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sunverge logo LG integrates its storage system with Sunverge to provide grid services, VPP opportunities
Chris Crowell
November 13, 2019
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California Energy Commission certifies NeoVolta energy storage system and its LFP battery
November 13, 2019
Inverters and eBOS KACO blueplanet
KACO adds five new solar inverters between 87 and 150 kW
November 13, 2019
News Intersolar
Think your solar install team is the best out there? Compete to win the Solar Games at Intersolar this February
November 13, 2019
News Solaria
Solaria beefs up executive team with new COO, CCO appointments
November 12, 2019
News IRENA latin america solar
IRENA report: Latin America is on the brink of a...

Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, according to a new report by the Intern...

November 12, 2019
News mckinstry project
McKinstry finishing up 371-kW solar install for City of Wauwatosa,...

  The City of Wauwatosa, Wisc., partnered with McKinstry to design, install, commission and monitor a 371.3 kilowatt (kW) solar photovo...

November 12, 2019
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SMA boosts grid services focus with EnergyHub partnership (launching first...

SMA America is partnering with EnergyHub (provider of distributed energy resource solutions for utilities) to deliver valuable inverter mana...

November 12, 2019
Featured residential project of the year
2019 Residential Solar Builder Project of the Year: City Cabins...

City Cabins at Abbott’s Alley Sedro-Woolley, Wash. | six 9.9-kW homes Developer: Martha Rose Construction Inc. Solar Contractor: Banne...

November 12, 2019
Featured Projects of the Year
2019 Solar Builder Project of the Year Winners

Solar Builder Project of the Year submissions were sent in throughout the year by the solar community at-large — developers, EPCs, con...

November 12, 2019
News commercial project of the year
2019 Non-Residential Solar Builder Project of the Year: Marion House...

Marion House Food Kitchen Colorado Springs, Colo. | 26 kW   Contractor: Peak View Solar Modules: Trina Solar Inverters: SolarEdge Mount...

November 12, 2019
Featured large scale project of the year walmart
2019 Large-Scale Solar Builder Project of the Year: Walmart Phase...

Walmart Phase IV New Jersey | 1.9 MW across five stores   The overhead photo of the Walmart Supercenter in Bayonne, N.J., may not be as...

November 12, 2019
Solar Trackers mechatron
The ROI of this dual-axis tracker solar canopy at Kahala...

  Mechatron Solar Inc. will inaugurate a six-unit dual axis commercial solar tracker car canopy at the Kahala Tower in Burlingame, Cali...

November 11, 2019
News namaste solar
Colorado’s Solinator Garden completed by Solaris Energy and Namasté Solar

Solaris Energy and Namasté Solar – two Colorado-based solar firms that work nationwide – have completed The Solinator Gar...

November 11, 2019
News SEIA
FYI: Bifacial solar module tariff exemption still has some life...

Accoring to an update sent out by Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the association intervened in ...

November 11, 2019
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SunPower splits into two companies after investment to scale up...

SunPower plans to separate into two independent (but aligned) publicly-traded companies – SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies. Each...

November 11, 2019
News solar jobs
Two solar workforce programs launch to transition military veterans to...

The Solar Foundation is launching two new solar workforce development programs to connect transitioning military service members and veteran...

November 11, 2019
News Shepard Steel
Greener steel? Shepard Steel says its solar system is exceeding...

Shepard Steel, a structural steel and miscellaneous metals company serving the Greater Hartford region since 1956, says that a 611-kilowatt ...

November 8, 2019
News qe_solar_pushing_plane_into_hangar
QE Solar launches piloted aircraft inspections for solar PV, powered...

QE Solar, a leading third-party O&M and asset management provider, has expanded its internal aerial inspection capabilities to include p...

November 7, 2019
News REC low income solar partnership
REC Group forms cool partnership with Honnold Foundation to donate...

REC Group is partnering with the Honnold Foundation, a solar energy foundation started by noted environmentalist and famed rock climber...

November 7, 2019