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September 13, 2019
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News Powerhome solar
POWERHOME Solar to open South Carolina office, ready to hire 100+ employees
September 12, 2019
News Solar Frontier Americas_Independent Power Producer and Large Scale Solar Developer
Solar Frontier Americas adds 100 MW solar project from GCL New Energy
September 12, 2019
News CPS America
The toll of tariffs: CPS America explains how it has mitigated costs to this point and what comes next for customers
September 12, 2019
News QuickBolt
Expansion news: QuickBOLT is hiring salespeople on the East Coast and the Midwest
September 12, 2019
News Level up fronius report
Level Up: Fronius shares four inverter trends taking residential solar...

Inverter specialist Fronius has been diligently preparing a suite of new soft- and hardware solutions for residential and commercial solar a...

September 12, 2019
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Solaria to double its PV module production capacity (again) after...

Don’t look now, but PV module manufacturer Solaria is making some big moves. The company already doubled its global production capacit...

September 11, 2019
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Esdec acquires IronRidge and Quick Mount PV to form the...

Esdec, a leading global rooftop solar mounting solutions provider, has acquired IronRidge and Quick Mount PV, two of the top names in solar ...

September 10, 2019
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Extensible Energy’s DemandEx software looks to reduce demand charges via...

Extensible Energy is billing its new software as a service (SaaS) solution, DemandEx, as a “virtual battery” — an inexpens...

September 10, 2019
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CleanChoice Energy, Hartz Solar open up nearly 2 MW of...

CleanChoice Energy and Hartz Solar, a developer, and owner of over 40 MW of solar assets in the Mid-Atlantic, have opened 1.9 megawatts of n...

September 10, 2019
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University of Northern Colorado cuts ribbon on 172-kW solar array

Students starting classes at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) this fall will be greeted by a greener, more sustainable campus thank...

September 10, 2019
News CleanChoice Energy
CleanChoice Energy partners with MPOWERD to distribute solar lanterns to...

CleanChoice Energy is partnering with MPOWERD, a solar lantern manufacturer that works with nonprofits to disseminate lights to those most i...

September 10, 2019
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SDG&E wants to hike electric bill minimums and add a...

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is proposing a new fixed rate of $10 and a monthly increased minimum bill proposal, of $1.26 per day ...

September 10, 2019
News EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables adds EV charging company PowerFlex Systems to its...

EDF Renewables North America has acquired Los Altos, California-based PowerFlex Systems, a pioneer in managed electric vehicle (EV) charging...

September 9, 2019
News sunpower design studio
SunPower to give homeowners the ability to design their own...

Historically, understanding a home’s solar potential required talking to a sales consultant or compromising with one-size-fits-all onl...

September 9, 2019
News Solar Resource Assessment Equipment - NRG
Check out this collaborative solar resource assessment concept from ArcVera...

Assessing an accurate value of a potential solar project — and then maintaining that production outlook — are of utmost importan...

September 9, 2019
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California governor signs bill to protect solar energy customers from...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law important financial protections for Californians investing in rooftop solar energy. Th...

September 9, 2019
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Legislation proposed in U.S. Senate to simplify solar energy permitting...

The solar industry is trumpeting the introduction of the American Energy Opportunity Act by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Su...

September 9, 2019
Financing financing options
Open Energy explains a new tool for solar installers to...

The following was sent our way by Graham Smith, CEO, Open Energy When looking at the commercial solar/storage/energy efficiency sector (comm...

September 5, 2019
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Lack of SMARTs? Report shows Massachusetts will fall short of...

To see how much forward-thinking policy influences the growth of a renewable energy market – and how stops/starts/small caps stifle th...

September 4, 2019