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Sunfolding_Series B-2mb Solar tracker company Sunfolding is in demand, raises another $32 million to expand operations
Chris Crowell
October 28, 2019
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Batteries ESS iron flow battery
Long-duration energy storage provider ESS nets $30 million to expand iron flow battery manufacturing
October 28, 2019
News Enphase Energy logo
Enphase IQ 7A solar microinverters start shipping in November, can generate up to 14 percent more power
October 28, 2019
News standard-solar-enews
Standard Solar completes its first community solar project in New York
October 28, 2019
Financing Financing
BlackRock, GE-backed DSD closes on funding for $250 million distributed generation project portfolio
October 23, 2019
News sunpin solar
Sunpin Solar hosts engineering students to learn about solar project...

Businesses and corporations providing real-world opportunities for students is a big step towards growing the field and helping students cho...

October 23, 2019
News Leyline Renewable Capital
Leyline Renewable Capital nets $150 million investment to pump into...

Newlight Partners LP announced a $150 million investment in Leyline Renewable Capital, a provider of development financing across sever...

October 22, 2019
News Lead Generation icon.
Wave Solar boosts its lead generation capability by acquiring My...

Wave Solar, a lead generation platform built exclusively for solar installers, completed the acquisition of Solargraf’s consumer educa...

October 22, 2019
News Brooklyn microgrid
There’s a push in Brooklyn to turn its microgrid into...

Brooklyn residents have launched a campaign via Change.org to turn the Brooklyn Microgrid into a fully functioning Local Energy Marketplace,...

October 22, 2019
News Capitol building congress
Over 200 mayors across the country urge Congress to extend...

  Solar investment is a local issue, which is why a bipartisan group of 231 mayors from Tacoma, Wash to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. sent a let...

October 22, 2019
News Ciet Terre floating solar
Largest floating solar array in U.S. now operational in this...

With a strong desire to reduce both energy costs and the town’s carbon footprint, Sayreville, N.J., issued a public RFP in late 2015 c...

October 21, 2019
News down arrow falling prices
Solar PPA prices have dropped 5 percent versus third quarter...

Each quarter, the LevelTen Energy PPA Price Index provides an in-depth look at average offer prices for wind and solar power purchase agreem...

October 21, 2019
Projects stone church
New Hampshire’s Stone Church Music Club will save $100,000 over...

The Stone Church Music Club in Newmarket, N.H., celebrated the installation of a 26 kW rooftop solar array that will produce 32 MWh of elect...

October 21, 2019
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SenseHawk says it benchmarked the condition of this 780-MW solar...

SenseHawk, a leader in AI-powered software for the entire solar lifecycle, benchmarked the condition of 2.5 million solar modules at one of ...

October 21, 2019
Mounting Guide TerraSmart-enews
TerraSmart hosting a panel on how to avoid frost jacking...

With solar developments increasing across regions that are susceptible to frost heave, developers and asset owners’ need to know what ...

October 21, 2019
Financing acciona
Acciona enters U.S. solar market with big project development portfolio...

Spain-based renewable energy infrastructure company Acciona signed an agreement with Tenaska to acquire a portfolio of greenfield photovolta...

October 21, 2019
News pittsburgh airport microgrid
Pittsburgh International Airport makes solar part of a microgrid that...

Pittsburgh International Airport is redefining how airports of the future will be powered. For the first time in the U.S., a major airport w...

October 21, 2019
News weatherpower tool
WeatherPower tool can divide its solar electricity production estimates by...

Science and news organization Climate Central announced the release of its updated WeatherPower tool, which creates localized, graphical est...

October 16, 2019
News JMS-Drone
Massachusetts middle school projected to save $500,000 thanks to solar...

Solect Energy has completed the installation of a 300-kilowatt (kW) DC solar energy system on the roof of the Daniel L. Joyce Middle School ...

October 16, 2019
News PEG sub structure
Meet the PEG: A super lightweight fixed-tilt solar system now...

Jurchen Technology has had its innovative PEG system certified according to the US UL-2703 standard and debuted its innovative fixed tilt PV...

October 15, 2019