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January 3, 2022
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Titan Solar Power is now the national installer for Go Solar Group
January 3, 2022
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Schneider Electric updates Wiser Energy Center, debuts sockets made from recycled ocean plastic
January 3, 2022
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BLUETTI debuts sodium-ion battery for home solar applications
January 3, 2022
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SolSmart awards Gold designation for Wise County, Virginia
January 3, 2022
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Lightsource bp closes on financing for 130-MW Black Bear Solar...

Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $100 million financing package for its 130 MWdc Black Bear Solar energy project in Montgomery Co...

December 22, 2021
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Encore Renewable Energy completes 615-kW solar project in Peru, Vermont

Encore Renewable Energy and Bromley Mountain Ski Resort have completed a 615-kWdc solar project on land owned by Bromley...

December 22, 2021
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Savion solar project to be located on former Kentucky coal...

As Gov. Andy Beshear announced this week, Kentucky is focusing on an energy future that includes renewable energy. The Martin County Solar P...

December 22, 2021
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New York sets framework for 10 GW+ of distributed solar...

New York leadership set a framework to achieve at least 10 GW of distributed solar by 2030, enough to annually power nearly 700,000 homes. T...

December 22, 2021
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Solar Builder Selects: 30 of our favorite solar products from...

Here are some of our favorite solar PV and energy storage product updates and innovations from the past 12 months, spanning residential, C&a...

December 22, 2021
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Pollinator-friendly Bellflower Solar coming online in Indiana via SOLV Energy,...

In Henry and Rush Counties about 40 miles east of Indianapolis, Lightsource bp has successfully closed a $376 million multi-project financin...

December 22, 2021
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California’s NEM 3.0 proposal impact on solar value: ‘Fees could...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) revealed its Net Energy Metering 3.0 proposed decision last week. Our coverage last week n...

December 21, 2021
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Case study: Winter-ready PV system to produce over 80% of...

Wisconsin-based manufacturer Ongna Wood Products is a fourth-generation family company that manufactures wooden pallets, crates and boxes. T...

December 21, 2021
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PJM Interconnection okays first virtual power plant in its wholesale...

Distributed energy resource (DER) control and aggregation platform provider Sunverge and Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company serving customers...

December 20, 2021
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This steel module frame could increase durability of large format...

The global solar industry has made tremendous gains in the last decade, with exponential market growth driven by a 90% reduction in panel co...

December 20, 2021
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How graphene can impact the next generation of solar technologies

Mainstream solar cell technology as it stands for a couple of decades is based on silicon, mainly due to its relative abundance in the Earth...

December 20, 2021
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OpenSolar integrates Mosaic financing into solar proposal tool

OpenSolar, the solar design and sales platform that’s entirely free for solar installers to use, is partnering with Mosaic, one of the...

December 20, 2021
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Drivers of home solar + storage adoption in 2021 via...

SolarReviews, the leading American consumer reviews website for solar panel installation, released some end-of-year insights on solar and ba...

December 20, 2021
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AEE: Duke Energy Indiana too slow to adopt lower cost...

This week Duke Energy Indiana announced what types of energy it expects to use to power homes and businesses in its coverage area over the n...

December 16, 2021
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FirstEnergy invests in EIP Fund II, files to procure generation...

FirstEnergy Corp. announced an incremental investment in global venture capital firm Energy Impact Partners’ (EIP) Fund II this week. ...

December 16, 2021