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March 13, 2019
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News software integration
Energy Toolbase integrates Stem’s AI storage platform into its solar + storage design software
March 12, 2019
News Powerhome solar
POWERHOME Solar expands into Indiana, will be hiring close to 100 employees
March 12, 2019
News Jiangsu-Seraphim
Seraphim adds 1 GW of half-cell module capacity with new factory in China
March 12, 2019
Projects
Florida A&M University approves a 25-year lease with Duke Energy for huge solar power plant
March 11, 2019
News LONGi-solar
LONGi Solar adds another 5 GW of monocrystalline solar module...

LONGi Solar, a leading global supplier of solar monocrystalline products, announced the commissioning of its 5 GW high-efficiency monocrysta...

March 11, 2019
News net metering rate design
This report looks at the status of net metering and...

The National Regulatory Research Institute released a new study of actions by U.S. states to change distributed energy resources rate design...

March 11, 2019
News Microsoft solar project
Microsoft Corp. signs 15-year PPA for this 75-MW solar project...

Microsoft Corp. and Invenergy are moving ahead with a 74-megawatt solar project in North Carolina, the Wilkinson Solar Energy Center, which ...

March 11, 2019
News Raptor Maps
Cypress Creek Renewables adds PV plant drone inspection services from...

Raptor Maps, a Boston-based software company focused on helping enterprise solar companies adopt drone technology to reduce asset management...

March 11, 2019
News intersolar north america
Intersolar North America canceled this year after acquisition (moving to...

Solar Promotion International GmbH and FMMI GmbH announced that three of the company’s North American events – Intersolar, ees (...

March 11, 2019
News NABCEP new logo
NABCEP partners with Solar Insure to provide insurance coverage to...

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) announced a strategic partnership with Solar Insure, Inc. to provide ins...

March 7, 2019
News Koolbridge
Koolbridge Solar gets UL approval for Renewable Energy Smart Load...

Koolbridge Solar‘s renewable energy product, the SMART LOAD CENTER (SLC), has been awarded UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. UL...

March 7, 2019
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Something to copy: Montecito Fire Protection District Board supports renewable...

Fire, Law enforcement, School and County leaders met to plan yesterday! pic.twitter.com/MAkuvkjs3E — Montecito Fire (@montecitofire) F...

March 7, 2019
News Encore renewable energy
Encore Renewable Energy nets $1 million in new funding for...

The Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) of Vermont, Coastal Enterprises (CEI) of Maine and New Hampshire Community Loan Fund (Community Loan F...

March 6, 2019
News Series 6 RPC Hanger_6in
HellermannTyton releases solar wire management exclusively for First Solar modules

HellermannTyton just released the Series 6 RPC Hanger and Series 6 Fir Tree Fastener, specifically designed to fit the new Series 6 solar mo...

March 6, 2019
News globaldata solar index
Global solar microinverter forecast: Growth of 10 percent expected by...

Global solar microinverters market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 10 percent to reach $886 million by 2024, owing to persistent adva...

March 6, 2019
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Life of the third-party: Here’s why project-level due diligence is...

For today’s top EPCs, a solar project’s success comes well before an RFP is even issued. It starts with vendor and product asses...

March 5, 2019
News Jinko-Swan
JinkoSolar and DuPont combine forces on new bifacial solar module...

At the 2019 International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo in Tokyo, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, together with JinkoSolar Holding Co, d...

March 5, 2019
News kaco
Siemens to acquire KACO new energy GmbH

Siemens announced plans to acquire the string inverter business of the KACO new energy GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of energy-rela...

March 5, 2019
News Sunnova residential solar-001
Panasonic solar modules added to Sunnova’s approved vendor list

Panasonic Eco Solutions of North America has been named an approved vendor for Sunnova Energy Corporation, one of the leading U.S. residenti...

March 5, 2019