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Mark Gorman
April 21, 2021
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Baltimore County converts two landfills into solar energy via SunPower
April 21, 2021
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ForeFront Power completes solar install at San Luis Obispo County Operations Center
April 21, 2021
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Prairie Grove, Arkansas and Entegrity turn on 498-kW solar array
April 21, 2021
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Clearway completes first Illinois community solar farm
April 21, 2021
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CleanCapital acquires 63 MW of operating solar projects via Manulife...

CleanCapital inked a corporate investment from Manulife Investment Management to grow its portfolio of clean energy assets. Manulife Investm...

April 21, 2021
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National Grid Renewables signs three PPAs for Noble Project in...

National Grid Renewables Logo As part of this year’s Earth Day celebration, National Grid Renewables has signed three solar ...

April 20, 2021
+ Storage Doosan Gridtech
CS Energy, Doosan GridTech designing hybrid power system under MA-SMART...

CS Energy and Doosan GridTech have been chosen to design, build and operate a community solar + storage system in New England. This 5.1 MW-P...

April 20, 2021
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Bucknell University adding a solar array via Encore Renewable Energy

As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, Bucknell University has partnered with Encore Renewable Energy of Burlington,...

April 20, 2021
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DESRI turns on 180-MW Cove Mountain solar projects in Utah

The D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments’ (DESRI) 180 MWac Cove Mountain solar projects in Iron County, Utah have begun commerci...

April 20, 2021
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Solar farm will save Kendall County, Illinois $160,000 per year

Kendall County, Ill., officials say its 2.1 MW Solar Farm is fully energized and performing as expected. The Solar Farm is located on a vaca...

April 20, 2021
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Case study: California home adds 68-kWh of storage capacity in...

Since 2019 when PG&E enacted the Public Safety Power Shutoff program, California’s aging electrical grid has become so unstable th...

April 20, 2021
Financing solar installer survey
Large, long-term solar customer survey shows value in old, cold...

SolarReviews and UC Berkeley’s BEACN consulting group analyzed findings from more than 400,000 U.S. homeowners who submitted a request...

April 20, 2021
+ Storage Crown Battery
Crown Battery signs up for AEP Energy’s new Integrated Renewable...

AEP Energy, a subsidiary of American Electric Power signed an agreement with the Fremont, Ohio-based Crown Battery Manufacturing Co. to...

April 19, 2021
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Solar panel cleaning tech from Superclean Glass a finalist in...

This device used for experiments is a highly transparent electrodynamic shield deposited on glass to repel dust from solar panels. Photo Cre...

April 19, 2021
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Environmental justice priorities added to new SEIA policy platform

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) unveiled its environmental justice priorities in a new policy platform that will inform the o...

April 19, 2021
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Mosaic, Congressional Bank sign multi-year solar loan purchase program

Mosaic, the leading financing platform for U.S. residential solar and energy-efficient home improvement projects, announced a new $1.5 billi...

April 19, 2021
Inverters and eBOS
GoodWe earns EuPD Top Brand Award in six countries –...

Last week, GoodWe was listed as the top inverter brand in six countries – something no other Chinese inverter brand has achieved befor...

April 19, 2021
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Comparison shopping could unlock community solar

Community solar is a growing, important segment of the solar industry that still struggles at efficiently gathering said communities. At las...

April 19, 2021
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NIPSCO and Capital Dynamics sign 200 MW solar energy BTA

The Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has signed a BTA to bring 200 MW of solar energy to Indiana with the Elliot S...

April 16, 2021