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jinko-solar-logo JinkoSolar launches 580-Watt solar PV panel, the Tiger Pro series
Chris Crowell
May 18, 2020
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News Sunport Power
Sunport Power’s next-gen solar PV modules hit 375 Watts
May 18, 2020
News North Carolina
How North Carolina’s solar industry has weathered the pandemic better than other states (for now)
May 18, 2020
Projects National EPC CS Energy Completes Largest Solar Installation in NJ for Dept of Navy
CS Energy completes New Jersey’s largest solar project at Naval Weapons Station Earle
May 18, 2020
News solar job loss
COVID-19 crisis: Solar now losing jobs faster than the U.S. economy (nearing 2014 employment levels)
May 18, 2020
Projects Hannah Solar
HSGS builds solar canopies at Biloxi VA Medical Center

Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) has recently completed the construction of several solar energy systems for the Department of Vetera...

May 15, 2020
Inverters and eBOS Ginlong Solis 2nd Factory in Ningbo, China with 20GW production capacity
Ginlong Solis is expanding, plans to raise $100M to double...

Ginlong Technologies has plans to raise over $100 million USD through a non-public offering to finance the expansion of its manufacturing ca...

May 15, 2020
News Spruce finance-001
Spruce Finance is growing fast, gobbles up Clearway Energy’s entire...

Spruce Finance, the largest private owner and operator of distributed generation solar residential assets in the U.S., has bought Clearway E...

May 15, 2020
News EnerBank
EnerBank USA streamlines its home improvement financing via Leap partnership

EnerBank USA announced strategic partnership this week with point-of-sale application Leap. Solar and home improvement contractors using Lea...

May 14, 2020
News solar insurance production guarantee
Cal Flats solar PV project insures its production with kWh...

Solar risk management firm kWh Analytics structured a Solar Revenue Put as part of the refinancing of the 173-MWdc Cal Flats 130 PV facility...

May 14, 2020
News Solaria logo
Solaria adds two big names to its executive team

Solaria Corp., global provider of premium solar energy products, announced the appointment of Tony Alvarez, a veteran of the semiconductor a...

May 14, 2020
News Pivot Energy
Pivot Energy finishes 431-kW solar carport at Colorado’s Intermountain Rural...

National commercial and community solar provider, Pivot Energy, announced today it has completed a 431 kilowatt (kW) solar carport installat...

May 13, 2020
News down arrow job losses
Attention: The United States will lose 850,000 clean energy jobs...

Brace yourself. After crunching the latest unemployment data, E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), the American Council on Renewable Energy (AC...

May 13, 2020
Financing business elbow bump
Excelsior Energy Capital continues to build its Minnesota solar portfolio...

North American renewable energy investor Excelsior Energy Capital acquired five more Minnesota ground-mount solar projects from development ...

May 13, 2020
News grid resilience covid 19
Improving grid resilience in the face of climate change, natural...

At the start of 2020, climate change, natural disasters and public policy were the biggest concerns when it came to grid resilience. Fast fo...

May 13, 2020
Inverters and eBOS sunspec alliance laboratories
Rejoice for choice: 12 companies now in the SunSpec Rapid...

Product choice has been an issue with rapid shutdown requirements since the NEC 2017 update, but that tide is starting to turn. Six addition...

May 13, 2020
+ Storage venutra energy storage
Strata Solar goes with Tesla’s Megapack for this 100-MW energy...

Renewable energy developer Strata Solar sent an update on its landmark Ventura Energy Storage (VES) project — a 100-MW, 400-MWh batter...

May 13, 2020
News approval stamp
$1 billion solar, battery storage project in Nevada gets federal...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) have issued the final Record of Decision for a $1.1 billio...

May 13, 2020
Mounting Guide GAF Energy
GAF Energy adds Flex option to give roofers more solar...

GAF Energy wants to own the roof-integrated solar product category in North America (solar systems installed by roofing contractors), a...

May 12, 2020
+ Storage Span Smart Panel Installation-001
Span raises $10.2 million in quest to reinvent the home...

While homes today are plugging in an assortment of connected devices, appliances, electronics and energy upgrades such as solar panels, batt...

May 12, 2020