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July 18, 2019
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GE Solar sells majority stake in new distributed solar + storage venture to BlackRock
July 18, 2019
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PV Pointer: Considerations for super small-scale ground-mount PV systems
July 18, 2019
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Mercom: Solar corporate funding up 12 percent in 2019
July 16, 2019
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Cypress Creek Renewables ends its internal EPC business with eye toward ‘long-term value creation’ in solar
July 16, 2019
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National Grid Ventures officially acquires Geronimo Energy

  National Grid, through its competitive non-regulated unit National Grid Ventures (NGV), completed its $100 million acquisition of Ger...

July 16, 2019
News Ameresco
Indiana school district to build two solar arrays to power...

Indiana’s Hamilton Southeastern Schools is partnering with Ameresco, Inc. to bring renewable energy to the school district in the form...

July 16, 2019
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Here are the 19 semifinalists in New York’s 76West Clean...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced the 19 semifinalists for the 76West Clean Energy Competitio...

July 16, 2019
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Hanergy’s MiaSolé sets new world record for large area flexible...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, a German based solar energy testing laboratory and one of the world’s leading renew...

July 16, 2019
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ACORE urges Ohio Legislature to support pro-renewable, pro-consumer policies

With the legislative session in Ohio scheduled to end on Wednesday, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is respectfully urging ...

July 16, 2019
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Cantsink has a new inverter mounting system to ease solar...

Cantsink, a solar product supplier since 2010, is introducing Centric, its latest solar innovation, to speed inverter installation and make ...

July 16, 2019
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EnergySage launches Buyer’s Guide for solar shoppers to easily compare...

EnergySage debuted a new Buyer’s Guide this week. The goal is to equip consumers and the industry with easily sort and filter info on ...

July 11, 2019
Financing renewable energy funding
Get your proposals ready: New York sets first $6 million...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the first round of funding for the $15 million Future Grid Challenge, a program to help solve te...

July 11, 2019
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Spruce Finance just added 12 megawatts of residential solar to...

Spruce Finance, a leading owner and operator of distributed generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., announced it has acq...

July 11, 2019
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Solar Builder Essay Contest: Tell us your big ideas, innovations,...

SEIA has branded the 2020s the Solar+ Decade, and we at Solar Builder agree. We are anticipating a widespread renewable energy disruption, l...

July 11, 2019
News solar company merger and acquisitions
Capital Dynamics, Sol Systems are forming Sol Customer Solutions to...

Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, announced that its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business and Sol...

July 10, 2019
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IHS Markit: The global solar EPC market continues to fragment...

By Josefin Berg, Research & Analysis Manager, Solar & Energy Storage, IHS Markit India-based Sterling and Wilson ascended to the top...

July 10, 2019
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ABB unloads solar inverter business to world’s eighth largest inverter...

ABB is selling its solar inverter business to the Italian company FIMER S.p.A. The companies say the transaction will enhance the future pro...

July 9, 2019
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Syncarpha Capital, Stem to build solar + storage projects in...

Stem, Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) driven energy storage services, announced a new partnership with Syncarpha Capital to b...

July 9, 2019
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NantEnergy shows how solar + storage is a no-brainer for...

The solar + storage value proposition is increasingly a no-brainer for commercial buildings in states out West. Demand charges in California...

July 9, 2019