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Panasonic Panasonic energy storage installers can now offer 100 percent financing deal
Chris Crowell
October 16, 2020
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News Street hand shake
Home Depot agrees to PPA for a big chunk of solar + storage with Enel
October 14, 2020
News diversity in solar
Top solar organizations launch Renewables Forward, a diversity and inclusion initiative
October 14, 2020
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Barrette Outdoor Living adds over 2 MW of solar power at Florida facility
October 14, 2020
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Constellation to supply 108-MW of solar power to Hewlett Packard and two other companies
October 14, 2020
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Meet PVSketch Mega, the first web-based PV modeling, proposal tool...

Global solar sales and design software company PVComplete announced the January 2021 public release of PVSketch Mega, the first and only pre...

October 14, 2020
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SMA Smart Connected now available in Canada (here is what...

Hey Canada, you can now detect and evaluate events in solar systems automatically and initiate remediation or repair activities via SMA Smar...

October 14, 2020
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Sunpin Solar finds PPA offtaker for full output of the...

Sunpin Solar, a California-based solar developer, announced a renewable energy power purchase agreement with an investment grade offtaker fo...

October 14, 2020
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Sunnova expands solar and battery storage business to three more...

Sunnova Energy International Inc. is on the move again, expanding its solar plus battery storage service offerings in Pennsylvania, Rhode Is...

October 14, 2020
News Inovateus Solar
Inovateus Solar and partners launch solar financing venture Brilliant Capital

In an effort to continue expansion within the clean energy industry, Inovateus Solar has announced the formation of Brilliant Capital, a sol...

October 14, 2020
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The Pitch: Finding extra value in a solar racking partnership...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern State Metals, promotes its diverse offering of solar racking systems and turnkey engineering services...

October 14, 2020
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Verdant Microgrids to deploy Eos Energy Storage’s Zynth Zinc Hybrid...

Eos Energy Storage LLC is working with custom microgrid provider Verdant Microgrid to supply its Znyth Zinc Hybrid Cathode Technology, the c...

October 12, 2020
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Interconnection innovation: Pine Gate standardized Michigan portfolio interconnect via myPV...

Equipment standardization for portfolio-level purchasing is a proven strategy to simplify procurement, establish repeatable construction pra...

October 12, 2020
News low carbon solar
Alliance forms to promote ‘low-carbon’ solar PV module production

So, this is interesting: Some solar industry manufacturers teamed up to form a new alliance to promote the deployment of ultra low-carbon so...

October 12, 2020
News solar analytics data report
kWh Analytics tries to solve solar’s overestimation, underperformance issues with...

Every mature asset class requires market data to improve the accuracy and certainty of investment returns, and solar is getting there, but s...

October 12, 2020
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Aptos Solar Technology’s DNA modules pass extended reliability tests from...

High-performance solar module provider Aptos Solar Technology passed the accelerated environmental tests performed by Renewable Energy Testi...

October 12, 2020
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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