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solar permitting red tape IEEFA: Outdated Bureau of Land Management policies hinder solar development
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June 19, 2020
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Sonnen debuts ecoLinx 30 — a bigger, badder home energy storage system
June 19, 2020
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Power Factors to add Heliolytics aerial inspections into Drive platform
June 19, 2020
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Westhaven Solar becomes Westhaven Power — now a full service, customer-focused utility company
June 18, 2020
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DEPCOM, Power Factor, Solar Support team to protect utility solar plants
June 17, 2020
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RPCS to deliver over 85 MW of solar tracker projects...

RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) have partnered to build a number of solar tracker projec...

June 17, 2020
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sPower goes with SunLogix as warehouse partner for largest solar...

sPower selected SunLogix as the warehouse partner for the Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. sPower is a lea...

June 17, 2020
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8minute Solar Energy signs its first PPA with a California...

8minute Solar Energy executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Monterey Bay Community Power Authority (MBCP) and Silicon Valley Clean E...

June 17, 2020
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Community solar often blocked by utilities lobbying uninformed policymakers

From Energy News Network: Utility lobbying has blocked community solar expansion, but a recent study suggests it’s been effective in p...

June 17, 2020
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SunPower commercial dealers gain new financing option via Bank of...

SunPower Corp. closed a new program with Bank of the West which will provide SunPower Commercial dealers a new financing option as part of a...

June 17, 2020
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STAG Industrial adding four rooftop solar systems on East Coast...

Real estate investment trust STAG Industrial announced the groundbreaking of four new solar rooftop systems in Massachusetts and one in New ...

June 17, 2020
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World’s largest horseradish grower adds solar PV system in Northern...

Silver Spring Foods, the world’s largest grower and processor of horseradish, has made several business moves in the last three months...

June 17, 2020
News Lennar Homes - Sierra Ridge - Parker, CO
Roof assessment checklist for rack-mounted solar installs

The technology and techniques for mounting solar panels on roofs has been around for a surprisingly long time (as early as 1884). Thanks to ...

June 17, 2020
News Purdue hot electrons research
Researchers uncover way to study ‘hot electrons’ — a step...

Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy, but scientists ...

June 16, 2020
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Request for Qualifications for solar co-development partner issued in Virginia

The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a solar co-development partner for commercial-scal...

June 16, 2020
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Panasonic’s solar panel warranty now covers labor on entire PV...

Just as we posted our interview with Panasonic installers on the benefits of aligning with the powerful brand, Panasonic announced the expan...

June 16, 2020
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A Nebraska utility’s solar project plans suddenly clash with new...

From the Energy News Network: A Nebraska utility’s ambitious solar power plans have collided with a suburban county’s developmen...

June 16, 2020
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Four benefits of Panasonic’s Residential Solar Installer Program according to...

The pandemic this year has caused slower than usual residential solar sales but has also served as an opportunity to pause and evaluate busi...

June 16, 2020
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Directional wind effects on single-axis solar tracker stow strategies explored...

The solar industry continues to see impressive growth in all corners of the world. While that statement itself points to a positive trend &n...

June 15, 2020
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New laws open the door for solar in Southwest Virginia

The coal mining industry has been declining for decades in the far southwestern corner of Virginia, a trend made even worse of late due to t...

June 15, 2020