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Secure_Futures_Logo Two Virginia school districts going solar (nine campuses total) via Secure Futures Solar
SB Staff
October 20, 2021
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SolRiver Capital acquires portfolio of 14 solar projects planned across Oregon
October 20, 2021
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SolarEdge Home product line debuts in North America with a battery, new Energy Hub inverters
October 20, 2021
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Middlebury College closer to 100 percent renewable energy goal with new solar project
October 20, 2021
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Trinity Property, Solar Design Associates debut cool translucent solar-powered atrium
October 20, 2021
Policy New York
Regulatory proposals threaten community solar growth in New York

New York is at the forefront of community solar growth across the United States. The community solar boom has helped the state make signific...

October 19, 2021
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Heliogen collaborating with Woodside Energy to bring concentrated solar system...

Heliogen is closer to deploying its new concentrated solar energy system, signing a deal with Woodside Energy (USA) Inc., a wholly-owned sub...

October 19, 2021
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MCE offers zero-interest loans for home batteries in Bay Area

California community choice aggregator MCE and National Energy Improvement Fund (NEIF) are now offering low- and zero-interest loans to Bay ...

October 19, 2021
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LG Chem develops a plastic to replace aluminum in solar...

LG Chem says it’s developed a plastic material that can replace the metal in solar panel frames for the first time in Korea and w...

October 19, 2021
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California NEM fight: 400 faith leaders call on governor to...

Over 400 faith leaders and congregants working with California Interfaith Power and Light sent a letter to Governor Newsom and the CA Public...

October 18, 2021
PV Modules Trinasolar
Trina Solar rated as bankable for sixth consecutive year in...

Trina Solar Co. has been rated as bankable by 100 percent of the industry respondents participating in the annual PV Module and Inverter Ban...

October 18, 2021
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JinkoSolar hits higher N-type mono solar cell efficiency for 4th...

JinkoSolar announced a major technical breakthrough on its N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new world record ...

October 18, 2021
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California NEM fight: 41 chapters of Indivisible California ask governor...

Forty-one chapters of Indivisible California, a national progressive grassroots movement, issued a statement of support to protect rooftop s...

October 18, 2021
News Sense-Solar-at-home
Sense Solar monitoring now available via BayWa r.e.

Sense is partnering with BayWa r.e. to offer the Sense Pro Solar bundle to their network of solar partners nationwide. Sense Solar allows ho...

October 18, 2021
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Join CALSSA in the net metering fight and BayWa r.e....

To help the California solar industry in its fight to save net metering, BayWa r.e. will cover half of member dues for any company that join...

October 18, 2021
News lightsource bp
Solar-powered steel? Bighorn Solar project constructed on-site to power EVRAZ...

This week, Lightsource bp, Xcel Energy and EVRAZ North America turned on the 300-MW Bighorn Solar project that will help redu...

October 14, 2021
Policy southeast united states
FERC decision holds back clean energy competition in the Southeast

The Southeast does not have a regional competitive electricity wholesale market that functions apart from the vertically integrated utilitie...

October 14, 2021
News Kenzen-press-release
McCarthy Building Co. to pilot wearable heat monitoring tech for...

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is partnering with Kenzen to pilot wearable heat monitoring technology on multiple construction projects. ...

October 13, 2021
News SEIA
SEIA promotes diversity with new certification program for solar businesses

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) launched a first-of-its-kind online program to help energy companies take a series of actiona...

October 13, 2021
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DNV’s New York battery test lab expands thermal runaway testing

The Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Test and Commercialization Center, owned by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technol...

October 13, 2021