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May 26, 2020
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News CLEARWAY group community solar project
From Big Ten to Big Sun? University of Northwestern signs up for 11-MW of community solar
May 26, 2020
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Alliant Energy plans to add over half a gigawatt of solar in rural Wisconsin
May 26, 2020
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DNV GL explains 12 ways behind-the-meter solar + storage provides value in new report
May 26, 2020
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Pennsylvania’s largest municipal electric utility signs solar PPA with Sun Tribe
May 26, 2020
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Alencon Systems debuts simplified DC to DC power conversion units...

The DC:DC power conversion innovators at Alencon Systems LLC have unveiled their latest creations this week: the BOSS BOX and the SPOT ...

May 21, 2020
News Trina solar 500 watt
Trina Solar explains how its Vertex module could push to...

Trina Solar Co. continues to hype the power and possibilities of its 500+ Watt Vertex solar modules in a new white paper. The big claim in t...

May 21, 2020
News Holgate Inovateus Solar
Six Ohio school districts are going solar with no upfront...

Inovateus Solar, a Midwest solar developer, and En-Trust, an energy service and finance company for K-12 education, are collaborating on a p...

May 21, 2020
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Amazon announces next round of solar projects (three in the...

Amazon announced five new renewable energy projects in China, Australia and the U.S. as part of its quest to reach 80% renewable energy by 2...

May 21, 2020
News madison gas and electric
Madison Gas and Electric files to build a 20-MW solar...

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for approval of a 20-megawatt (MW...

May 20, 2020
News grid modernization
Smarter Grid Solutions explains how it can double the capacity...

Clean energy software firm Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) says it has developed five methods that could double the capacity available for sola...

May 20, 2020
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Peck Company Holdings adds 50 MW to its Maine solar...

Vermont-based EPC The Peck Company Holdings expanded its pipeline of solar project portfolios in Maine for up to 50 MWs capacity from a lead...

May 20, 2020
News Virginia sun
State of Virginia has a plan to make solar more...

In the battle to grow solar energy adoption, the SolSmart program is on the frontlines, focusing on local-level inefficiencies. Municip...

May 20, 2020
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ARCHIVED WEBINAR: C&I solar demo — How to Utilize the...

The commercial and industrial (C&I) space is one of the most challenging environments for solar installations, however it can also be th...

May 19, 2020
Financing financing options
SolRiver Capital, AVANA team up on financing for six solar...

  SolRiver Capital LLC, a solar investment fund that acquires and owns distributed generation and utility scale projects, closed on $30...

May 19, 2020
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New Mexico’s Kit Carson Electric Cooperative brings 3-MW solar plant...

  Northern New Mexico’s Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) is on a mission to achieve 100 percent daytime solar energy, bring...

May 19, 2020
News microdrones
Microdrones as a service? Professional drone LiDAR and surveying more...

Microdrones launched mdaaS (Microdrones as a Service) to make its survey equipment and solutions accessible to a broader market of surveyors...

May 19, 2020
News Toledo Solar CdTePV
Toledo Solar opens first U.S.-based cadmium telluride solar PV panel...

  Leading a $30 million initiative, The Atlas Venture Group has formed a new company that manufactures cadmium telluride photovoltaic (...

May 19, 2020
Financing tax equity financing
New Columbia Solar closes huge tax equity deal to finance...

New Columbia Solar, a Washington, D.C., independent power producer, closed a $40 million tax equity partnership with Franklin Park Infrastru...

May 18, 2020
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Quinbrook launches new solar development arm, Primergy Solar

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investor in renewable energy infrastructure, launched Primergy Solar this week, a new portfo...

May 18, 2020