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solar energy growth Solar-generated electricity expanded by 22 percent the first half of 2020
Chris Crowell
September 28, 2020
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Here’s a free tool for commercial, industrial businesses to check their possible energy, demand response savings
September 28, 2020
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Nestlé Waters close to a 10-MW solar project at Poland Spring bottling plant
September 25, 2020
News California Building Standards vote
California’s PUC just made huge changes to its Rule 21 solar, storage interconnection policy
September 25, 2020
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Ohana Partners with Tesla on Los Cabos Sustainable Energy Project
September 24, 2020
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OYA Solar inks $35 million deal with NY Green Bank...

OYA Solar secured $35 million in construction and interconnection financing from NY Green Bank, a state-sponsored, specialized financial ent...

September 23, 2020
News Tesla gigafactory
A look at Tesla’s plan for a better battery cell,...

Tesla’s Battery Day this week came with the usual hype, and this year it may have delivered as CEO Elon Musk revealed a completely new...

September 23, 2020
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Details on over 5 MW of community solar coming online...

Community solar opens the benefits of solar to anyone who receives an electric bill, including lower-income residents, businesses, municipal...

September 23, 2020
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Anthem signs solar PPA with SunEnergy1 as it moves to...

In 2019, Anthem, Inc. made the commitment to invest in and source 100 percent renewable energy by 2025. Now, as a key step in that strategy,...

September 23, 2020
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Luxury brand CHANEL commits $35 million to low-income solar projects...

In innovative renewable investment news, CHANEL (yes, that CHANEL) just committed $35 million toward solar energy projects for low-inco...

September 23, 2020
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Aurora Solar can now size, recommend battery systems for solar...

The battery attachment rate in residential solar projects rises by the day, and solar installers need more, simple tools for sizing and sell...

September 23, 2020
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IHS Markit: Lithium-ion battery cell average cost to fall below...

The average cost of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cell will fall below $100 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next three years, according to a...

September 23, 2020
News perovskite testing
New perovskite-silicon tandem cell concept tested in real-world conditions

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells hold the promise of power conversion efficiencies well above the theoretical limit of silicon alone, b...

September 22, 2020
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Evergy’s solar demand charge was ruled illegal, but it’s still...

From Energy News Network: Clean energy advocates want Evergy to cease a demand charge on solar customers that was ruled illegal last spring....

September 22, 2020
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar’s 600 W Vertex modules pass TÜV Rheinland tests

Trina Solar Co.‘s new Vertex 600W/550W series ultra-high power modules keep passing all the tests, this time the comprehensive reliabi...

September 21, 2020
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SunSpec Alliance teams with MESA Standards Alliance on ESS certification,...

The MESA Standards Alliance and the SunSpec Alliance formed a new joint testing and certification program for the MESA-Device specification....

September 21, 2020
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Soltec debuts slimmed down, structurally reinforced SF8 solar tracker

Single-axis tracker manufacturer Soltec is debuting its new SF8 tracker, which will differentiate itself with a minimum 2×60 conf...

September 21, 2020
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Third Sun Solar donates ground-mounted solar array to Women for...

Third Sun Solar has partnered with Women for Recovery of Athens, Ohio, to provide clean energy to the Serenity Grove Women’s Recovery ...

September 21, 2020
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FERC Order 2222 opens up wholesale electricity markets for DER...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 2222 last week to open up the wholesale electricity markers to distributed ener...

September 21, 2020
News Tigo Energy
Tigo launches Tigo Enhanced program in conjunction with solar inverter...

Tigo Energy, Inc. has launched a joint marketing program, called Tigo Enhanced, in conjunction with its major inverter partners to make it e...

September 17, 2020