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May 15, 2019
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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 in Minnesota
May 15, 2019
News Alexandria Industries
Alexandria Industries increases its aluminum extrusion capabilities and capacities
May 15, 2019
News solar corporate funding
Siemens awarded $6.4M by DOE to develop solar’s role in grid resilience
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
Projects C2 Energy Capital Signs An Agreement with Walmart for 46 Solar Projects_2019
Big solar deal: Walmart agrees to 46 power purchase agreements...

C2 Energy Capital executed 46 Power Purchase Agreements and leases with Walmart Inc. to provide solar power at the retailer’s operatio...

May 8, 2019
News QRail Quick Mount
Quick Mount PV added to Sunnova’s approved vendor list

Quick Mount PV, the leading American manufacturer of watertight solar roof mounting and racking systems, has been added to Sunnova Energy Co...

May 8, 2019
News perovskite
Science: Solar-powered hydrogen fuels a step closer

A cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable way of making hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight is a step closer thanks to new research from t...

May 8, 2019