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Chris Crowell
March 9, 2020
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FYI: You may be eligible to replace BP Solar panels, inverters installed from 1999 to 2007
March 9, 2020
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Huawei: 10 predictions for smart solar PV trends by 2025
March 9, 2020
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JinkoSolar has a new 400 Wp solar module coming just for the residential solar market
March 9, 2020
News residential rooftop report (2)
Residential Rooftop Report: A focus on new home solar business for solar installers
March 9, 2020
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Smart bolts to prevent over-torque are poised to expand in...

Smart bolts are tension indicating threaded fasteners that are used to bind two or more unthreaded structures. Improper amount of torque app...

March 9, 2020
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Grasshopper Solar adds 278-MW solar project portfolio in Pennsylvania from...

Grasshopper Solar, a global developer and asset owner headquartered in Canada, acquired a 278 MWdc portfolio of solar projects in Pennsylvan...

March 9, 2020
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A Breath of Free Air: Let’s talk about above-grade cable...

Solar is the new “cash crop” for landowners who have had land for agricultural uses for generations, but now cannot yield tradit...

March 6, 2020
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Solar advocates in Iowa may have reached a net metering...

A proposal in Iowa, which still needs to pass in the legislature, would preserve net metering and let utilities recoup costs faster. After y...

March 5, 2020
News CS Energy commendation
CS Energy earns Safety Commendation from McGuire Air Force Base

CS Energy LLC, an integrated energy firm that designs and builds projects in solar, storage and emerging energy industries, received a comme...

March 5, 2020
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Low-income solar provider PosiGen poised to keep growing with new...

PosiGen, a residential solar and energy efficiency provider for low-to-moderate income families (LMI), nailed down a new debt facility that,...

March 5, 2020
News GAF Energy
Florida’s High Tower Roofing to start installing roof-integrated GAF Energy...

Lakeland, Florida’s High Tower Roofing became the first roofing company in its area to offer roof-integrated solar from GAF Energy for...

March 5, 2020
News Florida
Sunshine statement: Florida Public Service Commission paves way for landmark...

The Florida PSC has approved of Florida Power & Light‘s (FPL’s) new customer-driven solar energy program and tariff, which m...

March 4, 2020
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Utilities need to play a bigger role incentivizing solar energy...

Renewable energy is widely considered to be an expensive, out-of-reach alternative for the average consumer. Solar power, in particular, has...

March 4, 2020
News ShopCore and Safari Energy
Safari Energy strikes deal with ShopCore Properties (and its 20...

Commercial solar developer Safari Energy announced a new partnership to develop several commercial solar projects for ShopCore Properties, a...

March 4, 2020
News OutBack Power Skybox
Solar+storage upgrade: OutBack Power releases AC coupling firmware update for...

Faced with extreme weather events and unexpected and planned power outages, flexible energy storage solutions provide solar array owners wit...

March 4, 2020
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Soltage raises debt facility for 110-MW, six-state solar portfolio via...

Independent power producer Soltage raised a $142 million senior construction-to-term credit facility with Fifth Third Bank, National Associa...

March 3, 2020
News SDC Energy Commercial Project - CA
SDC Energy launches cool investment fund to build commercial PV...

SDC Energy, a bespoke investment firm specializing in renewable investments, launched the SDSF Solar Fund IV for private investors, family o...

March 3, 2020
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Phoenix Contact’s EMpro provides real-time, remote access to solar plant...

Plant operators and facility managers now have real-time, remote access to their machines’ energy consumption data, with Phoenix Conta...

March 3, 2020
News solar installer survey
Solar installer confidence continues to grow (along with soft costs)...

The fifth annual Solar Installer Survey from EnergySage, in partnership with the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners...

March 3, 2020