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November 15, 2018
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News community solar checklist
IREC, Vote Solar develop this new checklist to improve community solar design
November 15, 2018
News NREL lightweight CIGS
NREL argues for value of ‘watts per kilogram’ in emerging thin-film, flexible solar technology
November 15, 2018
News Forefront power
ForeFront Power develops solar carport, storage system for University of California, Santa Cruz
November 14, 2018
News Colorado solar
Freedom Forever expands its residential solar services (and 25-year power guarantee) to Colorado
November 14, 2018
News smart home energy management
Schneider Electric’s Wiser Energy System gives homeowners more insight into...

Schneider Electric announced the second generation of its Wiser Energy System, an integrated monitoring system that gives homeowners more in...

November 14, 2018
News sunfinity
Sunfinity installs 200-kW solar system on Texas-based infrastructure development company...

LBJ Infrastructure Group and NTE Mobility Partners have created some of the most sophisticated traffic tollways in the United States, includ...

November 14, 2018
News solar helps
Puerto Rico rebuild: Solar, efficiency projects underway at San Juan’s...

Solar installation and energy efficiency upgrades at the Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are underway, acc...

November 14, 2018
Financing AEP
American Electric Power (AEP) to add 8.3 GW of renewable...

Ohio-based American Electric Power says it plans to invest $33 billion in capital from 2019 through 2023, with $2.7 billion of that focused ...

November 14, 2018
News modern multifamily building
Meet Project Sunlight: A new model aimed at scaling multifamily...

The International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST) was awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar ...

November 14, 2018
Featured Stanford solar professor
Stanford researchers working on rooftop PV array that also cools...

Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. “We’ve built the first device t...

November 13, 2018
Financing CleanCapital
CleanCapital forms partnership with BlackRock to drive new clean energy...

CleanCapital announced a new partnership with BlackRock’s global renewable power platform with the closing of a 46.9 MW portfolio of s...

November 12, 2018
News russelectric distributed energy controller
Russelectric debuts new energy controller for distributed generation systems

Russelectric, a manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems and solutions, released a new Russelectric Distributed...

November 12, 2018
PV Modules Cat Hybrid Energy Solutions - Shingled Cell Solar Panels
Caterpillar to start selling Cat-branded SunPower solar panels through its...

SunPower is now providing high-efficiency SunPower Performance Series (P-Series) solar panels under the Caterpillar brand. Offered as part o...

November 12, 2018
Projects colorado
Greenskies Renewable Energy completes two community solar projects in Colorado

Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC, a Clean Focus company, in partnership with Black Hills Energy, has completed two community solar gardens in...

November 12, 2018
Financing solar panels and money
SunEast closes capital investment for development of 105-MW solar portfolio

SunEast Development LLC, a developer of solar-generating projects, announced the closing of a development capital raise from New Energy Capi...

November 12, 2018
News Bloomberg storage prediction
Bloomberg New Energy Finance significantly increases its behind-the-meter energy storage...

Bloomberg NEF says the tumbling cost of batteries is set to drive a boom in the installation of energy storage systems around the world in t...

November 12, 2018
News nevada voters
Nevada voters want the state to hit 50 percent renewable...

The Nevada solar industry got a shot in the arm on Election day with the passing of Question 6 and calling for a stronger economy fueled by ...

November 12, 2018
News utility grid modernization
New report explores 10 grid reform concepts, case studies for...

A frequent topic on this site over the last year is the need for more advanced utility business models and a new report from the Advanc...

November 12, 2018
News
What batteries should you be installing? DNV GL launches Battery...

There is a lot of noise when it comes to battery specs and performance claims as it relates to solar + energy storage and microgrid projects...

November 12, 2018