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December 15, 2020
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Residential solar segment beats COVID recovery projection in third quarter
December 15, 2020
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ENGIE announces slew of solar energy contracts with Amazon as offtaker
December 14, 2020
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New Guardian Fall Protection cable lanyard from Pure Safety Group
December 14, 2020
Inverters and eBOS Solar Support Engineers at Work Resolving Tough Inverter Issues
Solar Support launches analytics program to spot legacy inverter failures early, cut downtime
December 14, 2020
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Seraphim expands half-cell module production with factory in Vietnam

Seraphim Solar System Co. is expanding its capacity, investing in a 750-MW module assembly factory with fully automatic production lines in ...

December 14, 2020
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Terra-Gen starts on next “world’s largest standalone solar and energy...

Renewable energy developer and operator Terra-Gen announced an agreement with Mortenson to proceed on the Edwards & Sanborn solar and en...

December 14, 2020
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At a glance: NEP rapid shutdown product, 800-W microinverter

Northern Electric Power Technology Inc. (NEP)’s PVG-4 is an easily installed standalone rapid shutdown product, providing NEC-201...

December 14, 2020
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7X Energy partners with Nestlé on 250 MW Taygete I...

7X Energy, Inc. has partnered with Nestlé to be the sole tax equity investor for its 250 megawatts Taygete I Energy Project loca...

December 14, 2020
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LG debuts new, larger capacity residential energy storage system

This month, LG Energy Solution was spun off from LG Chem in a move to better serve the emerging energy solution category. “We came to ...

December 14, 2020
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Sandia Labs tests Terra Pave soil binder, says it’s environmentally...

Terra Pave, a reflective, albedo-boosting soil binder aimed at bifacial solar sites, recently passed testing from Sandia National Laboratori...

December 10, 2020
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EDF Renewables North America selected for microgrid installation at Port...

EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) announced a contract to build a 700 kW/ 2,400 kWh Microgrid Infrastructure Project for the Port of San D...

December 10, 2020
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What’s the answer for solar PV panel recycling? Manufacturers share...

  The solar PV panel recycling issue continues to loom large in the U.S., with more articles being written to show something needs to b...

December 10, 2020
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McCarthy building two solar projects to help power Facebook data...

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has begun construction on two solar projects in south Georgia for Silicon Ranch Corporation. The utility-sc...

December 9, 2020
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United Cooperative Services, Navisun and TurningPoint building 10-MW community solar...

United Cooperative Services (United), Navisun, and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) started construction on the Erath Solar project in Erath County...

December 9, 2020
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Alliant Energy launches first community solar project in Fond du...

Alliant Energy is launching its first community solar project. The solar garden will be located near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, nestled along t...

December 9, 2020
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Lovin’ it: McDonald’s completes three new virtual PPAs (including a...

In 2019, McDonald’s USA signed two long-term VPPA transactions, one wind and one solar, located in Texas. Now, with the addition of th...

December 9, 2020
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San Diego Jewish Academy starts on 800 kWh solar project

San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a pluralistic community K-12 school with a thriving early childhood center, has marked a major milestone in...

December 9, 2020
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Panasonic launches new EverVolt solar PV modules to pair with...

Further building on its EverVolt brand, Panasonic Corp. is launching a line of EverVolt solar modules to accompany the EverVolt Battery Stor...

December 9, 2020
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Details on microgrid energy resiliency research program funded by U.S....

  Stony Brook University researchers, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, will be investigating ways to make ...

December 9, 2020