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July 29, 2019
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News congress
House and Senate both introduce bills with five-year extension of Solar Investment Tax Credit
July 25, 2019
News valmont utility
Tracking trackers: Valmont Utility is bringing its solar tracker technology to the North American market
July 25, 2019
News virginia
Kudos to Southwest Virginia: Eight counties achieve SolSmart designation to encourage local solar energy market
July 25, 2019
News Wood mac global pv installs 2019
Global solar PV installations are up 17 percent over 2018
July 25, 2019
News Apollo Tile II - Nelson Home (15)
This Sopris Homes net-zero new-build used CertainTeed’s integrated Apollo PV...

Boulder, Colorado-based Sopris Homes has been in the business of high-performance luxury homes for the past 25 years. According to Sopris Ho...

July 25, 2019
News unico solar
Unico Solar Investors reveals plans for 19 commercial solar projects...

Unico Solar Investors LLC announced 19 commercial and industrial solar projects across Colorado’s Front Range, totaling 14.75 MW ...

July 25, 2019
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Countdown to 2020, part IV: How California is both boosting...

California has a vision for a widespread residential solar + storage market that would ultimately supplant PV-only systems in both effective...

July 25, 2019
News top solar corporate users
Apple, Amazon top list of corporate buyers of solar energy...

Tech giant Apple is now the leading procurer of corporate solar in the United States with nearly 400 megawatts (MW) of total installed capac...

July 25, 2019
News solar company merger and acquisitions
TerraForm Power is buying the 320 MW distributed generation portfolio...

TerraForm Power entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the distributed generation portfolio of AltaGas Ltd for a total purchase pric...

July 24, 2019
News Chemitek
Startup with new products to clean, maintain solar PV panels...

ChemiTek has closed an investment round, led by Portugal Ventures, that will help the startup to advance with the production and consolidati...

July 24, 2019
Financing solarpoint
SinglePoint’s Direct Solar brokerage signs $3.5 million in solar install...

SinglePoint says Direct Solar has surpassed its expectations by signing contracts to deploy more than $1.7 million in solar installs over th...

July 24, 2019
News The Largest Solar Project in Michigan_Installed with Solar FlexRack
Swinerton Renewable Energy, Solar FlexRack building a 26-MW solar plant...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, has completed a cont...

July 23, 2019
News new york climate leadership
Empire Statement: New York mandates 100 percent renewable energy by...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is ushering in a new energy era for the Empire State by signing the Climate Leadership and Community Prote...

July 22, 2019
Financing Keybank
KeyBank partners with Dividend Finance on new residential solar financing...

KeyBank, N.A. and Dividend Finance are partnering on a new financial program to help homeowners add solar and energy storage systems to thei...

July 22, 2019
News Solar Operations Solutions facility
Solar Operations Solutions discusses utility-scale solar innovation, like this new...

According to Wood Mackenzie’s Solar Market Insight Report (Q2 2019), there were 1.6 gigawatts of utility-scale solar installed in Q1 2...

July 22, 2019
News MiaSole-FLEX-W
NREL confirms 20.56 percent solar cell efficiency for a flexible...

MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of lightweight, flexible, thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced that the U.S. Department of...

July 22, 2019
News portland general electric
Portland General Electric proposes mix of renewables, energy efficiency, demand...

Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) presented a new integrated resource plan to the Oregon Public Utility Commission that focuses on adding ...

July 22, 2019
Financing SOLTAGE- Logo
Soltage and Basalt ready to fund 200 megawatts of solar...

Independent power producer Soltage LLC is launching Helios Power, a new funding vehicle in partnership with infrastructure equity inves...

July 18, 2019
Financing CleanCapital
CleanCapital adds a 15 project solar portfolio in New Jersey...

CleanCapital just announced its largest acquisition to date, a 75.2 MW solar portfolio made up of 15 operating solar projects in New Jersey....

July 18, 2019