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ENGIE_logo Target Corp. signs a PPA for part of the Sand Fork Solar Project in Texas
Chris Crowell
June 13, 2019
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News Nevada solar rates
Nevada finalizes commitment to clean energy future with a slew of bills this year
June 13, 2019
News sense-monitor-2
Solar installers can get Sense home energy monitoring at a discount via Dividend Finance
June 13, 2019
News Trump Trade Tariffs
Bifacial solar panels among several solar exclusions from the Trump tariffs just announced
June 13, 2019
News canadian-solar-logo
EDF Renewables places large bifacial solar module supply order with Canadian Solar
June 11, 2019
News Borrego solar
Borrego Solar Systems ranks as largest U.S commercial solar company...

Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a leading developer, designer, installer, and operator of commercial solar and energy storage systems, hit the t...

June 11, 2019
News GRID Alternatives
GRID Alternatives awarded $4.4 million in funding for California’s first...

The California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) announced final awards totaling $4.4 million to GRID Alternatives for ...

June 11, 2019
Financing Starbucks PPA
Starbucks uses innovative PPA aggregation structure to invest in three...

Starbucks just invested in a custom-built three-project renewable energy portfolio using LevelTen Energy’s procurement platform.&...

June 10, 2019
News Bank_of_America_ATM_Welcome_Screen
Bank of America to install solar arrays at over 60...

Bank of America is expanding its investments in solar energy, installing solar panels across multiple locations through its Onsite Solar Ini...

June 10, 2019
News smart electric power alliance
SEPA’s Utility Solar Snapshot shows 15 percent growth, led by...

  The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)’s new report, the 2019 Utility Solar Market Snapshot, the educational non-profit found...

June 10, 2019
News nasa ameresco solar project
NASA partners with Ameresco on solar project at Goddard Space...

Ameresco broke ground last week on a solar project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Is...

June 10, 2019
News sunbadger solar
Sun Badger Solar makes big push into Minnesota solar installation...

One of the fastest growing solar companies in the Midwest, Sun Badger Solar, is expanding to Minnesota this spring. The renewable energy com...

June 10, 2019
News Duke Energy
Duke Energy trying out new solar energy program tailored to...

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a Duke Energy solar energy pilot program aimed at businesses, schools and nonprofits. &ld...

June 10, 2019
News top 10 prize finalists
Steep-roof ballast racking, new PV cell concepts among 10 American-Made...

  The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) named the 10 finalists from Round 1 of the American...

June 10, 2019
News solar contractor success
Renovate America and Modernize partner to provide better access to...

Modernize, a home improvement lead generation services company, announced a strategic partnership with home improvement financing leader Ren...

June 5, 2019
News Tyson Foods solar poultry house
Tyson Foods and Auburn University are building the first stand-alone...

Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center (NPTC), a leader in poultry housing and associated technologies for more than a...

June 5, 2019
News non-profit-program-19-178-Solar-Community-copy-individual
Fellowship Energy named Best Nonprofit Program in the Solar in...

Fellowship Energy, a clean energy finance company developing solar projects for faith-based organizations, parochial schools and other nonpr...

June 5, 2019
Projects Nexamp Newfield Sheep 1
Not a baaaad idea: Nexamp deploys 150 sheep to graze...

Community solar provider Nexamp kicked off a new solar grazing program recently with the deployment of approximately 150 sheep on its solar ...

June 5, 2019
News PV module scorecard
PVEL Module Reliability Scorecard: 30% of the module BOMs failed...

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the leading independent test lab for the global downstream solar industry, published the 5th Edition of its PV Mod...

June 5, 2019
News solar commercial loan financing
Green Street Power Partners enters Minnesota solar market, closes financing...

Green Street Power Partners, LLC (GSPP) closed on tax equity investment and long-term debt financing for a 17.5 megawatt community solar por...

June 3, 2019