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March 9, 2021
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News AMC Pie (Advanced Microgrid)
Russelectric debuts Advanced Microgrid Control Solution
March 8, 2021
Featured PVEL
On-Demand Webinar: Buyer Beware Webinar: Lessons Learned from Inverter Testing
March 8, 2021
News solar support
Solar Support debuts end-of-warranty solar plant and equipment assessment service
March 8, 2021
O&M global solar pv performance issues
Global PV on track to lose $14.5 billion a year in fixable issues by 2024 says Raycatch report
March 8, 2021
Inverters and eBOS NEP commercial RSD
Time to revisit standalone solutions to solve rapid shutdown system...

Rapid shutdown probably feels like old news at this point, but the product market is just now hitting its stride. Initially, the NEC 2017 an...

March 8, 2021
News jinkosolar
How JinkoSolar faired in a national assessment of PV Modules...

JinkoSolar‘s R&D Center module laboratory obtained satisfactory results in the latest national assessment of PV Modules Testing Ac...

March 8, 2021
Financing NexampLogo
Nexamp secures $440 million for community solar portfolio of nearly...

Nexamp has emerged as the largest owner-operator of community solar assets across the sector’s fastest growing markets, and a financin...

March 8, 2021
News New York
Source Renewables planning two community solar projects on former Buffalo,...

New York solar developer Source Renewables announced plans to develop two community solar projects on the Marilla Street Landfill in So...

March 5, 2021
News NV ENERGY solar
RFP alert: NV Energy seeking community solar proposal for a...

NV Energy issued a request for proposals to design, engineer, procure, deliver and install a 350-kW community based solar project at Mo...

March 5, 2021
News virtual power plants
You down with VPPs? How the virtual power plant movement...

As has been the case with many good science fiction inventions of the last century, we are finally getting around to building virtual power ...

March 5, 2021
News Hershey
Hershey’s big environmental plans include two utility-scale solar PPAs

The Hershey Co. announced a slew of commitments to advance its environmental progress and contribute to global climate action. In 2019,...

March 4, 2021
News Target solar project
Target and its major suppliers sign PPAs for two solar...

In 2019, Target said it planned to source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. This week, the retail giant shared the nex...

March 4, 2021
News Unico Solar - Climate Pledge Arena 4
Aptly named Climate Pledge Arena to install 1.2-MW of solar,...

Excelsior Energy Capital, Unico Solar Investors, Oak View Group and the Seattle Kraken announced a partnership to equip Climate Pledge Arena...

March 3, 2021
Financing strong solar financing
Distributed Solar Development secures $150 million to fund its C&I...

Distributed Solar Development (DSD) secured a two-year, $150 million construction revolver with Rabobank, a global food and agribusiness ban...

March 3, 2021
News white pine renewable floating solar
White Pine Renewables completes largest floating solar project in U.S....

White Pine Renewables completed the Healdsburg Floating Solar Project for the city of Healdsburg, Calif., under a 25-year power purchase agr...

March 3, 2021
News inverter performance checklist
Datasheet or data sh*t? Independent testing finds where certain inverters...

Ask any solar developer, installer or asset owner if they have experienced inverter issues and the response is usually a resounding “y...

March 3, 2021
News BIPV material
Mitrex wants to generate BIPV solar power with this new...

Mitrex is introducing a patented solution that can transform a building’s exterior into a vertical, self-sufficient power system....

March 3, 2021
News robot solar construction
DOE funding autonomous solar PV construction tech from RE2 Robotics

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) selected RE2 Robotics, a developer of intelligent mobile robotic ...

March 3, 2021
News modbus map
Get on the Modbus: An explanation of IEEE 1547 and...

The success of widely-adopted technologies is often tied to standardization. From video formats to the Internet, and now to the energy grid,...

March 3, 2021