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September 14, 2021
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News united states solar electricity outlook
Solar Insights Q2 2021: Installs boom while supply questions loom
September 14, 2021
News nearmap rooftop design
Nearmap’s aerial imagery now covers 80 percent of the U.S. population
September 13, 2021
Products Heliene solar PV manufacturing
Solar PV manufacturer Heliene will triple its capacity with new U.S. facility
September 13, 2021
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Q CELLS signs licensing deal with German solar module manufacturer
September 13, 2021
Featured california solar home
The latest on NEM 3.0 and how it could impact...

How drastically will NEM 3.0 curtail the value of this home’s generation? Update: Here are critical questions to ask of NEM 3.0 when t...

September 13, 2021
Mounting Guide Trinity_EcoFasten-v2
EcoFasten is now Trinity Solar’s exclusive racking, mounting provider

EcoFasten, a supplier of solar rooftop mounting systems and attachments, announced its partnership with Trinity Solar, one of the country&rs...

September 13, 2021
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347 organizations make last push to preserve the power of...

347 organizations spanning from business to housing to environmental advocacy groups representing a true grassroots movement, issued a ...

September 9, 2021
News New-OYA-Solar-Logo
OYA Solar building 25 MW of community solar projects in...

OYA Solar has started construction on 25 MW of community solar projects in New York State in addition to the 7 MW solar proje...

September 9, 2021
Projects greenbacker
Greenbacker adds another 41-MW solar project in Michigan

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company (Greenbacker) has expanded its Michigan footprint with the purchase of a 41-MW utility-scale solar proj...

September 9, 2021
News RWE-partners-with-LG-Energy-Solution
U.S. energy storage deployments in Q2 more than double last...

RWE Renewables has signed contracts with LG Energy Solution to provide an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) for two of RWE&rsq...

September 9, 2021
News New York
Green Stream teams with KMB to design five multi-MW solar...

Green Stream Holdings says it is working once again with full service engineering solutions provider KMB Design Group to assist the company ...

September 8, 2021
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Wallbox launches renewable energy management system for commercial buildings

EV tech company Wallbox unveiled a new innovation this week, Sirius, to maximize use of renewable energy in commercial buildings. Sirius is ...

September 8, 2021
News Greenworks
Greenworks Lending closes first C-PACE deal with solar in Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ development finance agency and land bank, MassDevelopment, recently launched a C-PACE financing program to provide ...

September 8, 2021
Batteries
Briggs & Stratton acquires SimpliPhi Power to enter energy storage...

Briggs & Stratton Corporation logo. (PRNewsFoto/Briggs & Stratton Corporation) Big news in the energy storage segment: Briggs & ...

September 7, 2021
News Laketricity and BlueWave Solar
Floating solar a good fit for space-constrained Massachusetts

Photo via Laketricity and BlueWave Solar Via Energy News Network: A new joint venture between Boston-based BlueWave Solar and European photo...

September 7, 2021
Policy california solar curtailment
Solar power curtailment continues to increase in California

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), curtailments of solar generation have increased in the California Independent...

September 7, 2021
News PPA price rise
Solar costs to rise in U.S. for first time in...

The US solar industry has become accustomed to year-over-year system cost decline, but for the first time in over a decade, the average PV s...

September 7, 2021
News solar project financing options
Clearloop breaks ground on solar farm financed by carbon offsets

Cleantech company Clearloop broke ground this week on 1-MW solar farm in Jackson, Tenn., which they claim is the first solar farm of its siz...

September 2, 2021
Projects Greenskies clear focus
Greenskies, Vanguard complete solar project for the Port Authority of...

Greenskies Clean Energy and Vanguard Energy Partners have completed a 573 kW solar energy system for the Port Authority of NY & NJ. The ...

September 1, 2021