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Vallecitos-Twin-Oaks CleanCapital acquires 65-MW portfolio as solar’s mid-market consolidation trend continues
Chris Crowell
February 15, 2022
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Sunflare debuts ‘practically invisible’ solar panel for metal standing seam roofs
February 14, 2022
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Radiative-cooler-integrated solar cells show PV panel performance benefits in new study
February 14, 2022
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Solar inverters on 3G networks will stop reporting soon, and Ipsun Solar built a tool to help installers manage it
February 14, 2022
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Are advanced anode technologies the path to better Li-ion batteries?
February 14, 2022
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Mounting milestone: Solar FlexRack hits 1,000 installs after doubling tracker...

Solar FlexRack hit an installation milestone this week: reaching 1,000 solar installations. The big, round number shows both how much this d...

February 14, 2022
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Swell Energy adds Enphase microinverters, batteries to VPP programs

Enphase Energy signed a deal with grid solutions provider Swell Energy that will allow the Enphase IQ microinverters and IQ Batteries to par...

February 14, 2022
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Standard Solar acquires 6.97 MW community solar portfolio in Maine

Contributing to the company’s existing 50 MW portfolio in Maine, Standard Solar has acquired a 6.97 MW, 17,785-panel community solar p...

February 10, 2022
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IREC leading solar + storage microgrid development in Maricao, Puerto...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) selected Maricao, Puerto Rico, to develop a solar + storage microgrid through the Puerto...

February 10, 2022
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T-Mobile to participate in Nexamp’s community solar program

Nexamp and T-Mobile have partnered in Nexamp’s community solar program. The long-term agreement to participate in the Nexamp community...

February 10, 2022
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SunPower’s majority shareholder, TotalEnergies, to acquire its commercial solar business

TotalEnergies is purchasing SunPower Corp.’s Commercial & Industrial Solutions (CIS) business for $250 million, including $60 mill...

February 10, 2022
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Solar panels over canals? California’s Turlock Irrigation District is giving...

Conceptual rendering of solar panels spanning the 110 foot-wide TID Main Canal The Turlock Irrigation District (TID) announced Project Nexus...

February 9, 2022
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Novel Energy to develop 20-MW of dual-axis solar projects in...

Novel Energy Solutions LLC, an EPC and portfolio solar investor based in St. Paul, Minn., signed a new strategic partnership with Mechatron ...

February 9, 2022
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Fraunhofer Institute leads promising solar cell recycling effort (new PERC...

This is the type of breakthrough the PV recycling sector needs. PV recycling today is largely focused on plugging discarded modules into the...

February 9, 2022
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NewHydrogen wants to test its green hydrogen generators at solar...

Green hydrogen tech provider NewHydrogen is targeting solar power sites to deploy its green hydrogen generators in order to demonstrate the ...

February 9, 2022
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Lean manufacturing lessons to manage solar supply shortages, skyrocketing costs

The pandemic and climate change-related disasters have dismantled our global supply chain and impacted every organization — no matter ...

February 9, 2022
News Greenbacker acquires 16 rooftop solar portfolio in Massachusetts
Greenbacker acquires 16 rooftop solar projects from ECA Solar in...

Greenbacker Renewable Energy has purchased a 16.3-MWdc operational solar portfolio from ECA Solar and Alliance Fund II. Located in Massachus...

February 9, 2022
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Nautilus acquires 16.8 MW Minnesota community solar portfolio from Sunrise...

Nautilus Solar Energy and Sunrise Energy Ventures are adding 12 community solar projects in Minnesota totaling 16.8 MW of solar capacity. Th...

February 8, 2022
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McCarthy Building Companies and Lightsource bp keep rolling with 600...

McCarthy Building Companies and Lightsource bp will team up a second time to deliver solar power in Pueblo, Colorado. Cumulatively, the two ...

February 8, 2022
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DSD acquires six-project community solar + storage project portfolio in...

DSD Renewables has acquired a six-site community solar-plus-energy storage project portfolio in southeastern Massachusetts from Bo...

February 8, 2022