow Sol-REIT to de...

May 18, 2022
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REV Renewables taps BayWa r.e. for O&M services at 13...

Global renewable energy company and service provider BayWa r.e. entered into 10-year agreements with REV Renewables to provide operations an...

May 18, 2022
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Apex Clean Energy using Solargis’ granular data to optimize bifacial...

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), bifacial modules could already comprise up to 50% of installed U.S. capacity. ...

May 18, 2022
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Five keys to Northeast solar tracker projects

CS Energy designed and built a 27 MW solar project in Easton, New York, which is one of the first utility-scale solar projects to be built i...

May 18, 2022
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12 manufacturers score Top Performing solar modules in PVEL’s 2022...

Solar module news this year has been mostly bad, so how about some good news: A record 12 manufacturers had at least one Top Performing modu...

May 17, 2022
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Lion Energy orders 18 GWh of LFP battery cells from...

American Battery Factory Inc. (ABF) is said to be developing a U.S.-based network of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cell giga-factories, ...

May 16, 2022
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Franz Bakery to achieve Net Zero at outlet store with...

Contractor JB Steel is leading the construction of Franz Bakery’s new Outlet Store and Depot in Medford, Ore. The 21,000 sq. ft facili...

May 16, 2022
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Pine Gate Renewables going big on new battery technology for...

Pine Gate Renewables announced two significant supply deals with emerging battery technologies this week – one for 4,550 MWh of Urban ...

May 16, 2022