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January 8, 2020
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News Global solar power.
IHS Markit forecasts a 14 percent increase in global PV installations in 2020 (20 percent in U.S.)
January 8, 2020
News Rugged APEX designs for Off Road projects
This Hydro Seed Applicator can speed up solar project vegetation seeding, spraying
January 7, 2020
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Nexamp set to build 11 MW of community solar in New Jersey (with big commitment to LMI customers)
January 7, 2020
News West of the Pecos
RWE’s West of the Pecos Texas solar project is now online
January 7, 2020
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Webinar: How to Value High Efficiency Solar Panels in Residential...

Solar Builder is teaming with ARPA-E to detail academic research into the value of high-efficiency solar panels in residential applications....

January 7, 2020
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SunPower names CFO for Maxeon, plans to eliminate 3 percent...

SunPower is kicking off 2020 with announcements and filings connected to its split into two independent (but aligned) publicly-traded c...

January 6, 2020
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Details on new features added to the SolarEdge commercial Designer...

SolarEdge sent word that it’s introducing an extended feature set on its free web-based Designer tool that specifically supports comme...

January 6, 2020
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Schneider Electric gets into the residential energy management game with...

Schneider Electric, is a leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and is ready to bring its expertise to the ho...

January 6, 2020
News Sense Solar
Sense updates its Solar Home Energy Monitor app to show...

Sense has updated the Sense app to track how much of a solar home’s energy is powered by the sun right now and how much is coming from...

January 6, 2020
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SEIA starts 2020 by reiterating its 20 percent of generation...

When energy and climate analysts look back on the 2020s, they will see a transformed energy landscape dominated by new solar energy generati...

January 6, 2020
Financing solar loans and leases
Four notes on the rise of residential solar loans over...

According to the U.S. residential solar finance update: H2 2019 from Wood Mackenzie, solar loans are officially outpacing leases in the resi...

January 2, 2020
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Solar tracker supplier Array Technologies partners with new logistics company

Phoenix Logistics, an affiliate of national private commercial real estate firm Phoenix Investors headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., announce...

January 2, 2020
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Renewable energy could top natural gas in new capacity added...

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S....

December 31, 2019
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Sunnova, bullish on 2020 sales, announces safe harbor purchase and...

Sunnova Energy International Inc. closed an aggregate $150 million in financing through an approximately $95 million revolving asset-based l...

December 31, 2019
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The 19 best Solar Builder articles from 2019

Looking back at 2019, if I had to pick a pun moniker for the solar industry (and I do), it wasn’t so much a ‘solar-coaster&rsquo...

December 31, 2019
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California new-build solar mandate crash course

2020 – the dawn of the Solar+ Decade – kicks off with the official launch of California’s much heralded (and controversial...

December 30, 2019
News solar energy PPA handshake
EDF Renewables signs PPA for 100-MW slice of the Palen...

While we were waiting for Santa, EDF Renewables North America signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with CleanPowerSF for a 100 me...

December 27, 2019
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Survey of U.K. investors shows serious interest in renewable energy...

Renewable energy is the top investment sector for investors in the United Kingdom, a survey by GraniteShares has revealed. Almost a third of...

December 27, 2019
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Sullivan Solar Power’s director of community development named one of...

Sullivan Solar Power‘s Director of Community Development, Tara Hammond, was recently honored as one of San Diego Business Journal&rsqu...

December 27, 2019