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February 2, 2021
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News Sense
Sense can now track home power quality and detect floating neutrals
February 1, 2021
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Financing approved for OYA Solar’s community solar projects in New York (about 400 MW)
January 28, 2021
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Pivot Energy completes 34-MW community solar portfolio via Illinois Adjustable Block Program
January 28, 2021
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Minnesota PUC fined Xcel Energy $1 million for interconnection delays and two solar companies are to thank
January 28, 2021
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Kloss Distributing now powers beverage distribution business with solar

Residents of Lake County, Illinois, can drink a little greener in 2021 thanks to the solar installation that now powers Kloss Distributing i...

January 27, 2021
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Lightsource bp completes financing, starts construction on 316-MW of solar...

Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $380 million financing package and mobilized construction on its Elm Branch and Briar Creek sola...

January 27, 2021
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Corporations are buying into solar energy and are calling on...

  Corporations purchased a record of 23.7GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new resear...

January 27, 2021
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COVID-19 had little impact on solar PPAs in 2020 says...

LevelTen Energy released its Q4 PPA Price Index reports for North America and Europe, delivering the industry’s most comprehensive ana...

January 27, 2021
News First Solar
First Solar sells solar development platform (10-GW total) to Leeward...

Notable wind developer Leeward Renewable Energy is purchasing First Solar’s utility-scale solar development platform of approximately,...

January 27, 2021
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SunPower expanding Residential Installation program into seven new markets

Freed from its solar panel manufacturing side after splitting from Maxeon, SunPower is looking to significantly expand its SunPower Resident...

January 27, 2021
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Dominion Energy acquires solar energy project in Ohio from Invenergy

Dominion Energy has announced that one of its subsidiaries has acquired the 150-MWac Hardin solar generating facility, which recently entere...

January 26, 2021
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Concord Public Schools in Arkansas turns on 341-kW solar array...

Officials from Concord Public Schools in Arkansas, members of the community, and Entegrity hosted a flip the switch ceremony to celebrate th...

January 26, 2021
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California commission grants $1.5M to Salient Energy to develop zinc-ion...

Salient Energy is developing novel zinc-ion batteries as an alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries, and the California Energy Com...

January 26, 2021
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Span’s Smart Panel has an Alexa integration, $20M in new...

Span launched and started shipping its smart electrical panel last year – a reinvention of an old, basic concept to better serve today...

January 26, 2021
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Check out this school solar array that features student art...

Take a look at this cool, 1-MW solar array that was also a unique hands on STEAM learning experience for elementary school children at KCSD9...

January 25, 2021
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Chisholm Grid Battery Energy Storage Project in Texas selects Sungrow...

Sungrow forged a contract to supply its fully integrated Energy Storage System to the 100 MWac Chisholm Grid project in Fort Worth, Tex...

January 25, 2021
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Borrego Solar rebrands, shifts focus to utility-scale solar + storage

Borrego, a top-tier developer, EPC and O&M provider for large-scale renewable energy projects throughout the United States, today unveil...

January 25, 2021
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Four reasons residential solar + storage installations are surging in...

Until recently, most solar + storage systems have been out of reach of average homeowners. At first, that was because solar systems were exp...

January 25, 2021
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RETC’s 2020 PV Module Index Report shows overall improved performance

Renewable Energy Test Center, LLC (RETC) published its annual PV Module Index (PVMI 2020) report near the end of last year, using its indepe...

January 25, 2021