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Renewing-Sovereignty-Project-feature How Renewing Sovereignty Project helps the formerly incarcerated start solar careers
Audrey Henderson
October 7, 2024
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Projects Powin microgrid energy storage
U.S. grid-scale energy storage installations set new record amid surge
October 3, 2024
Projects Clearway Pine Forest solar storage texas
Clearway kicks off construction on Pine Forest solar + storage projects
October 3, 2024
News solar module pricing
Solar module prices in Q3 show complex dynamic of import tariffs vs. domestic supply
October 2, 2024
Projects Solar_Panels
Standard Solar, Trinasolar to transform N.J. landfill into 5.7 MW community solar farm
October 1, 2024
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First Solar turns on 3.5 GW of module production capacity...

First Solar inaugurated its new $1.1 billion fully vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama....

September 30, 2024
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S-5! sponsors new scholarship with National Women in Roofing

The metal roof attachment pros at S-5! are sponsoring a new scholarship program to empower women who wish to pursue educational opportunitie...

September 30, 2024
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Prelim injunction granted: California solar contractors can still install batteries...

A preliminary injunction ruling halts enforcement of a California rule that would severely restrict solar contractors from installing and se...

September 27, 2024
Projects Project of the Year POY solar
Vote: Project of the Year 2024 | Over 10 MW

Here are the Over 10 MW nominees for the 2024 Solar Builder Project of the Year awards. The form is at the bottom of the page. You...

September 27, 2024
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HYXiPOWER microinverters now available in U.S., batteries on the way

HYXiPOWER launched its line of solar microinverters in North America at RE+ Anaheim 2024 as part of its global expansion strategy. The China...

September 26, 2024
+ Storage Nth-Cycle-NC-refining
Nickel and cobalt refining now live in Ohio via Nth...

Critical metal refining company Nth Cycle made history as the first company in the United States to produce premium nickel cobalt mixed hydr...

September 26, 2024
Projects solar trends
Solar trends: Developers discuss the market segment ups and downs

Trends in solar development can fall along project niche, market segment or geography. Keeping tabs on these developments are a key factor i...

September 26, 2024
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Arevon expands renewable energy project portfolio, 2 GW under construction

Arevon Energy Inc. is rapidly expanding its renewable energy energy portfolio, with more than 4 GW of operational capacity and 2 GW of new p...

September 24, 2024
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Brooklyn SolarWorks is the first solar now approved for NYC...

Solar energy developer-installer in New York City, Brooklyn SolarWorks, was recently accepted into the NYC Accelerator Service Provider Prog...

September 24, 2024
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Construction begins on JFK Terminal One solar project

Construction crews have broken ground on a massive solar project at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Amid Climat...

September 24, 2024
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Trinasolar produces fully recycled c-Si module

Trinasolar says it has successfully produced a fully recycled c-Si module. The Research Center Academy of Trinasolar made the breakthrough w...

September 24, 2024
Featured Residential solar financing outlook
Video: Residential solar financing outlook post-RE+

Another RE+ is in the books. On this edition of Power Forward!, Solar Builder Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell chats with Joshua Tinaglia, fina...

September 23, 2024
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In-depth look: Vermeer PD25R pile driver for solar field construction

As reported in our RE+ 2024 recaps, Vermeer unveiled the PD25R pile driver, engineered to meet the evolving demands of the growing solar mar...

September 23, 2024
News opensolar and eagleview
OpenSolar adds CashFlow feature for U.S. solar installers

OpenSolar, a solar design and project management platform that solar installers can use free-of-charge, announced a new feature designed to ...

September 23, 2024
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Mayfield Renewables Education Summit is Oct. 2-3 (here’s discount code...

The Mayfield Renewables Education Summit is next week (Oct. 2-3), and if you haven’t yet registered, we have a promo code for an addit...

September 23, 2024