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August 4, 2021
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Walmart contracts with Nexamp for 129 MW of community solar projects
August 4, 2021
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Glastonbury, Connecticut set to save $967,000 via four solar arrays (three at schools)
August 4, 2021
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Fluke debuts 1500 Volt CAT III safety rated Clamp Meter designed for solar pros
August 4, 2021
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HellermannTyton groups your 2020 NEC 690 solar PV labels in this handy pack
August 4, 2021
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Results of Black & Veatch’s review of pvDesign versus PVsyst

Black & Veatch Management Consulting issued an independent review of RatedPower’s pvDesign software. The independent review focuse...

August 3, 2021
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Panasonic’s AllGuard warranty now covers labor on IronRidge racking

Panasonic’s industry-leading 25-year warranty that covers all components of its residential solar energy system now includes labor on ...

August 3, 2021
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Q CELLS donates solar modules to hurricane-hit region in Colombia

Q CELLS has donated solar modules to La Guajira, Colombia, a region that was hit by hurricanes in late 2020. A total of 310 kW of solar modu...

August 3, 2021
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Rocket Mortgage launches solar energy option with financing, team of...

Rocket Companies is launching into the solar energy industry, building out a team of solar advisors to facilitate solar installations and us...

August 3, 2021
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Sungrow opens R&D center in Nanjing, China

Sungrow has officially opened its R&D Center in Nanjing, China’s Jiangsu province, focused on smart technologi...

August 3, 2021
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SunPower teams with Wallbox to offer EV charger installations

SunPower Corp. is teaming up with Wallbox, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, so that SunPower customers can opt to ins...

August 2, 2021
PV Modules Trinasolar
Trina Solar’s 670-W Vertex solar module passes several reliability tests

Large format modules are just now undergoing rigorous third-party reliability testing. Trina Solar is among the first to release a series of...

August 2, 2021
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Auxin Solar, Suniva petition ITC to keep tariffs on cell,...

Two U.S.-based solar PV manufacturers filed a petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) this week, seeking to extend safeg...

August 2, 2021
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KORE Power building 12-GW lithium battery plant in Arizona

KORE Power, Inc. announced today the first lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility wholly owned by a U.S. company will be built in Marico...

August 2, 2021
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Details on Duke Energy Florida’s four new solar power plants

Duke Energy Florida announced the locations of its four newest solar power plants – the latest move in the company’s program to ...

July 29, 2021
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HSGS selected to build solar PV array for Z Man...

Hannah Solar Government Services has been selected to design and construct a 490-kW roof mounted solar PV system for Z-Man Fishing Products ...

July 29, 2021
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Sunfinity adds solar PV to Texas’ NTE Mobility Partners

One of North Central Texas’s largest operators of managed lane highways, NTE Mobility Partners, is now incorporating clean, renewable ...

July 29, 2021
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Edgehog wants to boost PV modules with super-transmissive, self-cleaning glass

Edgehog Advanced Technologies announced the first closing of $1.25 million of its $2.5 million Seed Capital raise to further develop and com...

July 28, 2021
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Sol Systems’ new investor commits up to $1 billion to...

Sol Systems has received a significant minority investment from KKR to scale the company’s Impact + Infrastructure approach. The compa...

July 28, 2021
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Pine Gate Renewables solves inrush current issue at North Carolina...

Last month, Pine Gate Renewable’s Grissom Solar went commercial. Grissom is a 6.9-MW solar plus 10-MWh battery storage ...

July 28, 2021