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July 31, 2019
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News panasonic enphase
Panasonic to offer full 25-year warranty for AC module including microinverters with labor for its Authorized and Premium installers
July 31, 2019
Projects FEASIBILITY STUDY concept
This California city is trying a community microgrid to improve resiliency against wildfires, PG&E shutoffs
July 30, 2019
News C2 Energy Capital Launch Solar Sheep Vegetation Maintenance Program
C2 Energy Capital to scale up its sheep grazing vegetation maintenance program
July 30, 2019
+ Storage dynapower
Dynapower now offering new financing options for its energy storage systems
July 29, 2019
News BayWa re
BayWa r.e. acquires Canada’s National Solar Distributors as part of...

As part of its ongoing expansion and investment in North America, global renewable energy developer, service provider and distributor BayWa ...

July 29, 2019
News Safari energy
Safari Energy expands its options to fund, acquire, own, operate...

Safari Energy is launching a new flexible financial solution for solar developers and installers. Through the acquisition of solar proj...

July 29, 2019
News renewables versus coal
More than one-fifth of domestic electrical generation comes from renewables...

Taken as a whole, renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for more than a fifth (20.3%) of net dom...

July 29, 2019
News Uncle sam hat icon green
Clean Energy Victory Bonds bill introduced in both the House...

Green America is a non-profit founded in the early ’80s to focus on social justice and environmental health across all sectors. O...

July 29, 2019
News congress
House and Senate both introduce bills with five-year extension of...

Alert from the Solar Energy Industries Association: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Coo...

July 25, 2019
News valmont utility
Tracking trackers: Valmont Utility is bringing its solar tracker technology...

Valmont Utility, a business segment of Valmont Industries, Inc., is using its worldwide manufacturing infrastructure and established global ...

July 25, 2019
News virginia
Kudos to Southwest Virginia: Eight counties achieve SolSmart designation to...

Eight Southwest Virginia communities have achieved designation under the national SolSmart program for encouraging the growth of local solar...

July 25, 2019
News Wood mac global pv installs 2019
Global solar PV installations are up 17 percent over 2018

Global solar PV installations will reach a new high of 114.5 GW in 2019, up 17.5% on 2018, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Pow...

July 25, 2019
News Apollo Tile II - Nelson Home (15)
This Sopris Homes net-zero new-build used CertainTeed’s integrated Apollo PV...

Boulder, Colorado-based Sopris Homes has been in the business of high-performance luxury homes for the past 25 years. According to Sopris Ho...

July 25, 2019
News unico solar
Unico Solar Investors reveals plans for 19 commercial solar projects...

Unico Solar Investors LLC announced 19 commercial and industrial solar projects across Colorado’s Front Range, totaling 14.75 MW ...

July 25, 2019
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Countdown to 2020, part IV: How California is both boosting...

California has a vision for a widespread residential solar + storage market that would ultimately supplant PV-only systems in both effective...

July 25, 2019
News top solar corporate users
Apple, Amazon top list of corporate buyers of solar energy...

Tech giant Apple is now the leading procurer of corporate solar in the United States with nearly 400 megawatts (MW) of total installed capac...

July 25, 2019
News solar company merger and acquisitions
TerraForm Power is buying the 320 MW distributed generation portfolio...

TerraForm Power entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the distributed generation portfolio of AltaGas Ltd for a total purchase pric...

July 24, 2019
News Chemitek
Startup with new products to clean, maintain solar PV panels...

ChemiTek has closed an investment round, led by Portugal Ventures, that will help the startup to advance with the production and consolidati...

July 24, 2019
Financing solarpoint
SinglePoint’s Direct Solar brokerage signs $3.5 million in solar install...

SinglePoint says Direct Solar has surpassed its expectations by signing contracts to deploy more than $1.7 million in solar installs over th...

July 24, 2019