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Bartlett Farm solar project Dynamic Energy finishes phase 2 in Bartlett’s Farm solar site construction
Chris Crowell
March 2, 2020
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Solar Trackers RPCS Array Technologies
Install Insights: RPCS explains why it prefers Array Technologies’ trackers
March 2, 2020
News mccarthy-building-companies
McCarthy Building Companies begins construction on Turquoise Solar project in Nevada
March 2, 2020
News Todays Power
RPCS strengthens partnership with Today’s Power, Inc. with 2020 pipeline
February 28, 2020
News Panasonic solar solutions
Panasonic launches new Elite Tier in its Residential Solar Installer Program (with cool perks)
February 28, 2020
News solar energy growth
Solar energy growing faster than all renewables in latest U.S....

Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.2% of net domestic electrical generation duri...

February 28, 2020
News Connecticut Superior Court
Connecticut solar installers are in legal fight over property tax...

This article was originally published on Energy News Network. Court cases dispute the definition of “private residential use” fo...

February 28, 2020
News Screenshot Deepsolar
Chatting about improving PV plant performance with BayWa-backed Raycatch

Last May, we reported on a cool new AI-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, DeepSolar, a diagnostic system that enables la...

February 27, 2020
News Freedom Solar
Texas’ Freedom Solar talks about its most successful year yet...

Austin, Texas-based Freedom Solar just had its most successful year since its founding in 2007, due largely to the increasing number of home...

February 26, 2020
News Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Skyline Aerial
City of Charlotte uses Duke Energy’s GSA program to negotiate...

The Charlotte City Council voted Monday evening to participate in the Duke Energy Green Source Advantage (GSA) Program, which allows large e...

February 26, 2020
News United Renewable Energy - Solar Panels
United Renewable Energy LLC builds 3-MW solar PV project for...

A 3 MW solar PV project has been completed and commercialized by United Renewable Energy at Kimberly-Clark’s facility in LaGrange, Ga....

February 26, 2020
Policy Richmond solar lobby CCAN Sierra MOF Ipsun
Local solar lobbying: Ipsun Solar explains its efforts to change...

As 2020 dawned, it was do or die for solar in Virginia. Our company (Ipsun Solar) took action, and the benefits have been surprising. 2020 h...

February 26, 2020
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Sunnova Energy sees 30 percent increase in customer base in...

Sunnova Energy‘s financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 show a customer base increase of 30 percent and an increa...

February 26, 2020
News Duke Energy Florida
Duke Energy Florida installed its one-millionth solar panel, previews the...

Duke Energy Florida is crowing about recently installing its one-millionth solar panel in the state at the company’s Columbia Solar Po...

February 25, 2020
News REC alpha series
REC now producing Alpha 72 Series, pitched as ‘most powerful...

REC Group is now producing its 72-cell REC Alpha Series solar panel, which is being billed as “the world’s most powerful 72...

February 25, 2020
Batteries kilovault battery
KiloVault debuts pure lead carbon deep-cycle battery aimed at residential...

KiloVault is promoting a new PLC series of advanced, pure lead carbon, sealed AGM, deep cycle batteries. Designed for optimum performance in...

February 25, 2020
News JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase commits to more clean energy and less coal,...

During its Investor Day today, JPMorgan Chase announced a slew of clean energy commitments while also placing restrictions on any further co...

February 25, 2020
O&M Russelectric SCADA (1)
Russelectric debuts customizable SCADA for solar plant monitoring

Russelectric, a Siemens Business and manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, has debuted a new customized Rus...

February 25, 2020
eBOS genius smart panel
GENIUS smart electric panels approved for revenue grade metering in...

Measurement Canada and Weights & Measures has approved the revenue grade metering for GENIUS, a smart panel from Koben Systems. Wit...

February 25, 2020
News CIT-Deep-Teal
CIT leads $140 million financing for esVolta utility-scale energy storage...

  CIT Group‘s Power and Energy business served as lead arranger for a $140 million financing for esVolta, a leading developer of ...

February 24, 2020