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Loanpal Loanpal completes largest securitization of residential solar loans
Chris Crowell
November 30, 2020
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Sunrun contracts with So Cal Edison on virtual power plant deal
November 30, 2020
News evergrid
Cool concept: Evergrid keeps solar PV systems up when the grid goes down
November 30, 2020
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar’s Vertex S 400W+ series obtains two IEC certifications
November 30, 2020
News SMA Fire Raptor
IMO FireRaptor receives UL PVRSS Listing with SMA solar inverters (rapid shutdown and AFCI standard)
November 30, 2020
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DSM Advanced Solar debuts ‘all purpose’ Endurance PV backsheet

DSM Advanced Solar has developed an ‘all purpose’ Endurance backsheet D15 — a product that fills a gap in the solar m...

November 30, 2020
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Aurora Solar nets $50 million in Series B funding round

Aurora Solar raised another $50 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total investment to over $70 million....

November 30, 2020
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Centrica Business Solutions completes Shelter Creek Condominiums solar system

Centrica Business Solutions, part of Centrica plc, a global energy and services company, completed a 2.5-MW rooftop solar installation at Sh...

November 24, 2020
News Gateway Commissioning
Merit Controls explains its growing turnkey control system, power plant...

Merit Controls, a provider of power control systems and grid integration solutions for utility-scale applications, has significantly enlarge...

November 24, 2020
News Fronius
Get to know Fronius’ three apps for start-up, monitoring and...

Fronius has reinvented its start-up, monitoring and after-sales support with its latest generation of inverters. Keys to this reinvention ar...

November 23, 2020
News solar online shopping
WattBuy nets $3.5M to expand its renewables-focused electricity marketplace

WattBuy is an online electricity marketplace with the goal of empowering consumers to make smarter decisions about their electricity costs, ...

November 23, 2020
News sunflare barn project
How Sunflare added 9-kW of solar on this 100-year-old barn...

This barn on Hopeful Hollow Farm in Rockingham County, VA is 100 years old. So is the roof, but now it can generate 9-kW of new power every ...

November 20, 2020
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California CCAs have signed 6 GW of long-term clean energy...

The California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) announced today that Community Choice Aggregators in the state have signed long-term po...

November 19, 2020
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FERC Order 841 mattered, but state interconnection rules

It was big news this summer when a federal appeals court upheld Order 841 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC Order 841 clarif...

November 19, 2020
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Altus Power acquires 2.5-megawatt operating solar project in Vermont

Altus Power America completed the acquisition of a 2.5-MW operating solar project in Charlotte, Vermont. The acquired project generates...

November 19, 2020
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sonnen launches lower price-point home battery solution in sonnenCore

sonnen launched a new compact, affordable and fully sonnen-designed home battery solution, known as sonnenCore. This product evolution ...

November 19, 2020
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High school student gets solar industry partners to donate full...

The Flemington Area Food Pantry, serving Hunterdon County, N.J., celebrated and unveiled their brand new solar array installation this week ...

November 18, 2020
News ideematec solar tracker project
Hecate Energy procures 4-MW of new Horizon L:Tec trackers from...

Hecate Energy has ordered 4-MW of the new Horizon L:Tec solar trackers from Ideematec for an upcoming installation. The project, locate...

November 18, 2020
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Solar Support adds new turnkey services for inverter, power electronic...

Engineering services company Solar Support has unveiled a tiered customer-service solution for inverter and power electronic manufacturers i...

November 18, 2020
News EDF Renewables
Nucor Corp. signs steel industry’s largest solar PPA with EDF...

EDF Renewables North America and Nucor Corporation, a diversified steel and steel products company, recently announced the signing of a 15-y...

November 18, 2020