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SF8 Render1 Soltec debuts slimmed down, structurally reinforced SF8 solar tracker
Chris Crowell
September 21, 2020
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Third Sun Solar donates ground-mounted solar array to Women for Recovery of Athens, Ohio
September 21, 2020
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FERC Order 2222 opens up wholesale electricity markets for DER — why is this a big deal?
September 21, 2020
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Tigo launches Tigo Enhanced program in conjunction with solar inverter partners
September 17, 2020
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TerraSmart’s ground screws, turnkey service are building Maine’s utility-scale solar portfolio
September 17, 2020
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Duke Energy, solar industry agree on ‘Solar Choice Net Metering’...

Duke Energy says it has reached an agreement with leading solar installers, environmental groups and renewable energy advocates that, if app...

September 17, 2020
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Li-ion Tamer: Preventing thermal runaway before it begins

Utility, industrial, commercial, and government facilities are increasingly turning to Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) in a variety o...

September 17, 2020
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8minute Solar Energy’s 67-MW Lotus Solar Farm is now fully...

8minute Solar Energy announced the 67-megawatt Lotus Solar Farm in Madera County, Calif., is now fully operational. The Lotus Solar Far...

September 16, 2020
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Nexamp adds 50-MW community solar portfolio in Maine from Dimension...

Nexamp is acquiring a 10-project, 50-megawatt portfolio of community solar projects from Dimension Energy. The projects represent some of th...

September 16, 2020
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Solaria files ITC complaint against Canadian Solar

On the heels of its lawsuit filed in March against Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Califo...

September 16, 2020
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Octillion, Orison aimed this smaller-scale energy storage unit right at...

Octillion Power Systems of Hayward, Calif., a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems, worked with Orison Inc., an energy...

September 16, 2020
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Generac partners with a leading Southern California solar installer

Generac Power Systems continues to establish key relationships in the solar market, announcing a partnership this week with Baker Electric H...

September 16, 2020
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Pivot Energy, Nautilus Solar partner on Colorado community solar development...

Pivot Energy and Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC have announced plans to co-develop 13 megawatts of community solar in Colorado. The portfolio wi...

September 16, 2020
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Attention preppers: Humless debuts GO 200 backpack-sized battery system

In honor of National Preparedness Month, Humless announced a new GO 200 battery backup system — a 10″ x 7.72″ x 2.56&Prime...

September 16, 2020
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Liberty Utilities goes with BoxPower solar microgrid for wildfire mitigation,...

Liberty Utilities is going with a microgrid solution from BoxPower to power a remote mountain research station. The decision will save milli...

September 16, 2020
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RealX, Land Broker Co-op teaming to ease property rights transactions...

RealX is the largest online property rights exchange in the country to help landowners generate income from their land by easily c...

September 16, 2020
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Walmart and Schneider Electric team up to increase supplier access to...

While corporate renewable energy procurement is on the rise, the overall number of companies involved is still relatively low, with just ove...

September 15, 2020
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Load management software DemandEx now integrates with microgrid controllers, reduces...

Extensible Energy has released a version of its DemandEx load flexibility software for Microgrids — it will integrate with a microgrid...

September 15, 2020
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Electriq Power signs agreement with turnkey microgrid provider Emergent

Electriq Power, a developer of intelligent and integrated home energy storage, management, and monitoring solutions, entered into a definiti...

September 15, 2020
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Solar installer Freedom Forever takes its training mobile with EdApp

Freedom Forever — a pioneer of the 25-year solar energy production guarantee — is one of the fastest-growing solar contract...

September 15, 2020