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National renewable energy laboratory NREL NREL research examines strategies for recycling solar panels
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July 16, 2020
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News shovel ready utility scale solar
GlobalData: Utility-scale solar pipeline could still see COVID-related issues in 2020
July 16, 2020
News PVCAD Mega-PVSyst Integration Layout
This PVSyst integration with PVCAD Mega is a huge upgrade for utility-scale solar site layouts
July 15, 2020
+ Storage hands in group
New group led by IREC aims to simplify energy storage interconnection
July 15, 2020
News solar government local permitting cutting red tape
North Central Texas Council of Governments earns SolSmart designation for easing access to solar
July 15, 2020
News SunSpec-RSD-Rooftop
How standardized solutions for rapid shutdown mitigate supply chain issues

Between COVID-19 and escalating trade tensions, especially between the U.S. and China, the global supply chain is experiencing a period of u...

July 15, 2020
News McKinstry
Denver Public Schools signs energy performance contract that includes 14...

McKinstry and Denver Public Schools, in consultation with the Colorado Energy Office, have embarked on an Energy Performance Contract (EPC) ...

July 15, 2020
News Solar Flex Rack
Fourteen Primergy Solar projects serving schools in Illinois will use...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, supplied...

July 15, 2020
News OpenSolar 3D capture
OpenSolar launches beta of 3D design tool (check it out)

OpenSolar, the innovative free software platform digitizing the solar industry we featured on The Pitch (above), launched the hotly anticipa...

July 14, 2020
News Panasonic solar solutions
AC/DC Solar, Orange County Solar among seven installers added to...

Seven more solar installers have entered the Premium Tier of Panasonic’s Residential Solar Installer Program. We covered the perks and...

July 14, 2020
News CITgrouplogo
CIT leads financing on 112-MW North Carolina solar project

CIT Group Inc. announced that its Power and Energy business served as lead arranger on a $118.5 million financing for the utility-scale Hart...

July 14, 2020
News solar worker success
PSE grants fund five low-income solar projects in Washington State...

During the summer and fall of 2020, Western Solar will be installing solar panels for five low income and transitional housing organizations...

July 14, 2020
News sunport bipv module update
Sunport’s S6 flexible solar module with Metal Wrap Through aims...

Sunport Power says it has optimized its S6 flexible module product in a way that could grow the BIPV market. After launching in 2018 and lat...

July 13, 2020
News longroad solar project
Alabama’s largest solar project sold to Ørsted via Longroad Energy

Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, closed the financing and sale of the Muscle Shoals Solar project, a 294 MW project l...

July 13, 2020
News RPCS project
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems adding solar, storage systems...

Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based utility ...

July 13, 2020
News pyranometer
Why calibrate a pyranometer? And how often? Kipp & Zonen...

Why should you recalibrate a pyranometer? Well, like all measuring devices the calibration can drift with time in operation, according to th...

July 13, 2020
Featured Rensselaer Lab
Rensselaer Lab has a new approach for testing smart inverter...

The state of New York has plans to hit a 100 percent clean electric grid by 2040, with the larger goal of eventual economy-wide carbon-neutr...

July 10, 2020
News business elbow bump
Product partners: Unirac acquires Ecolibrium Solar

Unirac sent word that it has completed the acquisition of Ecolibrium Solar, a solar racking manufacturer headquartered in Athens, Ohio. The ...

July 10, 2020
News CALSSA
CALSSA launches Virtual Product Expo Series

The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) unveiled a new series of virtual events entitled, CALSSA’s Product Expo Series...

July 10, 2020
News aptos DNA_ProductLine
Aptos Solar Technology PV panels added to Loanpal’s Approved Vendor...

The complete line of high-performance solar panels from Aptos Solar Technology has been added to Loanpal’s approved vendor list. ...

July 8, 2020