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July 11, 2019
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Spruce Finance just added 12 megawatts of residential solar to its portfolio
July 11, 2019
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Solar Builder Essay Contest: Tell us your big ideas, innovations, predictions for the Solar+ Decade
July 11, 2019
News solar company merger and acquisitions
Capital Dynamics, Sol Systems are forming Sol Customer Solutions to boost commercial solar biz
July 10, 2019
News solar EPCs
IHS Markit: The global solar EPC market continues to fragment (Sterling and Wilson takes top spot)
July 10, 2019
News ABB UNO-DM family
ABB unloads solar inverter business to world’s eighth largest inverter...

ABB is selling its solar inverter business to the Italian company FIMER S.p.A. The companies say the transaction will enhance the future pro...

July 9, 2019
+ Storage solar storage coming soon
Syncarpha Capital, Stem to build solar + storage projects in...

Stem, Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) driven energy storage services, announced a new partnership with Syncarpha Capital to b...

July 9, 2019
+ Storage nantenergy
NantEnergy shows how solar + storage is a no-brainer for...

The solar + storage value proposition is increasingly a no-brainer for commercial buildings in states out West. Demand charges in California...

July 9, 2019
News Citadel-roofing solar
Citadel Roofing & Solar partners with Solar Roof Dynamics to...

Citadel Roofing & Solar, one of California’s largest and most experienced roofing and solar installers, announced a strategic part...

July 9, 2019
News Solar Builder Project of the Year awards
Send in nominations for the Solar Builder Project of the...

Attention all solar industry stakeholders: Each year, Solar Builder seeks to highlight the most outstanding PV projects in the solar industr...

July 9, 2019
News virtual reality solar training
Interplay Learning to provide virtual reality solar training with Global...

Interplay Learning, a provider of online training for skilled trades utilizing virtual reality (VR) and 3D simulations, formed a partnership...

July 9, 2019
Solar Trackers Sapphire Solar Project
Scaling up: Behind-the-scenes moves have readied Solar FlexRack to supply...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals, is a supplier of custom-designed, fixed tilt ground mount and single-axis solar tracke...

July 8, 2019
News solar installers
Diversity in solar update: Two reports highlight the importance of...

Solar industry leaders have made diversity and inclusion top objectives. Two unrelated reports make the case that job training is an importa...

July 8, 2019
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Hanergy signs deal to build one of the largest solar...

The multinational clean energy company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, secured a strategic order for setting up the 400 Megawatt (MW) solar ...

July 8, 2019
News pine gate renewables
Pine Gate Renewables starts construction on 101 megawatt solar project...

Construction of Bowman Solar has commenced, according to Pine Gate Renewables, a national utility-scale solar developer. Bowman is a 101-meg...

July 8, 2019
News RAF Mills
Label manufacturer opts for 100 percent renewable energy at factory...

UPM Raflatac, a manufacturer of pressure sensitive label materials, is now sourcing all of the electricity at its factory in Mills River, N....

July 8, 2019
News Clenergy solar agricultural mounting
Clenergy’s PV-ezRack SolarTerrace is a mounting system designed for solar...

Clenergy PV-ezRack SolarTerrace I is a ground mounting system designed for solar-agricultural projects due to its flexible structural design...

July 8, 2019
News natural gas pipeline
How close is solar + storage to beating natural gas?...

By Devashree Saha In April 2019, in the heart of coal country, Indiana regulators rejected a proposal by its electric and gas utility, ...

July 8, 2019
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California senators call for solar + storage to be included...

Our reporting on California’s solar + storage market for our Countdown to 2020 news series has revealed both big opportunities and obs...

July 8, 2019
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‘Safe Harbor’ from RPCS helps solar developers benefit from this...

RP Constructions Services announced this week a Safe Harbor strategy that will allow project developers, financiers and owners to benefit fr...

July 2, 2019