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Eaton Eaton launches collaboration with Tesla for home energy storage deployments
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September 9, 2024
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News Lithium-Battery-Mess
The lithium battery MESS: Will restrictive fire codes drive consumers to unpermitted home battery systems?
September 9, 2024
Projects United States solar domestic content
U.S. solar panel manufacturing capacity grows almost 4x under incentives
September 9, 2024
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Leap expands VPP platform with FranklinWH, Energy Toolbase, sonnen
September 6, 2024
Inverters and eBOS Solis S6 125 kW
Solis adds 60 kW, 125 kW string inverters to C&I rooftop portfolio
September 5, 2024
Projects Raymond James solar parking garages
From vision to reality: Solar parking garages power Raymond James...

Raymond James Financial, a cornerstone of the St. Petersburg, Florida, community since 1962, has taken a significant step toward environment...

September 5, 2024
Projects Create Solar and OMCO
Create Energy, OMCO partner to advance utility and C&I solar...

OMCO Solar and Create Energy have teamed up to expand U.S. domestic solar manufacturing to serve the utility-scale and commercial and indust...

September 5, 2024
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Silfab Solar adds utility-grade solar panels to portfolio

Silfab Solar will debut its new utility-grade solar panels during the RE+ expo in Anaheim, California next week. The Silfab Utility NTC 620-...

September 5, 2024
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Residential solar player Lumio files for bankruptcy

Correction: This article originally incorrectly included Our World Energy in Lumio’s roster of companies. That has been removed. Our W...

September 5, 2024
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Summit Ridge Energy secures supply of U.S. manufactured PV inverters...

Looks like Summit Ridge Energy is among the first in line for Siemens‘ U.S.-made solar inverters. As a result, Summit Ridge says it no...

September 4, 2024
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Enphase using power control to expand legacy NEM systems in...

Many solar homeowners in California looking to expand their PV systems have been stuck, because expanding their systems could mean transitio...

September 4, 2024
Projects Arevon Ratts 1 Heirloom solar indiana
Arevon earns $299 million financing package for 2 solar projects...

Arevon Energy Inc. has closed on $299 million in aggregate debt financing commitments for the Ratts 1 and Heirloom solar projects in Pike Co...

September 4, 2024
Projects Sunrock CleanCapital solar storage agreement
Sunrock, CleanCapital to deploy solar + storage solutions | Solar...

Sunrock and CleanCapital have teamed up to develop solar + storage projects in the United States, while First Citizens Bank helped finance $...

September 4, 2024
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BENKAM expands its capabilities in manufacturing aluminum products for solar...

BENKAM is the leading aluminum extrusion manufacturer in Central Asia and a part of the AKFA Group industrial conglomerate. The company oper...

September 4, 2024
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Solar United Neighbors promoting model state policy for ‘distributed power...

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) has developed a state model policy to develop Distributed Power Plants (also known as Virtual Power Plants). By...

September 3, 2024
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Canadian Solar signs solar panel recycling deal with SOLARCYCLE

Canadian Solar Inc. entered into a partnership agreement with U.S.-based PV recycling company SOLARCYCLE. This makes Canadian Solar one of t...

September 3, 2024
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RE+ Showcase: What to see at the tradeshow in Anaheim

North America’s largest solar and energy storage tradeshow, RE+ 2024, is almost here! From Sept. 9 to 12, roughly 40,000 solar pros wi...

September 3, 2024
Projects Sunstone Credit solar project financing
Sunstone Credit finances $5 million, 2.8 MW solar portfolio in...

Sunstone Credit, Inc. has financed a $5 million, 2.8 MW project portfolio for King Energy, an energy solutions provider for commercial ...

August 29, 2024
PV Modules
Sinovoltaics partners with SwissWatt One for 100% panel inspection

Sinovoltaics has partnered with SwissWatt One to provide the Swiss solar panel manufacturer with independent quality assurance ins...

August 29, 2024
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Solar developers sound off on transmission permitting rules

Acquiring federal permits is a key factor in the success of large-scale solar projects. Earlier this year, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulator...

August 29, 2024