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January 18, 2021
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News Panasonic
Panasonic promotes 13 installers in Residential Solar Installer Program
January 18, 2021
News Stem-AI-energy-storage-logo
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority adding energy storage system via Stem
January 15, 2021
News Tigo logo
Tigo Energy raises $20 million in huge investment round
January 15, 2021
News SunBrush USA
Solar panel cleaning company SunBrush opens Nevada branch to better serve U.S. market
January 14, 2021
News inter solar north america
Intersolar North America, Energy Storage North America launch Solar +...

Intersolar North America (ISNA) and Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the newly combined flagship solar + storage events, have partnered ...

January 14, 2021
News K2 systems logo
Everest Solar Systems changes name to K2 Systems

Everest Solar Systems opened its doors in the U.S. in 2012, and just a few short years later opened a second office in Mexico. Now in 2021, ...

January 13, 2021
News Firestone Walker
Largest on-site craft brewery solar project now live via Duke...

Duke Energy and Firestone Walker Brewing Co. have completed one of the largest on-site solar arrays in the craft beer industry ­­&sh...

January 13, 2021
News Pine Gate Renewables Morris Michigan
Pine Gate Renewables brings 8 solar projects online in Michigan

Consumers Energy, Pine Gate Renewables and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., announced five new solar energy projects in Genesee County...

January 13, 2021
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Lightsource bp secures innovative ‘proxy generation’ PPA for 153-MW Briar...

Lightsource bp has secured a proxy generation power purchase agreement (pgPPA) with the Capital Solutions unit of Allianz Global Corporate &...

January 13, 2021
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SunPower installs solar system at Philadelphia Flyers training facility

Through an agreement with SunPower, Comcast Spectacor, owner of the Wells Fargo Center arena and the National Hockey League’s Philadel...

January 13, 2021
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STAG Industrial continues nationwide rooftop solar rollout with help from...

Boston law firm Sherin and Lodgen LLP’s Renewable Energy Group represented STAG Industrial, Inc. in connection with rooftop solar leas...

January 13, 2021
News DNA-120-360W
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
Financing CITgrouplogo
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
+ Storage CEC storage grant
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