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June 2, 2020
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8minute Solar Energy closes credit facility for its 18-GW solar, storage pipeline
June 1, 2020
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SunSpec: Smart inverter communication now a national standard, here’s what comes next
June 1, 2020
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Nearmap adds AI analysis to its high-definition aerial images
June 1, 2020
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SEIA: “Today we unequivocally say Black Lives Matter”
June 1, 2020
News GAF Energy
GAF Energy debuts virtual solar sales, design program for roofers

GAF Energy launched a robust program to help roofers virtually design and sell its roof-integrated solar solutions in North America. The new...

June 1, 2020
News PV Booster
This rooftop solar tracker could boost C&I project ROI by...

Solar trackers are taking over the ground-mount space and there are a few contenders emerging to do the same with commercial and industrial ...

June 1, 2020
News solarwakeup tracking
Most residential solar installers expect pre-COVID sales to return by...

SolarWakeup has circulated and compiled a survey of how companies in the residential solar industry are being impacted by the COVID-19 crisi...

June 1, 2020
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Sense explains how COVID has changed home energy usage

Based on an analysis of changes in home energy trends across the country since COVID-19, Sense found that the average home electrical usage ...

June 1, 2020
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Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide 2020: The How-To Edition

For this year’s Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide, we asked residential rooftop mounting and rail system providers ...

June 1, 2020
News Treasury dept
FYI: Solar Investment Tax Credit safe harbor provision extended to...

New guidance from the Treasury Department confirms that the safe harbor provisions for the solar Investment Tax Credit will be extended unti...

May 28, 2020
News SDSI and iPLON
Solar Data Systems brings iPLON India’s utility-scale PV monitoring tech...

Solar Data Systems Inc., an official provider of Solar-Log hardware-agnostic energy monitoring and management, has teamed up with iPLON Indi...

May 28, 2020
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Bifacial solar site enhancer Terra Pave Albedo is an American-Made...

Terra Pave Albedo, made available via Beckett Solar Energy, (something we reported on here), was named a finalist in the AMERICAN-...

May 28, 2020
News PVEL PV module reliability scorecard
Solar module quality concerns raised in PVEL’s annual PV Module...

The 6th Edition of the PV Module Reliability Scorecard from independent test lab PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) shows several concerning qual...

May 28, 2020
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This virtual power plant demo in Louisiana tests a cool,...

Heila Technologies is deploying intelligent energy storage+solar systems at a demonstration project in Shreveport, La., using SimpliPhi...

May 28, 2020
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How to deliver solar safely (and successfully) during COVID-19

In any scenario, the construction phase of a solar energy project brings with it a slew of logistical challenges and decision points for the...

May 28, 2020
News new york climate leadership
How COVID-19 is impacting New York’s ambitious distributed solar goals

Under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) passed in 2019, New York State set an ambitious goal to deploy 6 gigawatts...

May 27, 2020
News renewable energy versus coal
Solar, other renewables faring much better during COVID crisis than...

Each week brings dire news on the solar jobs picture, but solar and other renewable energy sources are still coming out much better than oth...

May 27, 2020
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C2 Energy Capital completes two community solar project in New...

C2 Energy Capital LLC, a rapidly growing renewable energy investor and developer, completed two community solar projects totaling 5.5 M...

May 27, 2020
News software update
Solar tracker site layout streamline: PVcase designs can now transfer...

Two software updates aligned this week to streamline your next solar tracker site layout: PVcase has released version 1.33, and PVsyst has d...

May 26, 2020