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December 30, 2019
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EDF Renewables signs PPA for 100-MW slice of the Palen Solar Project
December 27, 2019
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Survey of U.K. investors shows serious interest in renewable energy in 2020
December 27, 2019
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Sullivan Solar Power’s director of community development named one of San Diego’s Business Women of the Year
December 27, 2019
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How Westhaven helps its community beyond solar energy installs
December 27, 2019
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Facebook’s first solar farm in Georgia is commissioned

Facebook’s first solar project in the state of Georgia, the Bancroft Station Solar Farm, was officially commissioned of on December 12...

December 20, 2019
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DNV GL report shows how U.S. solar industry succeeds in...

The transition from carbon-intensive generation to clean and renewable energy is picking up the pace in the United States, finds DNV GL&rsqu...

December 20, 2019
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Swift Coat awarded $1 million to commercialize its self-cleaning PV...

Swift Coat Inc., an Arizona State University spin-out company specializing in nano-coatings, was selected to receive a $1 million award from...

December 20, 2019
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Sigora Solar caps off awesome 2019 by being part of...

  Earlier this month, Sigora Solar and Standard Solar were one of the three team contract awardees and the primary rooftop solar awarde...

December 20, 2019
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New York State celebrates 2 GW of solar at this...

The New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that two gigawatts of solar capacity has been installed across th...

December 19, 2019
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MGM Springfield adds a rooftop solar canopy via Distributed Solar...

Distributed Solar Development completed a custom solar canopy project that it designed and built for MGM Springfield in Springfield, Mass. T...

December 19, 2019
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Santa Barbara School District to build solar-driven microgrids to improve...

As deadly wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) become the “new normal” in California, communities are increasingly ...

December 19, 2019
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Solar Frontier Americas completes financing for massive solar project in...

Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), the US-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd,  closed on the tax equity commitment ...

December 18, 2019
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Q CELLS celebrates 20 years in solar by shifting all...

Few other solar companies in the market today can boast such a long history as the Q CELLS brand. From the Company’s German incep...

December 17, 2019
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It’s official: The solar Investment Tax Credit will step down...

In today’s not shocking news: Congress and the White House didn’t agree on including an extension of the solar Investment Tax Cr...

December 17, 2019
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Solar farm to be installed at a University of Illinois...

Sol Systems announced the execution of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Prairieland Energy, Inc. (PEI), a University of Illinois-relate...

December 17, 2019
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Blue Planet Energy offering $500 rebate on its battery system...

Blue Planet Energy has responded to California’s energy crisis, spurred by recent wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) ev...

December 17, 2019
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Atlas Renewable Energy places bifacial module order with Chint Solar,...

CHINT Solar/Astronergy signed a new contract with Latam’s solar energy giant, Atlas Renewable Energy, to supply 122 MW of bifacial mod...

December 16, 2019
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Here are SEIA’s new board members and division chairs

Solar Energy Industries Association members have elected three at-large members and five division chairs to serve on the SEIA Board of Direc...

December 16, 2019
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Greenbacker and Encore Renewable Energy reach agreement on a 14...

  Through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC  signed the rights to purchase a 27.7 MWdc, 14 proje...

December 16, 2019