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News congress
Bill introduced to add energy storage to Investment Tax Credit amid Democrat push to extend ITC timeline
April 8, 2019
News flexible-solar-panel
This Swedish PV production equipment provider is expanding into direct sales of solar roofs
April 8, 2019
News Cleveland Indians
POWERHOME Solar to install solar panels at Cleveland Indians’ baseball stadium
April 8, 2019
News energysage market intel solar report
Solar Marketplace Report shows the power of one ITC and the weakness of another
April 8, 2019
News global solar data
IHS Markit: Global solar PV market will return to double-digit...

The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market is set to bounce back from single-digit growth in 2018 to 25 percent growth in 2019, reaching 129 ...

April 8, 2019
Policy
Nevada has turned around its solar industry, led the nation...

Remember when Nevada randomly tried to kill its residential solar industry? Since then, Nevada has reversed course and been a clean energy p...

April 8, 2019
+ Storage Massachusetts solar
How Massachusetts is supporting energy storage (and how your state...

Batteries are now eligible for state energy efficiency incentives in Massachusetts, and this first-in-the-nation policy should be considered...

April 8, 2019
News standard-solar-enews
Standard Solar opens Chicago office to grow its presence in...

Standard Solar Inc., a leading solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of solar electric systems nationwide, has ...

April 8, 2019
News Ipsun Power
Virginia’s Ipsun Solar adds energy storage offering with Tesla certification

Ipsun Solar, located in Fairfax, Va., is now a Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer. The company says sign-ups for the product are already co...

April 4, 2019
News solar RFP
RFP news: Bid for 12 commercial solar projects in Southwest...

The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia is seeking bids for 12 solar projects totaling 2.73 MW of energy generation as part of its Commerc...

April 2, 2019
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge hits 1 million monitored PV systems (doubling its total...

SolarEdge has been tracking the importance that monitoring has in the PV industry. This trend is demonstrated by the fact that less than two...

April 2, 2019
Featured solar install
Crossing Wires: Solar installers are connecting new services to spark...

More solar installers are adding products and services to their core offering, both to help customers fulfill their sustainable energy goals...

April 2, 2019
News smart electric power alliance
SEPA poll: Nearly 75 percent of battery providers report regulatory...

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently surveyed more than 1,500 industry professionals to publish the first power technology mark...

April 1, 2019
News DUKE ENERGY LOGO
Duke Energy proposes electric vehicle infrastructure investments in North Carolina

Duke Energy is proposing the largest investment in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure ever in the Southeast – a $76 million initiati...

April 1, 2019
News WGL solar project
Four ways local solar projects can benefit cities

The article originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog.  When a city decides to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy...

April 1, 2019
News soligent logo
Soligent opens new Southern California solar product distribution warehouse

Solar product distributor Soligent opened a new, 20,000 square foot warehouse in January 2019 in Fontana, Calif., replacing its previous loc...

April 1, 2019
+ Storage largest battery
Florida Power and Light set to build world’s largest solar-powered...

Florida Power & Light Co. announced plans to build the world’s largest solar-powered battery system, which will have four times th...

April 1, 2019
News Pegasus solar
Pegasus Solar solar mounting product line added to Sunnova approved...

Sunnova Energy Corporation added Pegasus Solar’s complete product line to its exclusive Approved Vendor List (AVL), noting that Pegasu...

April 1, 2019
News DTE michigan energy utility
DTE Energy speeds carbon reduction goals by a full decade

  DTE Energy is ramping up its carbon reduction goals in Michigan by a full decade now, with plans to hit an 80 percent reduction by 20...

April 1, 2019