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Danville-Virgina-solar-project-installed-with-Solar-FlexRack-TDP-2-Trackers-1 Solar tracker trend in 2020? More projects in the Northeast says Solar FlexRack
Chris Crowell
October 28, 2020
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News Danville, Virginia utility-scale solar project
CS Energy and Danville Utilities launch 14 MW solar project in Virginia
October 28, 2020
News AEP
AEP Energy to purchase of output from 50-MW Columbus Solar Park landfill project
October 27, 2020
News Stony Point Campus (1) - Santa Rosa, CA
Energy-Producing Retail Realty finishes Solar Pilot program with Basin Street Properties
October 27, 2020
News solar module buyers guide
Solar PV Module Buyer’s Guide 2021
October 27, 2020
News home energy rise
Nearly 40 percent of homeowners are interested in storage, generator...

Sunrun Inc. released a study that found COVID-19 has increased energy consumption for the majority of homeowners, causing unique challenges ...

October 27, 2020
News Maine
Borrego expands Maine’s solar portfolio with eight new solar projects

Borrego Solar announced eight new projects in municipalities across Maine, continuing its leadership in Northeast U.S. distributed...

October 26, 2020
News Indiana state sign
NIPSCO to add 900-MW of solar PV in Indiana via...

Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., announced the addition of  900 MW of solar energy ...

October 26, 2020
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Alliant Energy adds solar-battery combo in Iowa next to Marshalltown...

More than 9,500 solar panels now generate clean energy at Alliant Energy’s new Marshalltown Solar Garden. This pilot project comb...

October 26, 2020
News Sense Flex add-on
Sense rolls out Flex sensors to track home energy hogs...

Sense rolled out cost-effective add-on Flex sensors for its Sense Home Energy Monitor. These Flex sensors connect to the auxiliary port on t...

October 26, 2020
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar is first solar module manufacturer to earn IEC...

Trina Solar received the world’s first IEC 62941:2019 certification for their photovoltaic module manufacturing quality system issued ...

October 26, 2020
News MachII_Machine_v2
Details on Roll-A-Rack, a portable roll-former to produce custom solar...

Roll-A-Rack, a faster, lower-cost, ballasted solar-racking solution, unveiled its first portable, roll-forming machine in at its virtual SPI...

October 26, 2020
News ratedpower
RatedPower automates engineering of substations for utility-scale solar in pvDesign

To connect a solar PV plant to distribution or transmission networks, it is necessary to step-up the voltage level from medium to high volta...

October 26, 2020
News Schneider InsightHome
Schneider Electric Solar adds home, large commercial smart edge energy...

Schneider Electric Solar announced InsightHome and InsightFacility last week, the newest additions to the company’s Insight Energy Man...

October 26, 2020
News BlockEnergy
Emera Technologies officially unveils BlockEnergy and first project with Lennar...

The day has arrived: Emera Technologies LLC officially launched its new utility-owned residential energy system BlockEnergy. Emera Technolog...

October 22, 2020
News blockenergy
The Pitch: The business case for BlockEnergy’s community microgrid approach

To conclude our exclusive look at BlockEnergy, just launched officially at North American Smart Energy Week, we examine the business case fo...

October 22, 2020
Batteries battery analysis
Overview of redox flow battery chemistries, market players

  Two weeks ago, we explored how redox flow batteries (RFB) stack up to lithium batteries. Today we dig more into the main RFB tec...

October 22, 2020
News request for offer
Eight California CCAs join up on huge long-duration storage request...

Eight Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) launched a joint Request for Offers (RFO) this week to procure up to 500 megawatts (MWs) of long- ...

October 21, 2020
Financing PPA price rise
Solar PPA prices rise for second straight quarter in LevelTen...

The Q3 2020 PPA Price Index for North America from LevelTen Energy shows PPA prices rising for both wind and solar projects. After...

October 21, 2020
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Lightsource BP, McCarthy start construction on 300-MW Bighorn Solar Project...

Lightsource BP has secured a funding package of $285 million for its 300 MW Bighorn Solar Project, and as of October 1, project construction...

October 21, 2020