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capitol hill A ton of solar companies are set to blitz Capitol Hill today to educate, advocate
Chris Crowell
December 6, 2018
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+ Storage lead acid battery bank
Know your battery specs: Nameplate capacity (10 kWh) vs. Usable capacity (7 kWh)
December 6, 2018
News California Building Standards vote
California Building Standards Commission makes it official: New homes will have solar starting in 2020
December 5, 2018
News Vote Solar advocacy award
Solar Builder shoutout to Melanie Santiago-Mosier for her commitment to diversity in solar
December 5, 2018
News battery warranty fine print
Battery performance and warranties: Look for these seven things in your battery warranty’s fine print
December 5, 2018
News new york renewable energy
New York sets in motion first nine community solar projects...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced that nine community solar projects throughout New York have been awar...

December 4, 2018
News auric-solar-case-hdr
How aerial imagery helped Auric Solar close more sales (and...

Auric Solar, a residential and commercial solar power provider, turned to Nearmap, a premium global location content provider specializing i...

December 4, 2018
News Ensync trucking microgrid
EnSync Energy DER systems tie together solar, wind in microgrid...

EnSync Energy Systems has a lot of interesting concepts for residential and commercial distributed energy resource (DER) systems and Interne...

December 4, 2018
News solar energy law firm
Boston law firm Sherin and Lodgen launches National Renewable Energy...

The opportunity in solar energy is too great to contain’s Sherin and Lodgen LLP award-winning solar energy practice. The Boston l...

December 4, 2018
News SEIA
Solar Energy Industries Association solidifies Puerto Rico solar, storage association...

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced that the Solar & Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA-PR) is now an ...

December 4, 2018
News Simpliphi emergency medical storage
How storage provides resiliency, security against threats to grid power

With extreme weather events, wildfires and other threats to energy security increasing in number and duration, homeowners from coast to coas...

December 4, 2018
News BayWa re
BayWa r.e.’s VP of Operations addresses Section 301 tariff on...

Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to suspend any further trade action for 90 days — which means the scheduled incre...

December 3, 2018
News peak shaving
Colorado Springs Utilities upgrade their demand response software, add a...

Colorado Springs Utilities are going to start using AutoGrid to consolidate management of its demand response resources into a unified syste...

December 3, 2018
Financing recurrent energy
Recurrent Energy signs PPA for 63-MW Stanford Solar Generating Station...

Canadian Solar Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for the 63 MWac/88 MWp St...

December 3, 2018
News LONGI bifacial module production
Details on LONGi Solar’s latest bifacial PERC solar module advances

Since its founding 18 years ago, LONGi Solar has focused on the continuous development of mono technology, and its Hi-MO range of monocrysta...

December 3, 2018
News LONGi solar
Enphase Energy, LONGi Solar teamed up on these new AC...

Add this to your list of AC solar modules to consider: Enphase Energy and LONGi Solar are developing Enphase-energized LONGi Solar AC Module...

December 3, 2018
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Case study: McElroy Metal adds solar system to its standing-seam...

Wanting to offset the plant’s electrical usage, and still show a return on investment, McElroy Metal chose a solar solution system for...

December 3, 2018
News solardesigntool
This new SolarDesignTool instantly generates solar permit packages for AHJ...

With solar technology being better and more cost effective than ever, the next big area of need is in soft cost reduction. That’s why ...

December 3, 2018
News NREL thermal energy
NREL gets funding to develop low-cost thermal energy storage

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been awarded nearly $2.8 million in fund...

December 3, 2018
News sunnova protect
Sunnova to start selling solar warranties, service contracts for residential...

Sunnova Energy Corporation launched Sunnova Protect services last week — the first service-only offering available from a national sol...

December 3, 2018