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May 7, 2020
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Heads up: UtilityAPI now free for three months via OpenSolar (also free)
May 6, 2020
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Advantage Capital Solar Partners completes financing on two C&I solar projects (Colorado and Maryland)
May 6, 2020
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REC Solar completes microgrid install for Dependable Hawaiian Express freight company
May 6, 2020
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This Raycatch solar asset management system update is nicknamed the ‘Coronavirus Version’
May 6, 2020
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Illinois sparked a solar residential boom, but COVID-19 and stalled...

From the Energy News Network: Illinois’s solar industry, which until recently had been booming, could be decimated by the coronavirus ...

May 5, 2020
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SolRiver, Rockland team up to acquire solar projects in 2...

SolRiver Capital LLC, a solar investment fund that owns distributed-generation and utility-scale projects, closed an equity commitment from ...

May 5, 2020
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Fossil fuel developer jumps into massive solar project in Texas

Solar Plus Development, a subsidiary of Plus Renewable Technologies, Limited, and Avondale Solar LLC have entered into an agreement with J-P...

May 5, 2020
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SunPower signs $1 billion financing deal with Technology Credit Union

SunPower Corp. announced a whopping $1 billion partnership with Technology Credit Union (Tech CU) that will increase financing options for q...

May 5, 2020
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Spruce Finance closes huge debt financing deal for its residential...

Spruce Finance, a large private owner and operator of distributed generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., has closed a $...

May 4, 2020
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Ginlong Solis inverters now SunSpec-certified for rapid shutdown

Ginlong Technologies officially rolled out its portfolio of SunSpec-certified residential, hybrid and commercial inverters to the U.S. marke...

May 4, 2020
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Encore Renewable Energy approved to build a 5-MW solar project...

All permits required for Encore Renewable Energy to construct a 5-MW solar array on underutilized land in Oakland, Maine, have been approved...

May 4, 2020
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Direct Solar America’s decentralized, virtual sales connect solar installers with...

  Direct Solar America, a subsidiary of SinglePoint, is a solar concierge of sorts that partners with solar installers throughout the c...

May 4, 2020
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A key to solar’s growth in Arkansas? Supplier partnerships

Entegrity Energy Partners is a Little Rock, Ark.-based Energy Service Performance contractor with a rich history of working with public scho...

April 30, 2020
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Origis Energy to build an 80-MW solar PV project in...

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative and Origis Energy have agreed to a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a new 80 megawatt (MW) large-scale solar...

April 29, 2020
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Case study: Navigating solar supply chain disruption during a global...

The novel coronavirus has impacted virtually every aspect of our lives, including the fight against climate change. Solar developers have fa...

April 29, 2020
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Standard Solar’s newest Vermont solar project is part of state’s...

Standard Solar completed a 3.2-MW solar project in Wallingford, Vt. The project, owned and operated by Standard Solar, will provide clean en...

April 28, 2020
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Nexamp helping to source PPE for hospitals, donating to local...

Nexamp, a Boston-based clean energy company and owner/operator of community solar farms across the country, is launching two new philanthrop...

April 28, 2020
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How utility contracts are halting Virginia’s solar expansion in some...

From Energy News Network: By now, Denechia Edwards figured the rooftop of Ridgeview High School in southwest Virginia would be the highlight...

April 28, 2020
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Wisconsin park replaces old electrical line with solar + storage...

An Alliant Energy solar generation and battery storage project will provide power to a park building and cabin when they reopen later this y...

April 28, 2020