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Chris Crowell
September 26, 2024
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Projects solar trends
Solar trends: Developers discuss the market segment ups and downs
September 26, 2024
Projects Arevon Energy project portfolio Cal Flats
Arevon expands renewable energy project portfolio, 2 GW under construction
September 24, 2024
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Brooklyn SolarWorks is the first solar now approved for NYC Accelerator program
September 24, 2024
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Construction begins on JFK Terminal One solar project
September 24, 2024
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Trinasolar produces fully recycled c-Si module

Trinasolar says it has successfully produced a fully recycled c-Si module. The Research Center Academy of Trinasolar made the breakthrough w...

September 24, 2024
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Video: Residential solar financing outlook post-RE+

Another RE+ is in the books. On this edition of Power Forward!, Solar Builder Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell chats with Joshua Tinaglia, fina...

September 23, 2024
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In-depth look: Vermeer PD25R pile driver for solar field construction

As reported in our RE+ 2024 recaps, Vermeer unveiled the PD25R pile driver, engineered to meet the evolving demands of the growing solar mar...

September 23, 2024
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OpenSolar adds CashFlow feature for U.S. solar installers

OpenSolar, a solar design and project management platform that solar installers can use free-of-charge, announced a new feature designed to ...

September 23, 2024
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Mayfield Renewables Education Summit is Oct. 2-3 (here’s discount code...

The Mayfield Renewables Education Summit is next week (Oct. 2-3), and if you haven’t yet registered, we have a promo code for an addit...

September 23, 2024
Product of the Week Trina POTW
Product of the Week: Mitigate Hail and Wind Risks with...

Introducing Trina Solar’s hail-and-wind resistant Vertex PV modules with 3.22mm glass and backsheet with the n-type TOPCon advanced te...

September 23, 2024
Inverters and eBOS Hoymiles manufacturing
Hoymiles opens microinverter manufacturing in Mexico

PV & energy storage solutions company Hoymiles continues to expand globally, cutting the ribbon on its first overseas manufacturing faci...

September 20, 2024
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Mosaic adds ROYPOW energy storage products to approved vendor list

Discerning viable battery energy storage products in the market today is key, and approved vendor lists (AVL) is one way to do that. Residen...

September 19, 2024
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How PJM can reform interconnection to speed up battery storage,...

A new report shows how the largest electric grid operator in the United States is preventing solutions to a potential electricity shortage. ...

September 18, 2024
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Aurora Solar launches third-party ownership program with GoodLeap, LightReach

Solar systems financed via solar leases — Third-Party Ownership (TPO) — are trending way up in the current market. This week, Au...

September 18, 2024
Projects Standard Solar Lake County Illinois CPF facility ground mount
Standard Solar completes 1 MW ground-mount solar array in Illinois

Standard Solar completed construction on its first project in Illinois — a 1 MW ground-mounted solar array on Lake County’s Cent...

September 18, 2024
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Arevon secures $351 million for Gibson Solar Project in Indiana

Arevon Energy Inc. has closed financing on a $351 million package to build the 251 MWdc Gibson Solar Project in Gibson County, Indiana. The ...

September 17, 2024
Projects Empact Crux tax incentive IRA
Empact, Crux team up on IRA tax incentive compliance

Empact Technologies and Crux are joining forces to optimize Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credit compliance and services for solar devel...

September 17, 2024
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Affordable Wire Management unveils SUMAC Rail at RE+

Affordable Wire Management (AWM) unveiled its SUMAC Rail last week at RE+ 2024. The SUMAC Rail provides optimized wire management for cluste...

September 17, 2024
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Solar jobs grow 6% as renewable energy transition takes hold...

A new report shows that U.S. solar jobs grew 6% for a total of nearly 280,000 solar workers as of 2023, as part of the accelerating transiti...

September 17, 2024