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salt lake city utah Students in Salt Lake City drive school district to 100 percent clean energy commitment
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June 15, 2020
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News IMEON smart inverter lights
Cool idea: IMEON solar inverters can control Phillips Hue LED smart lights
June 15, 2020
News nelnet logo
Nelnet now offers community solar subscription services
June 12, 2020
News committee brainstorm
National forum launches to solve solar + storage codes, permitting challenges
June 12, 2020
News first-solar-series-6-02
First Solar alumni form REPlantSolutions to provide plant controls, trunk bus products
June 12, 2020
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LG partners with OpenSolar to modernize solar installer sales and...

LG Business Solutions USA is now working with solar software provider OpenSolar to support LG solar installers migrating to digital processe...

June 11, 2020
News michigan
Geronimo Energy starts construction on two Michigan solar projects (40...

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, is starting construction activities for two Michigan solar projects expected to begin operati...

June 11, 2020
News Massachusetts solar
CCSA says Massachusetts clean energy regs will also cancel at...

The Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) released a comprehensive analysis revealing how new clean energy regulations in Massachusett...

June 11, 2020
News global solar supply questions
With COVID-19, what are the best countries today for sourcing...

I was talking with a friend in the solar industry last week. He asked, “Given the situation with the coronavirus, where in the world c...

June 11, 2020
News covid solar installations
U.S. Solar Market Insight: COVID cuts more than 3 GW...

The U.S. solar market installed 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q1 2020, according to the U.S. Solar Market In...

June 11, 2020
News pollinator friendly solar
Details on Perdue Farms’ commitment to pollinator-friendly solar plants

The pollinator population in the United States has suffered tremendous losses, including the honey bees which American farmers rely on to po...

June 10, 2020
Projects orange county school solar
This Virginia school district will be half-powered by solar thanks...

Orange County Public Schools has signed an agreement with Secure Futures Solar of Staunton to install and operate solar panels at eight faci...

June 10, 2020
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DNV GL forms consortium to figure out floating solar project...

DNV GL has launched a collaborative joint industry project (JIP) with 14 industry participants to develop the industry’s first recomme...

June 10, 2020
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SK E&S and SUSI Partners select Stem to manage energy...

Stem‘s artificial intelligence-driven energy storage software was selected to manage a portfolio of storage assets owned in partnershi...

June 10, 2020
News church sun
Faith-based organizations in Virginia can now go solar via PPAs

As non-profits around our region struggle to meet budgets due to the pandemic, a new piece of legislation brings a great solution to cut cos...

June 10, 2020
News Delta San Jose research
Delta funds university research for this micro PV power converter...

Delta is collaborating with Silicon Valley-based San Jose State University (SJSU) on a cool renewable energy research project. Through the S...

June 10, 2020
News nextracker new logo
Nextracker is rebranding and here’s why that matters

  You may have noticed Nextracker didn’t get the all caps NEXT treatment in the headline (no? just us copy editors?). It is part ...

June 9, 2020
News Residential Power Optimizers
New SolarEdge optimizers support higher wattage solar panels, more modules...

SolarEdge is expanding its power optimizer portfolio with options to reduce install time (doing more with fewer components) and accomodate h...

June 9, 2020
News Sense Solar
Sense’s solar installer partner program is gaining traction during the...

Sense Home Energy Monitoring is gaining traction among solar contractors. More than 150 new solar installers have joined Sense’s ...

June 9, 2020
eBOS Panasonic Evervolt DC System Rendering
Panasonic bolsters EverVolt battery system by pairing with Span’s Smart...

Panasonic today announced a new strategic alliance with smart panel innovator Span, maker of the Span Smart Panel. You may remembe...

June 9, 2020