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December 11, 2019
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Huntsinger Farms gains grant money to add 100-kW solar array on Wisconsin farm
December 11, 2019
News Sunnova residential solar-001
Sunnova updates: SunSafe System hits Florida, 15-year add-on battery financing up in all markets
December 11, 2019
News Solar FlexRack cypress creek
Cypress Creek Renewable, Solar FlexRack team up on 105-MW solar plant in North Carolina
December 10, 2019
News Generac storage
Generac’s PWRcell residential storage solution is now ready to order
December 9, 2019
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BP increases investment in solar developer Lightsource BP to 50...

The management of Lightsource BP and BP have agreed to equalize their shareholdings in Lightsource BP to create a simplified 50:50 joint ven...

December 9, 2019
News Conagra Brands solar project
Wish-Bone salad dressing to be produced by solar energy via...

Conagra Brands, Inc. entered into a 15-year service agreement with SolAmerica Energy to place eight acres of solar panels on the company&rsq...

December 9, 2019
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Push for responsible banking? Climate-focused resolutions filed with JPMorgan Chase,...

A coalition of investors — Walden Asset Management, Presbyterian Church USA, and First Affirmative Financial Network — led by sh...

December 9, 2019
News CaZrSe3 in the distorted orthorhombic perovskite phase
Lehigh University researchers map the energy transport mechanism of a...

For solar cells to be widely used in the coming decades, researchers must resolve two major challenges: increasing efficiency and lowering t...

December 9, 2019
News Bankruptcy law
Details on bankruptcy auction for DC Solar mobile solar generators...

Hey — GA Global Partners is conducting a public auction of over 700 complete mobile solar generators (MSGs) manufactured by DC Solar t...

December 9, 2019
News Key Solar project
UPS hub in Massachusetts goes solar this holiday delivery season...

Key Solar, New England’s fastest growing commercial solar energy installer and developer, completed (on time and on budget) the roofto...

December 9, 2019
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BlackRock hits a record $1 billion first close for its...

BlackRock Real Assets has achieved a $1 billion first close for its Global Renewable Power III fund (GRP III) with commitments from over 35 ...

December 9, 2019
News tariff court ruling
Court upholds the bifacial solar module tariff exclusion

The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) will allow the exclusion from Section 201 tariffs for bifacial modules to remain in place for th...

December 5, 2019
Financing Loanpal
LoanPal adds PenFed Credit Union to home solar financing platform

PenFed Credit Union, the second largest federal credit union in the United States, is partnering with Loanpal, a leader in new resident...

December 5, 2019
News climate insurance
Meet PV PlantProtect: An insurance program to reduce utility-scale solar...

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), Lloyd’s of London syndicate Ariel Re (a member of Argo Group), and Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, are t...

December 5, 2019
News mcelroy metal solar roof
McElroy Metal adds solar system with roof recover at its...

After completing successful solar panel installations with roof recovers at plants in Peachtree City, Ga., and Adelanto, Calif., McElroy Met...

December 3, 2019
Financing EnerBank
EnerBank adds four new flexible repayment options for solar customers

EnerBank USA, the national consumer lender that helps strategic business partners and independent home improvement contractors increase thei...

December 3, 2019
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Six Flags in Northern California becomes first solar-powered theme park

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, the Thrill Capital of Northern California, in partnership with sPower and Borrego Solar Systems, made the offic...

December 3, 2019
News wind and solar growth
Solar and wind combine to outpace natural gas in new...

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released – quietly – by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FER...

December 3, 2019
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Trump’s solar tariff disaster: 62,000 jobs and $19 billion in...

Tariffs on imported solar cells and modules have led to the loss of more than 62,000 U.S. jobs and $19 billion in new private sector investm...

December 3, 2019