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May 16, 2019
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News SEIA
SEIA calls its shot: In the next decade, solar can hit 20 percent of all electricity generation
May 16, 2019
News CCE Solar Farm 1
CleanChoice Energy opens up 20 MW of community solar in Minnesota
May 16, 2019
News PHS_Colts Training
POWERHOME Solar to install a solar system for its fifth NFL franchise
May 15, 2019
News solar flexrack
King of the North: Solar FlexRack tops half a gigawatt of solar projects in Canada
May 15, 2019
News Nokomis Partners
Excelsior Energy Capital, Nokomis Partners to construct 16-MW solar portfolio...

Excelsior Energy Capital announced that its North American Renewable Energy Fund is teaming with Nokomis Partners on the construction and op...

May 15, 2019
News Alexandria Industries
Alexandria Industries increases its aluminum extrusion capabilities and capacities

Contract manufacturer Alexandria Industries invested in a new aluminum extrusion press that will allow the company to increase its aluminum ...

May 15, 2019
News solar corporate funding
Siemens awarded $6.4M by DOE to develop solar’s role in...

Siemens’ central research and development unit in the U.S., Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) US, was selected for a $6.4 million...

May 15, 2019
News sense-monitor-2
Lifetime Solar, SUNation, Sigora Solar to start offering Sense home...

Three more solar installers located across the country (Lifetime Solar, SUNation and Sigora Solar) recently signed on with home energy monit...

May 14, 2019
News Hannah Solar Government Services
Federal Aviation Administration contracts with HSGS for solar canopies project...

Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS), a renewable energy systems contractor headquartered in South Carolina, is designing and engineering...

May 13, 2019
News encore renewables
This former silk mill in Keene, N.H., is now part...

The mill produced decorative silk yarns from textile factory waste in the early 20th century, and today is a mixed-use commercial space for ...

May 13, 2019
+ Storage SolarEdge
SolarEdge to offer its own battery as part of full...

Word out of Intersolar Europe is SolarEdge Technologies is expanding its StorEdge solution with the launch of new inverters optimized f...

May 13, 2019
News solsystems
Sol Systems awarded SRECs for 80 no-cost solar systems in...

The DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) announced that Sol Systems has been awarded a five-year strip of Solar Renewable Energy Credits (S...

May 13, 2019
+ Storage Bloomberg storage prediction
IHS Markit: Outlook for energy storage strengthens due to demand...

The year 2018 set a record for deployment of grid-connected battery energy storage. Global installations almost doubled, especially driven b...

May 13, 2019
News south carolina solar net metering
South Carolina might finally have a bipartisan compromise to expand...

South Carolina legislators have passed the Energy Freedom Act, House Bill 3659, which will keep solar energy growing across the state. &ldqu...

May 13, 2019
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Conti Solar announces rebrand and name change to CS Energy

Conti Solar, a national solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), O&M and energy storage development company, announced a n...

May 13, 2019
News Ohio utility solar
Ohio readies bill to dump more money into coal and...

While Illinois and Minnesota are driving forward solar energy policy in the Midwest, Ohio, the home state of Solar Builder, continues to emb...

May 13, 2019
News Wood Mac SEIA 2 million solar installs chart
The U.S. surpasses 2 million solar installations (which will double...

The U.S. is now home to more than 2 million solar PV installations, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy ...

May 9, 2019
News quixotic solar
National food distributor in New Jersey installs rooftop solar system...

Quixotic Systems Inc. has completed a 546-kilowatt (kW) solar power system for Conca D’Oro Importers LLC, a national distributor of sp...

May 8, 2019
News Tigo Energy
Tigo updates its TS4-A solar MLPE platform: Wattage increase, weight...

Tigo Energy, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, unveiled its new TS4-A, the advanced retrofit/add-on solution that brings smar...

May 8, 2019