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coronal energy Panasonic parts ways with Coronal Energy, sells to Lincoln Clean Energy
Chris Crowell
May 6, 2019
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Projects Revel Mushroom grower solar project
How a California mushroom grower reduced its energy costs by 60 percent with solar + storage
May 6, 2019
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Nexamp awarded six community solar projects in Illinois
May 6, 2019
News Raycatch_BayWa r.e._Solar
PV startup Raycatch (backed by BayWa r.e.) debuts automated AI Diagnostic DeepSolar system
May 6, 2019
News SEIA
Solar industry groups push for more diversity with best practices guide, #DiversityChallenge
May 6, 2019
Financing 7x-energy
7X Energy completes second PPA to fund development of Texas’...

7X Energy entered into a second power purchase agreement (PPA) for the remaining power of its 690 MWp Taygete Energy Project located in Peco...

May 6, 2019
News automow solar plant
Solar PV plant maintenance white paper: Optimizing Solar PV Plant...

The following white paper was sent our way by By Bri Bruce, marketing manager for AutoMow. Though the topic is often overlooked in compariso...

April 29, 2019
News California nano science
Science: Caffeine improved the performance of perovskite solar cells

Scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have found that caffeine improves the stability of materials under heat – a...

April 29, 2019
News Sense
Three solar providers have partnered with Sense home energy monitoring

Sense, whose intelligent home energy monitor provides real-time insights into energy and device activity in the home, announced that leading...

April 26, 2019
Policy minnesota solar program
Minnesota House passes bill for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by...

The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill which places the state on a path to 100% carbon-free electricity by the year 2050. This...

April 26, 2019
Featured california solar expo
Our four big takeaways from the 2019 California Solar Power...

A great discussion of the state of solar+storage policy and markets at @SEIA‘s California #SolarEXPO with @SEIA rate expert Tom Beach,...

April 26, 2019
News solar home buyers
Solar’s effect on real estate market: Home buyers are interested...

As our Countdown to California 2020 continues — the year in which all new homes in California will be required to include solar energy...

April 25, 2019
News C2 Energy Capital c2
C2 Energy Capital completes its 100th solar project

C2 Energy Capital, a Registered Investment Advisor that manages funds focused on distributed generation and storage, announced the completio...

April 24, 2019
News solar PV data analysis
PXiSE Energy Solutions selected for grid management of 110-MW Pima...

PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, announced that its new Active Control Software (ACT) has been installed at Infraestru...

April 24, 2019
News Constellation
A Department of Energy program enabled this 5-MW solar system...

Constellation, an Exelon company and a leading retail energy supplier, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Sta...

April 24, 2019
News Sample-SolarPanelInstall
Ashley Furniture invests in solar, adding PV systems to 10...

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. says it has committed to a multi-phase effort to reduce the company’s energy footprint. Ashley, the ...

April 24, 2019
News Apex Solar
How Apex Solar Power streamlined its PE letter process with...

Apex Solar Power is headquartered in tranquil Queensbury, N.Y., which is upstate close to Lake George and not too far from the Vermont line....

April 23, 2019
News Vision Solar
Vision Solar opens two new locations on the East Coast...

One of America’s fastest growing solar companies, Vision Solar, has launched two new locations in Reading, Pa., and Edison, N.J., as p...

April 22, 2019
News Halifax Solar Large
The Carolinas’ big solar day: 14 utility-scale projects selected for...

Bringing more cost-effective solar energy to the Carolinas, 14 utility-scale projects have been selected during an independently judged bidd...

April 22, 2019
News SunPower Bed Bath and Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond adding 500-kW solar system to corporate...

In 2010, SunPower installed a 1.2-MW solar power system at the Bed Bath & Beyond headquarters in Union, New Jersey. One decade later, wi...

April 22, 2019