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Fronius 75 years From regional repair shop to global brand: Fronius celebrates 75 years in business
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June 25, 2020
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News AC module q cells
Q CELLS partners with Enphase on AC version of Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G6+ solar module
June 25, 2020
Featured Beverly Landfill Solar Project
Resolving Complexities in a Landfill Community Solar Project, part 2: Construction
June 25, 2020
Featured Beverly Landfill Community Solar
Resolving Complexities in a Landfill Community Solar Project, part 1: Development
June 25, 2020
News costs decline
Defying predictions yet again, solar PV system costs keep falling
June 24, 2020
News Standard Solar bus project
Ribbon cut on this massive solar canopy at a city...

Officials representing Valley Metro, Ariz., cut the official ribbon to celebrate the activation of 3,500 new solar panels. With this install...

June 24, 2020
News southeast united states
SACE solar report shows clear, widening divide among Southeastern states

The third annual Solar in the Southeast Report from Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) highlights solar data and trends throughout th...

June 24, 2020
News Solar Frontier Americas Name Change to Idemitsu Renewables
Solar Frontier Americas changes name to Idemitsu Renewables, nets financing...

Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), announced it is changing its name to Idemitsu Renewables. Idemitsu Renewables is the US-based renewable energ...

June 24, 2020
News RBI solar tracker screen shot
RBI Solar launches Sunflower II solar tracker with industry-leading grade...

RBI Solar (part of Gibraltar Industries) makes its living on steady fixed-tilt and carport solar projects. The company launched its own sing...

June 24, 2020
O&M solar operations and maintenance
Wood Mackenzie: Global solar project O&M spending will hit $9...

Solar power systems nearing inverter end of life currently account for 5% of the global PV market. This number will grow to 16% – or 2...

June 24, 2020
News CS Energy Installs Amesbury Solar+Storage Landfill Project
Largest landfill solar + storage project in Massachusetts completed by...

Integrated energy firm CS Energy completed a 4.5 MWdc solar project installed with a 3.8 MWh lithium-ion storage solution on a landfill...

June 23, 2020
News C2 Energy Capital and the City of St Paul bring solar energy to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory_062120
Minnesota’s Como Park Zoo goes solar thanks to C2 Energy,...

C2 Energy Capital LLC, a rapidly growing investor and developer in renewable energy and storage assets, worked closely with the City of St. ...

June 23, 2020
Inverters and eBOS Energy Hub solaredge
Meet Energy Hub, SolarEdge’s new approach to home energy backup

SolarEdge Technologies launched its new Energy Hub Inverter with Prism Technology this week, which combines its HD-Wave technology with the ...

June 23, 2020
News Trina Solar mega
TrinaSolar adds 500-Watt Vertex modules to TrinaPro system to create...

Trina Solar Co. announced the global launch of TrinaPro Mega last week, a smart PV solution that adds its ultra-high-power 500W Vertex modul...

June 22, 2020
News SMA service portal
SMA America launches new online service center with streamlined approach...

SMA America launched a new Online Service Center to elevate its service quality and expedite response times. Solar installers can now access...

June 22, 2020
News southern california
Big deal: Sunrun and SCE team up on virtual power...

Sunrun and Southern California Edison (SCE), the largest utility in Southern California and the country as a whole, are teaming up to launch...

June 22, 2020
News KB Home Sunpower
SunPower, KB Home debut OneRoof — a solar PV system...

KB Home will be the first homebuilder to offer SunPower’s new OneRoof product at its Ashbury new-home community in the San Francisco B...

June 22, 2020
News energyhub blog
Vivint Solar customers can now be a utility resource via...

EnergyHub has partnered with Vivint Solar to make their residential storage systems available as cost-effective grid-edge resources for...

June 22, 2020
News GuardianRetractableHLL
Pure Safety Group debuts new fall protection system — Guardian...

Pure Safety Group, a company dedicated exclusively to fall protection for workers at height, introduces the Guardian Retractable HLL (horizo...

June 22, 2020
News Citadel-roofing solar
Wildfire response: Citadel Roofing and Solar opens new office in...

Citadel Roofing & Solar has opened an office in Santa Rosa, Calif., in response to growing demand for its products from area homeowners ...

June 19, 2020