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September 28, 2021
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Urban Electric Power’s rechargeable alkaline battery passes thermal runaway test
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 C-PACE program
September 28, 2021
News Solar Customer, Enugu, Nigeria
Palmetto pledges $5 million to support Solar Sister, bring solar to underserved communities
September 27, 2021
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Morningstar solar charge controllers selected to reduce emissions at oil and gas facilities
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
News Conductor Solar
New Resource Solutions launches platform to simplify C&I solar PPA...

New Resource Solutions has launched Conductor Solar, a new software platform for solar developers, EPC firms, and investors to simplify PPA ...

September 23, 2021
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Can the U.S. achieve net-zero emissions by 2050? This analysis...

President Joe Biden wants the country to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, building on the net-zero power sector he wants in place by 2035...

September 23, 2021
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Development underway for Empire State Plaza solar project says New...

The Office of General Services (OGS) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) have selected a developer for several remote solar arrays in On...

September 22, 2021
eBOS PPI-TN-63
Safe pull strength calculations for pulling HDPE conduit

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) Power & Communications Division has released a new Technical Note to assist conduit installers i...

September 22, 2021
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Everything you need to know about Generac’s big PWRcell Solar...

Generac debuted three potentially game-changing additions to its PWRcell solar + storage line of products that, together, comprise the most ...

September 22, 2021
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Washington D.C. public school adds energy storage to export excess...

Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School is a public school and Community Renewable Energy Facility located in an underserved community in Washington...

September 22, 2021
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Rosendin Electric teams with Raptor Maps to scan PV module...

The nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contracting company, Rosendin Electric, recently launched a software partnership with R...

September 22, 2021
News Arctech Launches World’s First PV Company-owned Wind Tunnel Laboratory to Smartly Increase the Stability of Trackers
Arctech opens the first PV company-owned wind tunnel laboratory

The Inauguration ceremony of Arctech‘s wind tunnel laboratory was successfully held at the headquarters located in Kunshan, Jiang...

September 22, 2021
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Swell Energy teams with Hawaiian Electric on Home Battery Rewards...

Swell Energy Inc. is now enrolling 6,000 O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, and Maui solar and energy storage customers in its Home Battery ...

September 21, 2021
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Generac signs microgrid development deal with Enchanted Rock

Generac Power Systems announced a 5-year development agreement with resiliency microgrid innovator, Enchanted Rock, to build and supply its ...

September 21, 2021