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SunShare_Horizontal_Descriptor_4C Ember Infrastructure invests $30 million in SunShare’s community solar platform
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September 30, 2021
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Inverters and eBOS PVEL Inverter Testing Power Measurement
PVEL to crowdsource solar inverter performance testing
September 30, 2021
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Nexamp community solar helps York County homeless shelter save money
September 30, 2021
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White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy visits New Columbia Solar project for National Clean Energy Week
September 29, 2021
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CEP Renewables’ 16-MW solar project contributes to New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan
September 29, 2021
News Clearway Energy Group signs virtual PPA with Toyota Motor North America
Clearway Energy Group signs virtual PPA with Toyota Motor North...

Clearway Energy Group (Clearway) has signed a VPPA with Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) to support Clearway’s 100 MW Wildflower Sola...

September 29, 2021
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DSD acquires 763-kW community solar project in East New York...

Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has acquired a 763-kW community solar project at an old industrial warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, whic...

September 29, 2021
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Testing PV connector safety in high altitudes, harsh conditions

The worldwide expansion of photovoltaic (PV) installations is also giving rise to new areas of application in challenging environmental cond...

September 28, 2021
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Seven solar installers move up the ranks in Panasonic’s program

A handful of solar installers were promoted to Panasonic’s Solar Residential Installer Program from around the country. Three new Elit...

September 28, 2021
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CPS Energy demos Yotta Energy’s module-level energy storage tech

Yotta Energy partnered with CPS Energy recently to install its module-level storage concept in a small-scale applied technology project at t...

September 28, 2021
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Energy Wyze debuts AI bot for booking solar install appointments

Energy Wyze (a SinglePoint subsidiary) debuted a new AI bot that completely automates appointment booking and lead generation. While still h...

September 28, 2021
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Urban Electric Power’s rechargeable alkaline battery passes thermal runaway test

Urban Electric Power has a rechargeable alkaline battery (zinc manganese-dioxide) that’s completed a critical UL testing standard for ...

September 28, 2021
News Westville Seafood in New Haven, CT and its 88 370W panel rooftop solar array.
Connecticut’s Westville Seafood adds solar PV system to roof via...

The Westville Seafood that has been serving New Haven, Conn., since 2008, has added a solar PV system to their roof using financing through ...

September 28, 2021
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Palmetto pledges $5 million to support Solar Sister, bring solar...

Palmetto, a rapidly growing platform technology company, announced its new ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ program focused on providing ...

September 27, 2021
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Morningstar solar charge controllers selected to reduce emissions at oil...

Morningstar Corp.’s TriStar solar charge controllers are installed in a group of solar-plus-energy storage systems for major oil compa...

September 27, 2021
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SnapNrack adds deck attach options to SpeedSeal solar mounting line

SnapNrack expanded its SpeedSeal Technology to now include SpeedSeal DeckFoot for the Ultra Rail Roof Mount System and SpeedSeal DeckTrack f...

September 27, 2021
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BayWa r.e. donates $20K to hurricane Ida relief effort

BayWa r.e. donated $20,000 to the Footprint Project to support relief efforts in southeastern Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida and the...

September 27, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of Energy urges mayors to adopt solar permitting...

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm wrote an open letter to all U.S. mayors asking them to adopt SolarAPP+, a transformative onl...

September 27, 2021
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Philadelphia Energy Authority installs solar at 50 lower income homes...

The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) joined City, State and Federal leadership to announce the completion of the City’s first rooft...

September 23, 2021
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Bright Power teams with Ivy Energy to solve solar billing...

Bright Power and Ivy Energy today are collaborating to provide California multifamily property owners with a solution that profitably solves...

September 23, 2021