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News SolarLog WEB 4U
Solar-Log USA rolls out PV system monitoring as a service with Solar-Log WEB-4U
March 5, 2019
News quick mount Texas solar
Texas is getting a NetZero capable community via Francis Solar, Quick Mount PV
February 28, 2019
News Des Moines Iowa Capital Building Government Dome Architecture
Iowa government unironically tables a “sunshine tax” on solar system owners, which is as regressive as it sounds
February 28, 2019
News solar bill of rights
Reasonable and revolutionary: We look at the Solar Bill of Rights proposed in California
February 28, 2019
News sunpreme-logo-enews
Sunpreme bifacial solar modules paired with Tigo’s optimizers in this...

A shopping center located in the California Bay Area installed a carport and rooftop installations (totaling 750 kW) that paired Sunpreme&ls...

February 27, 2019
Financing targray
Targray to expand its solar supply chain finance program

Offered in partnership with Targray’s global banking partners, the company is expanding its solar supply chain finance program for PV ...

February 27, 2019
Financing solar illinois
Grassroots solar education campaigns in Illinois can apply for $50,000...

Get this: Organizations in Illinois can receive up to $50,000 each to develop grassroots education campaigns that connect communities with t...

February 27, 2019
News Overview of Asset Owners 2019
Comprehensive overview of solar asset owners – Northern America

According to Solar Energy Industry Associations (SEIA), there is currently about 60 GW of solar capacity installed across the US, 11 GW of w...

February 26, 2019
News New York carbon tax
SEIA urges New York PSC to approve VDER changes proposed...

A coalition of clean energy organizations led by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) filed supportive comments on the New York De...

February 26, 2019
News homeowners select contractor
This survey shows the power of educating, communicating with your...

Modernize, a provider of home improvement contractor lead generation services, has released its latest Homeowner Index, a quarterly research...

February 26, 2019
News invenergy
Invenergy Services to start managing renewable energy assets for third-party...

Invenergy, a privately-held global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, is expanding the services of its Invenergy Servic...

February 25, 2019
News JINERGY solar modules
Bloomberg New Energy Finance bumps Jinergy solar modules into Tier...

Jinneng Clean Energy Technology Ltd. (Jinergy), a China-based technology-driven PV manufacturer, has been named as Tier 1 solar module manuf...

February 25, 2019
News canadian-solar-logo
Canadian Solar wins largest public sector solar procurement bid in...

Canadian Solar Inc. won three solar power contracts with Alberta’s Ministry of Infrastructure, for a total of 94 megawatts (MWp) of so...

February 25, 2019
News south carolina solar policy
South Carolina House passes bill to revamp state energy policy

The solar industry has been focused on South Carolina in 2019, and those efforts might now be paying off. The South Carolina House of Repres...

February 25, 2019
News solar carport construction
In construction: Outlets at Tejon adding 600-kW solar carport in...

Located at Tejon Ranch, Calif., the Outlets at Tejon is currently installing a new solar electric system in its parking lot. The 600 kW-AC r...

February 25, 2019
PV Modules solar module manufacturing
Photovoltaic-aways: Solar module manufacturers share 7 insights on PV market...

For our 2019 Module Buyer’s Guide (included in the Jan/Feb issue of Solar Builder magazine) we rounded up profiles on the newest modul...

February 25, 2019
Projects solar project recycling
McCarthy Building Companies to employ new recycling plan while constructing...

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. recently began construction on three solar projects in Meridian, Miss.  Meridian I and II encompass a ...

February 25, 2019
News standard-solar-enews
Standard Solar buys 27 MW of solar projects in New...

Standard Solar signed an agreement to acquire 27 MW of distributed generation solar projects in New York and Rhode Island from Freepoint Sol...

February 25, 2019
Projects LONGi bifacial tracker module
The largest bifacial solar module, tracker project in the U.S....

The largest bifacial+tracker power generation project in the United States will be built up in Mitchell County, Georgia, with a capacity of ...

February 25, 2019