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Chris Crowell
October 14, 2021
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FERC decision holds back clean energy competition in the Southeast
October 14, 2021
News Kenzen-press-release
McCarthy Building Co. to pilot wearable heat monitoring tech for worker safety
October 13, 2021
News SEIA
SEIA promotes diversity with new certification program for solar businesses
October 13, 2021
Batteries lithium battery fire
DNV’s New York battery test lab expands thermal runaway testing
October 13, 2021
Sustainability SolarRecycle
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
News Supply Chain Logistics Magnifying Glass Words
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
Projects Greenskies Wesleyan University
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
Projects Pattern Energy
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
News Hail strikes PV module
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
PV Modules LG-solar-001
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
Projects solriver-logo
SolRiver completes virtual net metering solar deal with Municipal Authority...

SolRiver Capital has completed a 3 MW utility-scale solar energy project that delivers clean energy to the Municipal Authority of Westmorela...

October 12, 2021
Projects Agilitas Energy
Agilitas Energy acquires another project under Massachusetts SMART program

Agilitas Energy is acquiring another ground-mount solar PV and energy storage project under the SMART program. This marks Agilitas Ener...

October 12, 2021
News Vermeer_PD10R-Point-To-Point
Vermeer adds automated positioning to PD10R pile driver

Vermeer announces that new PD10R pile drivers can now be outfitted with automated machine positioning technology. Vermeer PD10R pile drivers...

October 11, 2021
Batteries
Villara Energy Systems partners with Lumin

Villara Energy Systems partnered with Lumin to add smart panel, load management capabilities to its VillaGrid energy storage system. The Vil...

October 11, 2021
News micromatic
3D-Micromac develops new laser-cutting system for solar cells

3D-Micromac AG introduced an advanced laser cutting system for half- and shingled solar cells – the microCELL MCS. The new microCELL M...

October 11, 2021
News ideematec 2p horizon solar tracker 2
IDEEMATEC extends solar tracker warranty to 15 years

IDEEMATEC is making a 15-year system warranty standard on its Horizon L:TEC tracker system, for structural and mechanical components, the lo...

October 11, 2021
News Polaris-Pro-XD-for-solar
Polaris releases UTV aimed at solar construction sites

Polaris is expanding its line-up and broadening the customer markets it will support with new mid-size model, the Pro XD UTV, now available ...

October 11, 2021
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Global energy storage deployments will nearly triple this year

New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie shows annual global storage deployments are on pace to nearly triple y...

October 11, 2021