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solarwakeup tracking Most residential solar installers expect pre-COVID sales to return by August
Chris Crowell
June 1, 2020
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News electricity prices
Sense explains how COVID has changed home energy usage
June 1, 2020
News sunmofoNanoMount - Rafter
Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide 2020: The How-To Edition
June 1, 2020
News Treasury dept
FYI: Solar Investment Tax Credit safe harbor provision extended to Oct. 15
May 28, 2020
News SDSI and iPLON
Solar Data Systems brings iPLON India’s utility-scale PV monitoring tech to the United States
May 28, 2020
Products Terra Pave Albedo solar tracker farm
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
News QuadPod long span solar carports construction photo Washington DC
New Columbia Solar maximizes kW density of this solar carport...

New Columbia Solar and Quest Renewables completed a 241.2-kW solar system in Northeast D.C.’s Ward 5. The solar carport system was con...

May 26, 2020
News CLEARWAY group community solar project
From Big Ten to Big Sun? University of Northwestern signs...

The University of Northwestern just made a long-term commitment to support the development and construction of 16 community solar projects i...

May 26, 2020
News Wisconsin map
Alliant Energy plans to add over half a gigawatt of...

Alliant Energy plans to acquire and build a whopping 675 MW of solar in mostly rural areas in six Wisconsin counties: Grant, Jefferson, Rich...

May 26, 2020
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DNV GL explains 12 ways behind-the-meter solar + storage provides...

Distributed solar and storage is an important part of the energy transition, as well as a popular option for customers to lower utility bill...

May 26, 2020
News Solar Project by Sun Tribe
Pennsylvania’s largest municipal electric utility signs solar PPA with Sun...

The Borough of Chambersburg in Pennsylvania, home to the largest municipal electric utility in the state, agreed to a public-private partner...

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