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expansion ECA Solar adds a VP of development to expand focus in New Jersey solar market
Chris Crowell
March 19, 2020
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GAF Energy adds Solaria high-efficiency panels to its roof-integrated solar system
March 19, 2020
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Resistance is not futile: Solaria PowerXT panels now classified as PID resistant
March 18, 2020
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Rapid Shutdown NEC 2017: There are more options than you think
March 18, 2020
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JinkoSolar is betting on higher demand for its solar modules in 2020 amid coronavirus scare
March 18, 2020
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Osaka Gas invests in solar developer and EPC SolAmerica Energy

Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA), a 100 percent subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., has agreed to invest in SolAmerica Energy, a U.S. distributed solar ...

March 17, 2020
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Tigo Energy completes transition from TSA-R to TS4-A platform with...

When one Tigo Energy update is announced (like this monitoring platform upgrade last week), there are always more to follow. Here’s to...

March 17, 2020
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Peak Protection: Right-size overcurrent protection to ensure equipment reliability

The use of solar string inverters impacts AC collection systems across commercial, industrial and utility-scale solar PV projects. If peak s...

March 17, 2020
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Clean energy leaders discuss a 100 percent clean energy future...

Just before the country fell under quarantine, national, state, and local decision makers and clean energy thought leaders were able to conv...

March 17, 2020
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Solar crushed 2019, making up 40 percent of all new...

Despite policy challenges and a second year of the Section 201 tariffs, the U.S. solar market grew by 23% from 2018, according to the U.S. S...

March 17, 2020
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Solar-Log, Kitu Systems collaborate on solar plant solutions to comply...

Solar-Log and Kitu Systems are collaborating to offer expert solar plant monitoring, control and communication solutions that meet the new C...

March 16, 2020
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Some good news: BayWa r.e. creates solar training scholarship fund...

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC is partnering with Solar Energy International (SEI) to create a scholarship fund, awarding over $10,0...

March 16, 2020
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How renewable energy generated more electricity than coal in the...

The unthinkable occurred in the U.S. last month: In the dead of winter, renewable energy (utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower) generate...

March 16, 2020
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Rapid Shutdown Rewind: Let’s re-examine the impact of NEC 2017...

The Solar+ Decade is starting off as the module-level power electronics (MLPE) decade. In its most recent U.S. PV Leaderboard, Wood Mackenzi...

March 16, 2020
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SunPower to aggregate residential customers in New England as a...

SunPower recently executed on its plan toward becoming an energy services provider when it was selected to deliver close to 11 MWdc of solar...

March 16, 2020
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Beyond code: The effects of cost cutting in racking, modules...

When we talk about wire management and the code, it is easy to meet the basics of the NEC: neat and orderly, secured every 2 to 4 feet, prop...

March 16, 2020
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NABCEP 2020 CE conference rescheduled for July

That was fast. A day after being forced to postpone this year’s event, NABCEP was able to identify its date and time: It is with great...

March 13, 2020
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HSGS completes 4-MW solar project for NASA facility in Virginia

Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) completed the construction of over 4 megawatt (MW) of solar energy systems for NASA at the Wallops F...

March 13, 2020
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Breaking: NABCEP 2020 CE Conference postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

UPDATE: The rescheduled date is set. The way this week was playing out, it felt like just a matter of time before NABCEP postponed its Conti...

March 12, 2020
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Solar One, PowerMarket team on multi-family-focused community solar project in...

  PowerMarket partnered with Solar One to provide Con Edison customers guaranteed savings on their electric bills by developing a new c...

March 12, 2020