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Gateway Commissioning Merit Controls explains its growing turnkey control system, power plant modeling services
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November 24, 2020
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Get to know Fronius’ three apps for start-up, monitoring and support
November 23, 2020
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WattBuy nets $3.5M to expand its renewables-focused electricity marketplace
November 23, 2020
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How Sunflare added 9-kW of solar on this 100-year-old barn roof
November 20, 2020
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California CCAs have signed 6 GW of long-term clean energy deals
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
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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
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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
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GP Joule completes first merchant solar project in Alberta Canada

GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, has completed construction of the 25.43-MW Innisfail Solar project in Red Deer Co...

November 18, 2020
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BayWa r.e.’s largest U.S. solar plant to power six big-brand...

BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC will commemorate the 133.6-MW Fern Solar project in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Fern is the la...

November 18, 2020
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Solar Builder names Editor’s Choice Award winners for 2020

After the Solar Builder readers cast their votes to choose our annual Project of the Year winners, Solar Builder’s editor ge...

November 18, 2020
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Spruce Finance buys two more residential solar portfolios, including NRG’s

Spruce Finance, the largest private owner and operator of distributed generation residential solar assets in the U.S., has acquired two new ...

November 17, 2020
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Nexamp recognized for customer acquisition strategy during pandemic by Northeast...

Nexamp, a clean energy innovator and leader in de-carbonization, has been named by the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) as winner of t...

November 17, 2020
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Arizona approves 100 percent carbon-free goal, distributed storage standard

The Arizona Corporation Commissioners voted last week to require utilities to be 100% carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way....

November 17, 2020
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Cypress Creek, Cubico solar project, Wagyu, turns on in Brazoria...

The 162-MW Wagyu solar PV project in Brazoria County, Texas, is now delivering power to the grid. Located near Houston, the project is owned...

November 17, 2020
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OutBack Power partners with Ray Lewis’s Power52 Foundation to advance...

POWER52 is a Baltimore-based non-profit that provides career training and job placement opportunities in the renewable energy sector, bringi...

November 17, 2020