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October 11, 2019
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News Virginia cities
Public-private partnership forms in Virginia to nurture solar workforce development
October 10, 2019
News solar government local permitting cutting red tape
Soft cost progress: Over 300 local governments have streamlined solar permitting thanks to SolSmart program
October 10, 2019
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Ameresco schedules construction of 27-MW solar farm in Illinois village brownfield
October 9, 2019
News ARI-Key-Benchmarking
Solar energy investors can get real-time benchmarking of their renewable assets with this new platform
October 9, 2019
News PasonChintPowerSystemESS
Chint Power Systems’s C&I energy storage solution now integrated into...

Energy Toolbase, one of the best solar + energy storage modeling and proposal softwares out there, has integrated Chint Power Systems’...

October 9, 2019
News Keene housing
Keene Housing, ReVision Energy to cut ribbon on solar-powered affordable...

A ribbon-cutting is now set for October 29 at Keene Housing in Keene, NH, to celebrate its solar energy transition. The Monadnock Regio...

October 8, 2019
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Contra Costa County uses SunPower to hedge against peak electric...

Contra Costa County in California recently selected SunPower to deploy a mix of Helix Roof and Carport solar systems at 10 locations totalin...

October 8, 2019
News Arizona state solar module research
New Tech Tuesday: Five universities (in three countries) team to...

A new research project spanning five universities in three countries and led by Arizona State University will work to improve solar cell tec...

October 8, 2019
News new home california
Sunrun partners with Citadel Roofing to serve California’s new-build home...

Citadel Roofing & Solar, one of California’s largest and most experienced roofing and solar installers, announced its official par...

October 7, 2019
News clean energy states alliance
Clean Energy States Alliance launches DOE-funded initiative to bring solar...

The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) will lead a wide-ranging initiative to accelerate the development of solar projects that benefit low...

October 7, 2019
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First projects approved in the Illinois Solar for All program

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved the contracts for the first projects participating in the Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) pro...

October 7, 2019
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge files three patent infringement lawsuits against Huawei in China

SolarEdge Technologies has filed three lawsuits for patent infringement against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese entity. SolarEdge i...

October 7, 2019
News global solar
Wood Mac: The top 10 global PV asset owners have...

According to Wood Mackenzie’s inaugural global solar photovoltaic (PV) asset ownership ranking (excluding China), the world’s to...

October 7, 2019
News Tariff Change
About-facial: Trump administration to end the tariff exemption for imported...

  Bifacial solar panels were abuzz at this year’s Solar Power International in Salt Lake City. Most PV module manufacturers had a...

October 7, 2019
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Tigo has a new version of its fire safety solution...

Tigo Energy released a new TS4-A-2F (Fire Safety) at Solar Power International this year — the same advanced retrofit/add-on rapi...

October 2, 2019
Mounting Guide unirac
Unirac now has a solar installer certification program

At Solar Power International this year, Unirac launched the first solar racking specific certification program in the industry for committed...

October 2, 2019
Projects shovel ready utility scale solar
Details on a portfolio of five huge solar plants (1.7...

Intersect Power, a utility-scale renewable energy developer, along with Chattanooga, Tenn.-based EPC Signal Energy, has five massive sh...

October 2, 2019
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Will the U.S. energy storage market be weaker than expected?...

Energy storage will grow from 6 GWh installed today to over 635 GWh cumulatively by 2030 says a new report from Rethink Technology Research....

October 2, 2019
Financing solar panels and money
Keystate Renewables launches a solar tax credit fund for community...

The KeyState Renewables announced the launch of SOLCAP FUND I, LLC, an institutional investor tax credit fund dedicated to the most underser...

October 2, 2019