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January 13, 2021
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Pine Gate Renewables brings 8 solar projects online in Michigan
January 13, 2021
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Lightsource bp secures innovative ‘proxy generation’ PPA for 153-MW Briar Creek solar farm
January 13, 2021
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SunPower installs solar system at Philadelphia Flyers training facility
January 13, 2021
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STAG Industrial continues nationwide rooftop solar rollout with help from Sherin and Lodgen
January 13, 2021
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Aptos Solar, NEP team up on high-powered AC solar solution

Aptos Solar Technology, a provider of high-efficiency solar module technology, and Northern Electric Power (NEP), a global manufacturer of m...

January 13, 2021
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CIT leads $69 million financing for 130-MW solar portfolio, owned...

CIT Group Inc.’s Power and Energy business led a $69 million financing for a portfolio of solar facilities owned and operated by ...

January 13, 2021
Residential Solar solar company merger and acquisitions
SinglePoint to acquire solar lead generator EnergyWyze

SinglePoint Inc. is looking to acquire EnergyWyze LLC, a firm focused on customer-centric lead generation in the solar energy industry. Unde...

January 12, 2021
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Novatus Energy, Southwest Generation merge to form Onward Energy

U.S.-based independent power producers Novatus Energy and Southwest Generation today announced the completion of a merger of the two compani...

January 12, 2021
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CEC awards $5 million to Indian Energy to demo non-lithium...

San Diego-based energy developer Indian Energy LLC was awarded a grant of more than $5 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) t...

January 12, 2021
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Solar FlexRack supplies trackers to TRITEC for Connecticut solar portfolio

Solar FlexRack has supplied its TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers for a portfolio of distributed generation solar projects located in Connecticut. Part...

January 12, 2021
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Schneider Electric debuts DER-focused functions of smart home energy center...

As part of Consumer Electronics Show 2021 this week, Schneider Electric expanded its Wiser smart home ecosystem, furthering discussion aroun...

January 11, 2021
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SPI Energy acquires customer contracts from Petersen-Dean (filed for Chapter...

SolarJuice American, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SPI Energy Co., acquired the consumer contracts of Petersen-Dean, Inc., one of the l...

January 11, 2021
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PV module procurement: Common mistakes made and issues to consider

As part of our 2021 Solar PV Modules Buyer’s Guide, we asked solar PV panel manufacturers what they considered to be common mistakes m...

January 11, 2021
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GameChange Solar debuts albedo-boosting tech for its bifacial trackers

GameChange Solar announced BifacialReflector, a patent-pending new technology that they think will provide a big increase in power productio...

January 11, 2021
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SimpliPhi Power systems approved for UL 9540 certification

  A wide range of SimpliPhi Power’s energy storage products and system configurations were recently approved for Certification un...

January 11, 2021
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Clearway Energy completes construction of Kern County’s Rosamond Central solar...

  Construction is finished and commercial operations have begun on the 192 MW Rosamond Central solar project in Kern County, California...

January 8, 2021
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SunPower is closing its solar panel manufacturing facility in Oregon

SunPower Corp. is closing its solar panel manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Ore., and cutting the 170 jobs that go with it. SunPower will pr...

January 8, 2021
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Hunt Military Communities adding another 2.8-MW of solar PV at...

Hunt Military Communities (HMC), the largest U.S. military housing owner, is building on its renewable energy initiatives by integrating add...

January 7, 2021
News energy storage as a service
Six emerging stationary energy storage trends entering 2021

I grew up accustomed to planned blackouts infamously known as ‘load-shedding’ in India in the 90s and 2000s. Our utility provide...

January 7, 2021