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January 13, 2020
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News Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar acquires C&I, community solar portfolio spanning seven states from Virgo
January 13, 2020
News REC N-Peak Lauch Event at Intersolar Europe 2018
REC ups solar module warranty with new ProTrust program for certified installers
January 13, 2020
News Earth, solar, energy icon
Five trends driving solar energy globally in 2020 via Sun Investment Group
January 13, 2020
News South Carolina
Why its big for solar that South Carolina’s Commissioners reversed their Dominion Energy rate decision
January 10, 2020
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U.S. Department of Energy promotes domestic energy storage with new...

U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the ...

January 9, 2020
News home solar puzzle
Four real estate trends for 2020 (and where solar fits...

As is the case with any industry, there are numerous changes that occur within real estate from year to year. From increasing housing prices...

January 8, 2020
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Canadian Solar adds new seats to board of directors and...

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has increased the size of its Board of Directors from five to s...

January 8, 2020
News Global solar power.
IHS Markit forecasts a 14 percent increase in global PV...

Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade, according to the new 2020 Global Photovoltaic (PV) D...

January 8, 2020
News Rugged APEX designs for Off Road projects
This Hydro Seed Applicator can speed up solar project vegetation...

APEX by Fecon introduces their lineup of hydro seeding and environmental spray applicators for off-road environments, such as solar project ...

January 7, 2020
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Nexamp set to build 11 MW of community solar in...

  Nexamp has been selected to build three new projects totaling more than 11 MWs in New Jersey as part of that state’s Commu...

January 7, 2020
News West of the Pecos
RWE’s West of the Pecos Texas solar project is now...

RWE announced it has achieved commercial operation on its West of the Pecos solar project, located in Reeves County, Texas, approximately 75...

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
News commercial designer autostsring
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