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October 27, 2020
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News Maine
Borrego expands Maine’s solar portfolio with eight new solar projects
October 26, 2020
News Indiana state sign
NIPSCO to add 900-MW of solar PV in Indiana via three new projects
October 26, 2020
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Alliant Energy adds solar-battery combo in Iowa next to Marshalltown Generating Station
October 26, 2020
News Sense Flex add-on
Sense rolls out Flex sensors to track home energy hogs on dedicated circuits
October 26, 2020
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar is first solar module manufacturer to earn IEC...

Trina Solar received the world’s first IEC 62941:2019 certification for their photovoltaic module manufacturing quality system issued ...

October 26, 2020
News MachII_Machine_v2
Details on Roll-A-Rack, a portable roll-former to produce custom solar...

Roll-A-Rack, a faster, lower-cost, ballasted solar-racking solution, unveiled its first portable, roll-forming machine in at its virtual SPI...

October 26, 2020
News ratedpower
RatedPower automates engineering of substations for utility-scale solar in pvDesign

To connect a solar PV plant to distribution or transmission networks, it is necessary to step-up the voltage level from medium to high volta...

October 26, 2020
News Schneider InsightHome
Schneider Electric Solar adds home, large commercial smart edge energy...

Schneider Electric Solar announced InsightHome and InsightFacility last week, the newest additions to the company’s Insight Energy Man...

October 26, 2020
News BlockEnergy
Emera Technologies officially unveils BlockEnergy and first project with Lennar...

The day has arrived: Emera Technologies LLC officially launched its new utility-owned residential energy system BlockEnergy. Emera Technolog...

October 22, 2020
News blockenergy
The Pitch: The business case for BlockEnergy’s community microgrid approach

To conclude our exclusive look at BlockEnergy, just launched officially at North American Smart Energy Week, we examine the business case fo...

October 22, 2020
Batteries battery analysis
Overview of redox flow battery chemistries, market players

  Two weeks ago, we explored how redox flow batteries (RFB) stack up to lithium batteries. Today we dig more into the main RFB tec...

October 22, 2020
News request for offer
Eight California CCAs join up on huge long-duration storage request...

Eight Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) launched a joint Request for Offers (RFO) this week to procure up to 500 megawatts (MWs) of long- ...

October 21, 2020
Financing PPA price rise
Solar PPA prices rise for second straight quarter in LevelTen...

The Q3 2020 PPA Price Index for North America from LevelTen Energy shows PPA prices rising for both wind and solar projects. After...

October 21, 2020
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Lightsource BP, McCarthy start construction on 300-MW Bighorn Solar Project...

Lightsource BP has secured a funding package of $285 million for its 300 MW Bighorn Solar Project, and as of October 1, project construction...

October 21, 2020
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Altus Power acquires operating solar portfolio in Georgia from Beltline...

Altus Power America, Inc. has completed the acquisition of a 4-megawatt operating solar portfolio comprised of four single-axis tracker proj...

October 21, 2020
News ideematec 2p horizon solar tracker 2
Check out Ideematec’s new 2P solar tracker, Horizon L:Tec

  Ideematec Inc., debuts its Horizon L:Tec solar tracker at virtual Solar Power International 2020. The new two-module-in-portrait (2P)...

October 21, 2020
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k12 Energy installs a solar system for PBS on top...

PBS and their member stations are America’s largest classroom, the nation’s largest stage for the arts and a trusted window to t...

October 20, 2020
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Sage Energy Consulting issues RFP for Temecula Valley School District...

Sage Energy Consulting continues work with the Temecula Valley Unified School District on sustainability initiatives and resiliency with the...

October 20, 2020
Featured crowd sourced AHJ permitting
Searching AHJs for solar permitting? Check this free, crowd-sourced registry

Every little step in residential solar project planning and design can add hours, days or more to the time that customers sit around and wai...

October 20, 2020