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January 20, 2022
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Inverters and eBOS SHP_5830_Peak3_NoReflect
SMA confirms 25-year design life for Sunny Highpower PEAK3 inverters
January 20, 2022
News solar worker rally
‘Changes needed’ with CPUC decision says California Governor and other solar policy updates this week
January 19, 2022
+ Storage Texas-energy-storage-construction
Burns & McDonnell complete three 20-MWh energy storage systems in West Texas
January 19, 2022
News PPA price rise
LevelTen: Solar PPA prices rise, volumes decrease and other findings from Q4 2021
January 19, 2022
News connecticut solar
Connecticut launches statewide battery storage incentive program

Energy storage solutions are needed around the country. Behind-the-meter residential and commercial systems are especially important, as the...

January 19, 2022
News New-OYA-Solar-Logo
OYA Solar raises $35 million to accelerate construction of its...

Independent power producer OYA Solar raised additional capital this week, led by Greenbacker Capital Management, increasing its corporate in...

January 19, 2022
Projects DSD Distributed solar logo
DSD acquires 11.79 MWs of community solar from Mainely Solar

DSD Renewables has acquired 11.79 MWs of community solar projects in Southwest Maine from Mainely Solar. The ground-mounted pair will genera...

January 19, 2022
Projects Minnesota map outline
New Energy Equity, Cedar Creek Energy ready to work on...

New Energy Equity is teaming with solar garden and eco-village housing developer Engineering Concepts and Minnesota solar EPC Cedar Cre...

January 19, 2022
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Standard Solar acquires Maryland community solar project

Standard Solar has acquired the 2.9 MW Klees Mill community solar project in Carroll County, Maryland, from developer partners Ogos Ene...

January 19, 2022
Inverters and eBOS Sungrow--1-X--Modular-Inverter
Sungrow’s 1+X Modular central solar inverter makes international debut

Sungrow Launches “1+X” Modular Inverter at World Future Energy Summit, 2022 Sungrow launched the brand new 1+X Modular central i...

January 19, 2022
News Purchase order sheet
Honeywell purchasing 19 GWh of battery cells from FREYR for...

Honeywell and FREYR Battery signed a significant agreement this week to provide smart energy storage solutions for a wide range of commercia...

January 19, 2022
Batteries Volta-rps50
Viridi nets nearly $100M for ‘fail-safe’ lithium-ion battery tech in...

Viridi Parente Inc. has raised $94.695 million in a Series C funding round, its latest step toward delivering a “fail-safe, point-of-u...

January 17, 2022
Mounting Guide AI-clearing-solar
AI Clearing debuts AI Surveyor for utility-scale solar construction

Utility scale solar farm development presents several unique challenges. The sheer volume of objects installed on large solar farms can rend...

January 17, 2022
Financing Q-CELLS-and-KSI
Q CELLS partners with Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure to ‘de-risk’ energy...

Q CELLS North America is partnering with Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure, LLC (KSI) to collaborate on project co-development and financin...

January 17, 2022
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BayWa r.e. to distribute PanelClaw solar mounting systems

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems is starting up distribution of PanelClaw’s clawFR platform for commercial rooftops, now shipping from its rec...

January 17, 2022
News Palmetto
Palmetto expands solar sales opportunities to pros in complimentary industries

Palmetto introduced a new Palmetto Sales Plus Program to extend solar sales process efficiencies to companies in complementary industries &n...

January 17, 2022
+ Storage Yotta-Solar
Cal Solar to deploy solar panel-level storage systems to meet...

Yotta Energy is joining forces with Cal Solar Inc., a solar and energy storage design-build engineer and contractor for new commercial and m...

January 17, 2022
+ Storage PearlX
PearlX teams with SolarEdge on a community solar + storage...

Multifamily and rental applications are a tough market for solar +storage, but announced last week at Intersolar, PearlX Infrastructure LLC ...

January 17, 2022
News Pivot Energy
Pivot Energy offers reliable income for Colorado landowners through solar...

Colorado landowners have had a difficult 20 years, especially those who depend on their land for activities like agriculture and cattle graz...

January 17, 2022