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November 19, 2020
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High school student gets solar industry partners to donate full PV system to a New Jersey food pantry
November 18, 2020
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Hecate Energy procures 4-MW of new Horizon L:Tec trackers from Ideematec
November 18, 2020
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Solar Support adds new turnkey services for inverter, power electronic maintenance
November 18, 2020
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Nucor Corp. signs steel industry’s largest solar PPA with EDF Renewables North America
November 18, 2020
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GP Joule completes first merchant solar project in Alberta Canada

GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, has completed construction of the 25.43-MW Innisfail Solar project in Red Deer Co...

November 18, 2020
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BayWa r.e.’s largest U.S. solar plant to power six big-brand...

BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC will commemorate the 133.6-MW Fern Solar project in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Fern is the la...

November 18, 2020
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Solar Builder names Editor’s Choice Award winners for 2020

After the Solar Builder readers cast their votes to choose our annual Project of the Year winners, Solar Builder’s editor ge...

November 18, 2020
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Spruce Finance buys two more residential solar portfolios, including NRG’s

Spruce Finance, the largest private owner and operator of distributed generation residential solar assets in the U.S., has acquired two new ...

November 17, 2020
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Nexamp recognized for customer acquisition strategy during pandemic by Northeast...

Nexamp, a clean energy innovator and leader in de-carbonization, has been named by the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) as winner of t...

November 17, 2020
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Arizona approves 100 percent carbon-free goal, distributed storage standard

The Arizona Corporation Commissioners voted last week to require utilities to be 100% carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way....

November 17, 2020
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Cypress Creek, Cubico solar project, Wagyu, turns on in Brazoria...

The 162-MW Wagyu solar PV project in Brazoria County, Texas, is now delivering power to the grid. Located near Houston, the project is owned...

November 17, 2020
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OutBack Power partners with Ray Lewis’s Power52 Foundation to advance...

POWER52 is a Baltimore-based non-profit that provides career training and job placement opportunities in the renewable energy sector, bringi...

November 17, 2020
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Alencon Systems debuts new customer portal, support department

Alencon Systems expanded its customer support department along with the launch of the new Alencon Customer Portal (pictured). Alencon has ex...

November 16, 2020
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Good stuff: Sun Badger Solar to donate $250 to Habitat...

Sun Badger Solar is Habitat for Humanity’s newest national partner, and to commemorate the inaugural partnership, the solar power...

November 16, 2020
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SMA America launches PV Pioneers contest for early adopters to...

This year marks the 20th Anniversary for SMA America. German-based SMA Solar Technology has been in business since 1981, expanding into the ...

November 16, 2020
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Q CELLS patent validated again by China’s Patent Office

  Hanwha Q CELLS once again recognized for its technology, receiving a patent validity judgment in the “patent invalidation trial...

November 16, 2020
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EnerVenue’s metal-hydrogen batteries vs. lithium-ion in standalone large-scale energy storage

A safer, zero maintenance and lower cost alternative to lithium-ion batteries is a sought-after storage dream, but startup EnerVenue says it...

November 16, 2020
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STAG Industrial starts on Illinois, Massachusetts community solar projects

Real estate investment trust STAG Industrial broke ground on its first onsite solar installation in Illinois, and its fifth solar installati...

November 13, 2020
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Ameresco closes $30M solar loan facility with Fifth Third Bank

Ameresco Inc., an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, closed a construction loan facility for up to $30 million to finance solar...

November 13, 2020