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November 9, 2021
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Enteligent unveils high-power rapid shutdown, optimizer device
November 9, 2021
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Sunpro Solar acquired by smart home security provider ADT
November 9, 2021
Projects SolarEdge rural Alaska
Case study: SolarEdge powers largest PV system in rural Alaska
November 9, 2021
News chub cay storage project winner
Solar + Storage Project of the Year 2021: Chub Cay Microgrid
November 9, 2021
Featured Flemington Food Pantry
C&I Rooftop Solar Project of the Year 2021: Flemington Area...

Hunterdon County, N.J. | 33 kW Food pantries are a great candidate for solar. They have one giant refrigeration load to offset, and, of cour...

November 8, 2021
News terrasmart
Gibraltar unifies Terrasmart, RBI Solar, SolarBOS, Sunfig under one brand

RBI Solar, SolarBOS, Sunfig and Terrasmart, all part of the renewable energy group of Gibraltar, are unifying under a shared brand: Terrasma...

November 8, 2021
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Fortress Power lithium battery passes UL 9540A large-scale fire safety...

Fortress Power is now one of only a few lithium battery manufacturers that passed the UL 9540(A) large-scale fire test. The UL 9540A large f...

November 8, 2021
News OpenSolar 3D capture
PVEL, NREL validate accuracy of OpenSolar’s solar design tool

Third-party researchers PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) put OpenSolar, a free solar design and sale...

November 8, 2021
News Sense Solar
The power of real-time energy notifications: Sense, OhmConnect team to...

Sense Solar tracks solar production and energy use flowing between the home and electrical grid in real time and historically so that homeow...

November 8, 2021
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Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards 2021

Our annual Project of the Year Awards are a celebration of the solar industry. The hard work of construction teams and installers, the creat...

November 8, 2021
Featured C%I Ground mount project of the year
C&I Ground-Mount Solar Project of the Year 2021: Buckhorn Children...

Buckhorn, Ky. | 20.48 kW The installation of a 20-kW ground-mounted solar array, taken within the scope of the energy market at-large, is pr...

November 8, 2021
Projects Hannah Solar Government Services
Hannah Solar Government Services designs solar PV system at U.S....

Charleston, South Carolina based Hannah Solar Government Services, a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), renewable energ...

November 4, 2021
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Arcadia acquires largest community solar direct sales channel iSolar

Arcadia acquired iSolar, the country’s largest direct sales channel for community solar. The acquisition brings together iSolar’...

November 4, 2021
Projects mccarthy-building-companies
Construction begins on 100-MW Rabbitbrush Solar Project in Kern County,...

Leeward Renewable Energy, Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), today announced that construction ha...

November 4, 2021
News Solv-Energy
Swinerton Renewable Energy merges with (and rebrands as) SOLV Energy

The Renewable Energy division of Swinerton Builders, commonly known in the solar industry as Swinerton Renewable Energy or SRE, and SOLV, In...

November 4, 2021
Projects Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on its way to Net Zero...

Excelsior Energy Capital, Monarch Private Capital, Unico Solar Investors, Oak View Group and the Seattle Kraken have complete...

November 4, 2021
Projects winona-state
McKinstry, Winona State University start on comprehensive sustainability, solar project

McKinstry and Winona State University have begun work on a $12.3 million renewable energy and sustainability project. In the Minnesota ...

November 3, 2021
Projects Ameresco
Ameresco completes solar project on Bank of America’s corporate campus

Ameresco has completed the comprehensive solar PV installation for the Bank of America corporate campus in Chandler, AZ. The campus is now h...

November 3, 2021
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Greenbacker goes with Borrego for its largest utility-scale solar projects...

Borrego has been selected by Greenbacker Renewable Energy to engineer and construct two utility-scale solar projects in Montana and South Da...

November 3, 2021