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Sapphire Solar Project Solar trackers will make up one-third of all ground-mounted PV deployed the next five years, plus more insights from IHS Markit
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August 28, 2019
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News colorado community solar
Standard Solar, Pivot Energy are co-developing close to 9 megawatts of community solar in Colorado
August 28, 2019
+ Storage Soleil Lofts overall
Utah’s Rocky Mountain Power to manage a virtual power plant apartment community (using sonnen storage systems)
August 27, 2019
News Citadel-roofing solar
Citadel Roofing and Solar to start installing LG’s RESU home batteries
August 27, 2019
News department of housing
HUD opened a path for low-income solar in California (and any other state that challenges this law)
August 27, 2019
News Revision Dover solar project
Details on ReVision Energy’s largest rooftop solar project yet: Dover...

ReVision Energy has completed the installation of the largest rooftop solar array in company history. The project at the Dover High School a...

August 27, 2019
Mounting Guide solarack
SolaRack has a new standoff waterproofing base for flat-roof solar...

SolaRack, an American solar racking manufacturer, announced the availability of its new standoff waterproofing product SolaSeal. Touted as t...

August 26, 2019
News wattzon
WattzOn introduces SNAP to quickly capture customer utility bill info

WattzOn, a provider of utility bill data solutions, launched a new AI-powered product called SNAP to enable energy and cleantech companies t...

August 26, 2019
Inverters and eBOS Sungrow inverters
BloombergNEF survey shows Sungrow inverters rate at 100 percent bankablility

BloombergNEF has rated Sungrow as 100% bankable among inverter firms in its latest survey. The BloombergNEF bankability survey asked banks, ...

August 26, 2019
Financing Funding
Johnson Controls, Capital Dynamics partner to boost funding for solar...

  Johnson Controls announced a partnership with Capital Dynamics to increase the amount of capital available for customers in North Ame...

August 26, 2019
News EVgo
Big-time EV agreement: Electrify America, EVgo form a roaming partnership

Electrify America and EVgo announced an interoperability agreement that increases access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations througho...

August 26, 2019
News
Three solar projects coming soon as part of Maryland’s community...

  TurningPoint Energy and ForeFront Power are beginning construction of three fully developed Maryland-based community solar projects. ...

August 26, 2019
News Intersolar
Next year’s revived Intersolar North America will have NABCEP continuing...

Reminder that Intersolar North America moved from San Francisco in July to San Diego in February (the San Diego Convention Center from Febru...

August 26, 2019
Inverters and eBOS ginlong solis
Ginlong now ranks third among Chinese inverter exports

According to EnergyTrend, China exported $1.3 billion (USD) in inverters during the first half of 2019, with the country’s top five in...

August 26, 2019
News Yotta Solar
Solar panel-level energy storage developer Yotta raises another $1.5 million...

Yotta, a PV panel-level energy storage developer, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding and an additional $300,000 in grants for the conti...

August 26, 2019
News Florida solar amendment
Florida Municipal Power Agency is trying to coordinate a $50...

According to the Energy and Policy Institute, the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) — a wholesale power agency owned by Florida&rs...

August 26, 2019
News solar swimming pool
First certifications for solar swimming pool water heating systems awarded...

UMA Solar and Techno-Solis were awarded the first OG-400 certifications for their solar swimming pool water heating systems from the Solar R...

August 26, 2019
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How does lower solar PV pricing impact the Caribbean? WRB...

By Chris Cadwell, WRB Energy, VP Renewable Energy Solar PV wholesale energy pricing is continuing to drop below two cents per kWh in the U.S...

August 26, 2019
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge announces death of co-chairman and founder Guy Sella

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. issued a statement announcing the death of Guy Sella, co-chairman and founder. “It is with a very heavy a...

August 26, 2019
News GlobalData US renewable capacity (1)
GlobalData: U.S. renewable energy capacity to double by 2030

The contribution of renewable power to total installed capacity in the US is expected to double from 15% in 2018 to 30% by 2030, reaching a ...

August 21, 2019