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Solar Flex Rack Fourteen Primergy Solar projects serving schools in Illinois will use Solar FlexRack trackers
Chris Crowell
July 15, 2020
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News OpenSolar 3D capture
OpenSolar launches beta of 3D design tool (check it out)
July 14, 2020
News Panasonic solar solutions
AC/DC Solar, Orange County Solar among seven installers added to Panasonic’s Premium Tier
July 14, 2020
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CIT leads financing on 112-MW North Carolina solar project
July 14, 2020
News solar worker success
PSE grants fund five low-income solar projects in Washington State via Western Solar
July 14, 2020
News sunport bipv module update
Sunport’s S6 flexible solar module with Metal Wrap Through aims...

Sunport Power says it has optimized its S6 flexible module product in a way that could grow the BIPV market. After launching in 2018 and lat...

July 13, 2020
News longroad solar project
Alabama’s largest solar project sold to Ørsted via Longroad Energy

Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, closed the financing and sale of the Muscle Shoals Solar project, a 294 MW project l...

July 13, 2020
News RPCS project
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems adding solar, storage systems...

Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based utility ...

July 13, 2020
News pyranometer
Why calibrate a pyranometer? And how often? Kipp & Zonen...

Why should you recalibrate a pyranometer? Well, like all measuring devices the calibration can drift with time in operation, according to th...

July 13, 2020
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Rensselaer Lab has a new approach for testing smart inverter...

The state of New York has plans to hit a 100 percent clean electric grid by 2040, with the larger goal of eventual economy-wide carbon-neutr...

July 10, 2020
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Product partners: Unirac acquires Ecolibrium Solar

Unirac sent word that it has completed the acquisition of Ecolibrium Solar, a solar racking manufacturer headquartered in Athens, Ohio. The ...

July 10, 2020
News CALSSA
CALSSA launches Virtual Product Expo Series

The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) unveiled a new series of virtual events entitled, CALSSA’s Product Expo Series...

July 10, 2020
News aptos DNA_ProductLine
Aptos Solar Technology PV panels added to Loanpal’s Approved Vendor...

The complete line of high-performance solar panels from Aptos Solar Technology has been added to Loanpal’s approved vendor list. ...

July 8, 2020
News energy toolbase
Delta energy storage products now available in Energy Toolbase

Energy Toolbase, a software platform providing solar + storage modeling, energy storage system control, and asset monitoring products, has i...

July 8, 2020
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PowerOptions expands Solect Energy partnership with on-site solar + storage...

PowerOptions, the largest energy-buying consortium in New England, expanded its relationship with Solect Energy to offer large scale solar a...

July 8, 2020
News solar energy PPA handshake
Distributed Solar Development adds community solar portfolio via Oak Leaf...

Distributed Solar Development has acquired a four-project, 7.9 MW community solar portfolio from Oak Leaf Energy Partners. Located in Arapah...

July 8, 2020
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Bank of America blows out its solar energy commitment with...

Bank of America signed 10 agreements to purchase solar electricity for its operations in three states, including North Carolina, home to the...

July 8, 2020
News covid solar closures
Is COVID-19 solar’s greatest challenge? Long Island’s solar pioneer puts...

Pivot. Reimagine yourself. Adjust. Plan B. Words and phrases such as these are all too familiar to those of us in the ever-changing solar in...

July 8, 2020
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Renewvia launches solar O&M division, partners with SteelFab

Renewvia Energy Corp., a global solar developer, launched a U.S. Operations & Maintenance Division this week to provide customized maint...

July 8, 2020
News Holstein 8minute energy
8minute Solar Energy has its sights on Texas, brings first...

Commercial operation has begun at the 280-megawatt Holstein solar project in Nolan County, Texas, say project leads 8minute Solar Energy and...

July 8, 2020