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January 21, 2021
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Freedom Forever stays with Sunrun as its solar and battery provider
January 21, 2021
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How 3D-enabled workflow is changing utility-scale solar construction
January 21, 2021
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CleanSpark, Solar Watt Solutions to build solar + storage microgrid at Orange County medical facility
January 20, 2021
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Alliant Energy donates $90,000 in community solar blocks to Habitat for Humanity
January 20, 2021
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Pine Gate Renewables closes financing on 12-project North Carolina solar...

Pine Gate Renewables has closed financing on a new 12-project fund of solar and solar plus storage sites in North Carolina. The projects in ...

January 20, 2021
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This co-located solar array serving two Arkansas school districts is...

Cedar Ridge Schools and Midland School District teamed up to improve their districts with a new solar facility. The array, a 1.36-MWdc singl...

January 20, 2021
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EDPR NA buys majority stake in C2’s small-scale solar portfolio

EDPR Renewables North America LLC acquired a majority interest in C2 Omega LLC, the distributed solar platform of C2 Energy Capital LLC. The...

January 20, 2021
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Why ‘Maine won’t wait’ on climate action and what the...

In 2019, Maine’s Governor Janet Mills addressed the United Nations, laying out a plan for the state to reach carbon neutrality by 2045...

January 20, 2021
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UX Solar, Namasté Solar start on four Denver-areas community solar...

UX Solar, a joint-venture partnership between Excelsior Energy Capital and Unico Solar Investors LLC, along with co-development partner Nama...

January 19, 2021
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Joliet Junior College adds solar array to power 22 percent...

Pivot Energy and Joliet Junior College in Illinois (JJC) have completed and activated the 1.3-megawatt onsite solar system at JJC’s Ma...

January 19, 2021
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Covid impact: Home electrical usage increased 9.3 percent through spring,...

Based on an analysis of anonymized energy data in more than 5,200 homes that have the Sense home energy monitor, Sense found that, since Cov...

January 19, 2021
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Lock that box: Hazard posed by switch disconnects in PV...

Update: This article has been updated to remove the claim that the PV line in would still be live if the switch was off.  While we&rsqu...

January 19, 2021
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ConnectDER patents easier-to-install, DER-focused smart meter

ConnectDER, a company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for inno...

January 19, 2021
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How carbon improves flooded lead-acid batteries in off-grid solar |...

On this edition of The Pitch, we look at how applying a carbon additive in traditional flooded lead-acid batteries significantly improves th...

January 19, 2021
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AutoGrid nets ARPA-E funding to scale its virtual power plant...

AutoGrid was awarded $2.25 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) t...

January 18, 2021
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BoxPower CEO on the growing microgrid market for small businesses

Made-to-order microgrids are a recognized energy solution for large industrial, government and agricultural facilities. New more agile syste...

January 18, 2021
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Swell Energy virtual power plant deal with Hawaiian Electric approved...

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Swell Energy‘s $25 million contract with Hawaiian Electric for the delivery...

January 18, 2021
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Boosts and boasts: The latest data on solar tracker +...

Improving the electricity yield in photovoltaic solar energy long has been a game of incremental additions of new technology. Over the ...

January 18, 2021
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Panasonic promotes 13 installers in Residential Solar Installer Program

As mentioned in our Guide to Partner Programs this month, solar installation contractors who join partner programs can build a stronger...

January 18, 2021