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January 5, 2021
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Battery capacity vs. operating temperature: Sizing a storage system when ambient temperatures vary
January 4, 2021
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Trina Solar explains latest joint effort to standardize silicon wafer, solar module sizes
January 4, 2021
News Leyline Renewable Capital
Leyline Renewable Capital partners with regional developer New England Solar Garden
January 4, 2021
News rooftop solar
The 2020 policy trends making and ‘braking’ rooftop solar in the South
January 4, 2021
News virginia
New report highlights vast potential for large-scale solar in southwest...

A new playbook for local governments will help Southwest Virginia communities develop large-scale solar energy projects, taking advantage of...

January 4, 2021
News gibraltar industries
Gibraltar Industries acquires TerraSmart and Sunfig

Gibraltar Industries, a leader in the renewable energy, conservation, residential, industrial and infrastructure markets, announced the furt...

January 4, 2021
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NEP debuts 500-Wac ‘macro-inverter’ for higher wattage solar panels

Don’t look under your tree just yet. Silicon Valley-based NEP just announced a new high power microinverter that they are dubbing...

December 22, 2020
News congress
Congress to extend solar investment tax credit as part of...

Congress has apparently reached agreement on broad end-of-year legislation that includes significant benefits for solar energy. The full leg...

December 21, 2020
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Russelectric with a new RTSCD Commercial Duty Transfer Switch

Russelectric, a Siemens Business and manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, debuted a new, lower-price point...

December 21, 2020
News Comparative tool pvDesign
RatedPower adds dynamic Comparison Tool to compare CAPEX, LCOE of...

RatedPower is a collaborative and cloud based software committed to enabling and empowering its users with the processes and tools to help t...

December 21, 2020
News RSDcertification
APsystems’ rapid shutdown device now PVRSE-compatible with SMA inverters

APsystems welcomes SMA to its growing network of inverter manufacturers compatible with its APsmart brand of Sunspec standard-compliant Phot...

December 21, 2020
News RibBracket-V_1
S-5! debuts RibBracket V to address sheeting-only metal roof solar...

The metal roof attachment experts at S-5! expanded their line of RibBrackets for mounting solar panels, covering a variety of trapezoid...

December 21, 2020
News perovskite swift solar
Swift Solar nets another $8M in funding to develop its...

Solar PV technology company Swift Solar — recently recognized by a joint R&D 100 Award with the U.S. Department of Energy&rsq...

December 21, 2020
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SMA America hits 1 GW of Sunny Central Storage inverters...

SMA America has reached an impressive milestone in battery storage, having sold a cumulative 1 GW (gigawatt) of Sunny Central Storage invert...

December 21, 2020
News michigan on a map
Michigan PSC doubles rooftop solar cap, but cuts payback rate

The Michigan Public Service Commission issued its Order in the Consumers Energy rate case last week, and the result is fairly disappointing ...

December 21, 2020
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Q Cells’ acquisition of Geli is complete

Q CELLS completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based energy storage solutions company Growing Energy Labs, Inc. (Geli). The two companie...

December 21, 2020
News solar contractor homeowner agree
LevelTen’s Re-Store Energy Agreement gives corporations easier access to energy...

LevelTen Energy introduced a new type of financial contract to give corporations and Load-Serving Entities easier access to the economic and...

December 17, 2020
Financing capital dynamics
NIPSCO, Capital Dynamics sign PPA for 280-MW of Gibson Solar...

Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with the Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI)...

December 16, 2020
News local solar planning
New DER planning model shows why local solar-for-all costs less

The grid of the not-so-distant future will be clean, distributed and co-optimized. What that means is that generation and other resources on...

December 16, 2020