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Chris Crowell
October 19, 2021
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LG Chem develops a plastic to replace aluminum in solar panel frames
October 19, 2021
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California NEM fight: 400 faith leaders call on governor to preserve rooftop solar value
October 18, 2021
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Trina Solar rated as bankable for sixth consecutive year in BloombergNEF survey
October 18, 2021
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JinkoSolar hits higher N-type mono solar cell efficiency for 4th time this year
October 18, 2021
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California NEM fight: 41 chapters of Indivisible California ask governor...

Forty-one chapters of Indivisible California, a national progressive grassroots movement, issued a statement of support to protect rooftop s...

October 18, 2021
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Sense Solar monitoring now available via BayWa r.e.

Sense is partnering with BayWa r.e. to offer the Sense Pro Solar bundle to their network of solar partners nationwide. Sense Solar allows ho...

October 18, 2021
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Join CALSSA in the net metering fight and BayWa r.e....

To help the California solar industry in its fight to save net metering, BayWa r.e. will cover half of member dues for any company that join...

October 18, 2021
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Solar-powered steel? Bighorn Solar project constructed on-site to power EVRAZ...

This week, Lightsource bp, Xcel Energy and EVRAZ North America turned on the 300-MW Bighorn Solar project that will help redu...

October 14, 2021
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FERC decision holds back clean energy competition in the Southeast

The Southeast does not have a regional competitive electricity wholesale market that functions apart from the vertically integrated utilitie...

October 14, 2021
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McCarthy Building Co. to pilot wearable heat monitoring tech for...

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is partnering with Kenzen to pilot wearable heat monitoring technology on multiple construction projects. ...

October 13, 2021
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SEIA promotes diversity with new certification program for solar businesses

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) launched a first-of-its-kind online program to help energy companies take a series of actiona...

October 13, 2021
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DNV’s New York battery test lab expands thermal runaway testing

The Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Test and Commercialization Center, owned by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technol...

October 13, 2021
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SolarRecycle website launches to centralize PV recycling info

SolarRecycle.org officially launches today, an informational website that supports the industry in its drive to create a more sustainable an...

October 13, 2021
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Pricing pressures: Advancing solar project development amid supply chain constraints

The U.S. solar industry reached a critical milestone this year, surpassing 100 GW of installed electric generating capacity. But despite sig...

October 13, 2021
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Green solar wafer producer NexWafe nets strategic investment, plans to...

NexWafe GmbH is developing and producing monocrystalline silicon wafers grown directly from inexpensive raw materials, going directly from t...

October 13, 2021
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Greenskies installs rooftop solar at Wesleyan University

The Center for Film Studies at Wesleyan University recently added a 96 kW rooftop solar array powered by Greenskies Clean Energy, Connecticu...

October 13, 2021
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Pattern Energy completes 83 MWac Texas solar project

In Fannin County, Texas, Pattern Energy has completed construction and begun operations at its 83 MWac Phoenix Solar Project. The new facili...

October 12, 2021
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PVEL debuts new hail test for PV modules, moves HQ...

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has released a new hail test for its PV Module Product Qualification Program with future testing to occur at PVEL&r...

October 12, 2021
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LG goes ‘gap-free’ with new NeON H+ Black solar panel

LG Business Solutions launched the new LG NeON H+ Black solar panel, the first module to employ the company’s gap-free technology for ...

October 12, 2021