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OutBack Power Skybox Solar+storage upgrade: OutBack Power releases AC coupling firmware update for Skybox inverter
Chris Crowell
March 4, 2020
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News SOLTAGE- Logo
Soltage raises debt facility for 110-MW, six-state solar portfolio via Fifth Third Bank
March 3, 2020
News SDC Energy Commercial Project - CA
SDC Energy launches cool investment fund to build commercial PV systems that benefit non-profits
March 3, 2020
O&M EMpro phoenix contact
Phoenix Contact’s EMpro provides real-time, remote access to solar plant energy consumption data
March 3, 2020
News solar installer survey
Solar installer confidence continues to grow (along with soft costs) in latest Solar Installer Survey
March 3, 2020
Inverters and eBOS solar builder inverter buyers guide
Solar PV Inverter Buyer’s Guide 2020: 14 manufacturers tell us...

The Solar Builder annual Solar PV Inverter Buyer’s Guide is a chance to check in with all of the inverter manufacturers – from t...

March 3, 2020
News sense-monitor-2
Sense Home Energy Monitor adds partner program for rural cooperatives

At the TechAdvantage conference this week, Sense is debuting its partner program for rural cooperatives. Through the program, cooperatives c...

March 2, 2020
News Bartlett Farm solar project
Dynamic Energy finishes phase 2 in Bartlett’s Farm solar site...

Bartlett’s Farm is widely known as the oldest and largest family-owned farm on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Seven generations of...

March 2, 2020
Solar Trackers RPCS Array Technologies
Install Insights: RPCS explains why it prefers Array Technologies’ trackers

For another perspective on the ins and outs of Array Technologies’ technology, we reached out to RP Construction Services (RPCS), a tu...

March 2, 2020
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McCarthy Building Companies begins construction on Turquoise Solar project in...

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. recently began construction on a large-scale solar project in Sparks, Nev. The Turquoise Solar project enco...

March 2, 2020
News Todays Power
RPCS strengthens partnership with Today’s Power, Inc. with 2020 pipeline

RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) has strengthened its partnership with electric cooperative subsidiary Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI) ...

February 28, 2020
News Panasonic solar solutions
Panasonic launches new Elite Tier in its Residential Solar Installer...

Panasonic added an Elite tier to its Residential Solar Installer Program to recognize and reward standout installers with best-in-class bene...

February 28, 2020
News solar energy growth
Solar energy growing faster than all renewables in latest U.S....

Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.2% of net domestic electrical generation duri...

February 28, 2020
News Connecticut Superior Court
Connecticut solar installers are in legal fight over property tax...

This article was originally published on Energy News Network. Court cases dispute the definition of “private residential use” fo...

February 28, 2020
News Screenshot Deepsolar
Chatting about improving PV plant performance with BayWa-backed Raycatch

Last May, we reported on a cool new AI-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, DeepSolar, a diagnostic system that enables la...

February 27, 2020
News Freedom Solar
Texas’ Freedom Solar talks about its most successful year yet...

Austin, Texas-based Freedom Solar just had its most successful year since its founding in 2007, due largely to the increasing number of home...

February 26, 2020
News Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Skyline Aerial
City of Charlotte uses Duke Energy’s GSA program to negotiate...

The Charlotte City Council voted Monday evening to participate in the Duke Energy Green Source Advantage (GSA) Program, which allows large e...

February 26, 2020
News United Renewable Energy - Solar Panels
United Renewable Energy LLC builds 3-MW solar PV project for...

A 3 MW solar PV project has been completed and commercialized by United Renewable Energy at Kimberly-Clark’s facility in LaGrange, Ga....

February 26, 2020
Policy Richmond solar lobby CCAN Sierra MOF Ipsun
Local solar lobbying: Ipsun Solar explains its efforts to change...

As 2020 dawned, it was do or die for solar in Virginia. Our company (Ipsun Solar) took action, and the benefits have been surprising. 2020 h...

February 26, 2020
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Sunnova Energy sees 30 percent increase in customer base in...

Sunnova Energy‘s financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 show a customer base increase of 30 percent and an increa...

February 26, 2020