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Chris Crowell
September 1, 2021
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RWE Renewables selects LG battery storage systems for two utility-scale solar projects
September 1, 2021
News nanogrid community solar
Joule’s first opt-out community solar program in New York now active (but will the concept last?)
September 1, 2021
News constellation
Constellation to supply 140 MW of Big Star Solar Project to commercial customers
August 31, 2021
Projects Ethel solar landscape
This New Jersey community solar project is fully subscribed thanks in part to Boys & Girls Club
August 31, 2021
News Malta-logo-3c
Long-duration storage startup Malta gains momentum and key funding

Courtesy of Malta’s website. The rapid increase in demand for data centers, and the ‘electrification of everything’, combi...

August 31, 2021
News Layout of solar panel array on roof of the dealership
Arlington Toyota of Illinois completes solar energy conversion project

Arlington Toyota of Palatine, Illinois has completed its solar energy conversion project which began in 2020. The solar panel array covers m...

August 31, 2021
O&M solar online shopping
Pearce Renewables selling spare parts for solar assets via new...

Pearce Renewables has launched an online spare parts store, Shop.Pearce-Renewables.com, to help clients procure wind, solar, EV, and en...

August 30, 2021
News Funding
Google part of LevelTen Energy’s funding round to scale energy...

LevelTen Energy announced a $35 million Series C funding round led by NGP ETP, with participation from My Climate Journey (MCJ) Collective, ...

August 30, 2021
Projects Dynamic Energy
Dynamic Energy Solutions closes on massive commercial solar project in...

Dynamic Energy Solutions has closed and commenced on the construction of a 6.6 MWdc ground-mounted solar array in Norridgewock, Maine. The p...

August 30, 2021
Projects Indiana-solar
CenterPoint Energy requests to purchase 335 MW of solar capacity...

CenterPoint Energy’s Indiana-based electric and natural gas business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, has filed a request for approv...

August 30, 2021
PV Modules silfab-solar-expansion
Silfab Solar just doubled its U.S. solar module manufacturing capacity

Silfab Solar is now shipping solar modules from its latest U.S. manufacturing facility. The new Burlington, Wash., facility is Silfab&r...

August 30, 2021
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Suntuity Solar expands Dealer Network to seven more states, seeks...

Suntuity Solar, the residential solar division of the Suntuity Group of companies, is expanding its Dealer Network Program, making it one th...

August 30, 2021
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Tigo Energy adds Flex MLPE for 700-Watt solar modules

Module Level Power Electronics (MLPE) supplier Tigo Energy is now offering the Tigo TS4-A-S rapid shutdown with module level monit...

August 26, 2021
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Generac’s PWRcell systems can form virtual power plants, become grid...

Generac Power Systems‘ line of home standby generators, commercial and industrial generators, and its PWRcell solar + battery storage ...

August 26, 2021
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Large and in charge: Storage integrators, EPCs share 7 trends...

Photo courtesy of FlexGen. Large-scale energy storage is a pretty big deal right now in the sense of both status and economics. One to four ...

August 25, 2021
News Microgrid from above.
G&W Electric headquarters begins construction of new solar microgrid

Global supplier of electric power equipment since 1905, G&W Electric is starting construction of a microgrid at its headquarters in ...

August 25, 2021
News Terabase team pic Sep 2019 cropped
Terabase Energy acquires PlantPredict from First Solar

The Terabase team The solar digital solutions startup Terabase Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlantPredi...

August 25, 2021
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AIONRISE purchases solar panel manufacturing facilities in Europe

Solar PV module manufacturer AIONRISE announced the purchase of fully automated solar panels manufacturing facilities located in Georgia, Eu...

August 25, 2021
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Sunrun launches PowerU education program to upskill its solar workforce

Sunrun launched a new fully funded education and upskilling program to train and develop a new workforce for the rapidly growing clean energ...

August 25, 2021