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evergrid Maxout Renewables’ Evergrid a DOE prize winner for keeping solar power up when grid goes down
Chris Crowell
December 7, 2020
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News greenbacker pollinator friendly
Encore Renewable, Greenbacker working on 14 pollinator-friendly solar projects in Northeast
December 7, 2020
News PDGrade_PR
Carlson Machine Control’s PDGrade now optimized for solar industry
December 7, 2020
Financing Mosaic Swiftlink
How Mosaic sped credit approval, dropped solar loan payments under $100 a month
December 7, 2020
News FIMER and fire raptor
IMO FireRaptor receives UL PVRSS listing with FIMER solar inverters
December 7, 2020
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Tigo Energy now UL certified to handle rapid shutdown with...

Tigo Energy received UL PVRSS (Photovoltaic Rapid Shutdown System) certifications for approximately 30 inverter models, bringing its certifi...

December 7, 2020
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At a glance: Ideematec Horizon L:Tec solar tracker (debuts in...

In case you missed it in the fog of virtual SPI this year, Ideematec solar trackers are making their official debut in the United States in ...

December 7, 2020
News solar company acquisition
Distributed Solar Development buys 17 MW community solar portfolio in...

Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has acquired a three-project, 17-MW community solar portfolio from Source Renewables, a New York State d...

December 4, 2020
News Welcome to Illinois Sign
Illinois Commission sides with solar in Ameren’s attempt to skirt...

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 4-1 on Wednesday to reject Ameren Illinois’ proposed calculation of the number of solar n...

December 4, 2020
News Peachtree Corners solar roadway
The United States gets its first solar roadway, located in...

Georgia’s Peachtree Corners is pitching itself as the nation’s “first smart city environment powered by real-world infrast...

December 3, 2020
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Array Technologies set to supply RP Construction Services with 1...

Array Technologies has entered into an agreement to supply 1 gigawatt of DuraTrack HZ v3 single-axis solar trackers to RP Construction Servi...

December 3, 2020
News virginia dominion solar
Savion sells 75 MW of Wythe County Solar Project in...

Savion and Dominion Energy Virginia have signed a power purchase agreement to receive 75 megawatts of renewable solar power with Wythe Count...

December 3, 2020
News TRIO_Power
New from Phoenix Contact: TRIO DC/DC converter

The Phoenix Contact TRIO DC/DC converter connects directly to solar arrays. It converts high-voltage DC from PV strings to 24 V DC, eliminat...

December 3, 2020
News cypress creek renewables
Cypress Creek Renewables sells two Massachusetts community solar projects to...

Cypress Creek Renewables completed the sale of two Massachusetts community solar projects totaling 6.35 MW to CarVal Investors. The projects...

December 2, 2020
Financing solareit
SolaREIT launches with unique solar power compensation deals for landowners

A solar real estate investment fund, SolaREIT, is officially launching with the closing of their first tranche of capital and looks to ...

December 2, 2020
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Unprecedented energy storage growth predicted in Wood Mac’s Q3 U.S....

According to Wood Mackenzie and the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) latest ’US Energy Storage Monitor’ repor...

December 2, 2020
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Sol Systems debuts new ‘Profit Share’ option for SREC customers

Sol Systems launched an innovative new renewable energy market product, Sol Profit Share, that dedicates at least 5 percent of the net profi...

December 2, 2020
News ameresco
Ameresco completes solar installation on Foothill Landfill in San Joaquin...

Ameresco completed construction on a 5.3-MW direct current ground-mount solar energy system at San Joaquin County, California’s F...

December 2, 2020
News Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar Energy closes financing with Credit Suisse for 14...

Nautilus Solar Energy has closed a $95 million tax equity financing commitment with an affiliate of Credit Suisse. The facility will provide...

December 1, 2020
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Twelve Kansas Electric Cooperatives partner on Kansas Cooperative Sun Power...

Using the sixth cooperative principle of cooperation among cooperatives, 12 cooperatives in Kansas are joining together to make a small inve...

December 1, 2020