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Eos_Energy Verdant Microgrids to deploy Eos Energy Storage’s Zynth Zinc Hybrid batteries in California
Chris Crowell
October 12, 2020
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eBOS Pine Gate Renewables
Interconnection innovation: Pine Gate standardized Michigan portfolio interconnect via myPV ClearSky
October 12, 2020
News low carbon solar
Alliance forms to promote ‘low-carbon’ solar PV module production
October 12, 2020
News solar analytics data report
kWh Analytics tries to solve solar’s overestimation, underperformance issues with new STAR reports
October 12, 2020
News aptos DNA_ProductLine
Aptos Solar Technology’s DNA modules pass extended reliability tests from RETC
October 12, 2020
News Courtesy of Panasonic
Half of residential home battery buyers cite the financial savings,...

The primary driver of energy storage interest nationwide is resilience, as noted by nearly two-thirds of EnergySage shoppers. Yet, nearly ha...

October 12, 2020
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Schneider Electric adds 25 percent more power to Conext MPPT...

Schneider Electric Solar launched a beefed-up solar charge controller for residential solar + storage customers this week. The Conext MPPT 1...

October 8, 2020
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Four insights from CEA’s PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program Report...

Clean Energy Associates (CEA), a leading solar and storage technical advisory, tracks the industry’s continued evolution to ever-large...

October 8, 2020
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McKinstry, Colorado school district partner on utility savings project with...

McKinstry, a national construction and energy services firm, continues to expand its K-12 partnerships in Colorado with a new Energy Perform...

October 8, 2020
Featured balance of system
How a holistic approach to balance of system design benefits...

Over the past decade, the story of utility-scale solar has been one of increasing efficiency and decreasing costs. But as PV module technolo...

October 8, 2020
Batteries battery analysis
Evaluating redox flow vs. lithium-ion batteries with IDTechEx Research

In this first part of a series of articles from IDTechEx, an overview of the flow batteries characteristics is provided, extrapolated from I...

October 7, 2020
News Fourth Wave Energy
Fourth Wave Energy acquires solar tile producer DeSol Power Tiles

Fourth Wave Energy Inc. plans to acquire solar tile company DeSol Power Tiles, a patented system that uses roof tiles, not solar panels...

October 7, 2020
Mounting Guide PDCommand
This new pile driving machine software optimizes solar site construction,...

Carlson Machine Control released Carlson PD Command, a site management software that provides multiple views of pile driving machines i...

October 7, 2020
News BoxPower
BoxPower earns grant from CEC to develop its microgrid platform...

The California Energy Commission awarded a $1.2 million grant to BoxPower, a provider of modular microgrid energy solutions, to further...

October 7, 2020
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Apple, Amazon, Walmart stay atop solar corporate buyer rankings

Tech giants, major retailers and other corporate leaders are making significant investments in clean energy and installed 1,283 megawatts of...

October 7, 2020
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Sunnova’s solar homes qualify for the ISO New England capacity...

Sunnova Energy International Inc. qualified for the ISO New England Forward Capacity Auction 15 (FCA15), which means its residential solar p...

October 6, 2020
Products Fire Raptor UL-PVRSS-Listing
Rapid Shutdown option to know: IMO FireRaptor receives UL PVRSS...

IMO Automation tells us its FireRaptor received UL PVRSS (Photovoltaic Rapid Shutdown System) listing on the Fronius Primo family of solar i...

October 6, 2020
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Generac acquires Enbala to expand its grid services capabilities

Generac continues to strengthen its position as distributed energy resource, this week signing an agreement to acquire Enbala Power Networks...

October 6, 2020
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Entergy New Orleans breaks ground on Louisiana’s largest solar facility...

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Entergy New Orleans announced the groundbreaking of two projects in Louisiana—t...

October 6, 2020
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New York’s Albany Medical Center joins Nexamp’s Community Solar Program

Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York’s only academic health sciences center, has chosen to enroll in the Nexamp community sola...

October 5, 2020