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solar carport construction In construction: Outlets at Tejon adding 600-kW solar carport in parking lot
Chris Crowell
February 25, 2019
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PV Modules solar module manufacturing
Photovoltaic-aways: Solar module manufacturers share 7 insights on PV market trends in 2019
February 25, 2019
Projects solar project recycling
McCarthy Building Companies to employ new recycling plan while constructing three solar projects in Mississippi
February 25, 2019
News standard-solar-enews
Standard Solar buys 27 MW of solar projects in New York, Rhode Island from Freepoint Solar
February 25, 2019
Projects LONGi bifacial tracker module
The largest bifacial solar module, tracker project in the U.S. to be built in Mitchell County, Georgia
February 25, 2019
Financing Taygete-Map-texas
7X Energy finds PPA buyer for 250 MW of its...

7X Energy entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 250 MWac with a large investment grade company from phase 1 of its Taygete Energ...

February 20, 2019
News Stillwater Dwellings
Exponent Solar Energy works with Stillwater Dwellings on energy management...

Stillwater Dwellings and Exponent Solar Energy have come together to now offer a fully integrated Green Energy Management Solution (GEMS) as...

February 20, 2019
News EcoMen solar install
Watch: EcoMen Solar constructs PV system to offset tenant loads...

EcoMen Solar completed a 75.6 kW PV system for Poet’s Square Plaza in Freehold, N.J. The installed solar systems for this property tak...

February 20, 2019
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Community solar insight: This industry brief cuts through the collective...

The U.S. Community solar is on a steep, upward trajectory and does not show any signs of slowing down. Community or shared solar offers an o...

February 19, 2019
News solar installer survey
Five takeaways from the Solar Installer Survey from EnergySage, NABCEP

Results of the fourth annual Solar Installer Survey from EnergySage and NABCEP are now available. Here are the five takeaways that most stoo...

February 19, 2019
News Solaria
PV panel provider Solaria just doubled its global production capacity

Solaria Corp., a global provider of high-performance solar panel and systems technologies, today announced that Solaria has started shipping...

February 19, 2019
Projects Nexamp logo
Nexamp completes community solar project in Seneca, New York, part...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced the completion of Nexamp’s 2.6 MW community solar pro...

February 18, 2019
Featured Residential rooftop report
Residential Rooftop Report: Heat up your solar install sales in...

The Residential Rooftop Report for the first quarter of 2019 is now available for download. The theme is “Heating Up Sales,” and...

February 18, 2019
+ Storage Sonnen battery
Shell acquires 100 percent stake in energy storage provider sonnen

Shell has agreed to acquire 100 percent of sonnen, a leader in smart energy storage systems and innovative energy services for households. T...

February 18, 2019
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Survey: Employees want to work at companies with sustainability programs

With an increasing number of companies establishing environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives, Swytch, a blockchain-based c...

February 18, 2019
Projects Nexamp carports
Solar carport at Massachusetts Comcast call center enough to offset...

Comcast completed a 1,170-panel carport solar installation that will help power its regional call center at 35 Resnik Road in Plymouth, Mass...

February 18, 2019
News DIRECT ENERGY LOGO
This nearly 100-MW California solar PPA was enabled by energy...

Sunpin Solar, a California-based solar developer, and Direct Energy Business, part of Direct Energy, one of North America’s largest en...

February 18, 2019
News Powerhome solar
Carolina Panthers football stadium to add solar panels via POWERHOME...

POWERHOME Solar will begin installing solar panels on Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, within the next few weeks.&nbs...

February 18, 2019
News panasonic
Ten more solar installers added to Premium ranks of Panasonic...

Panasonic Solar Group announced its cross-country expansion of the Panasonic Residential Solar Installer program with the addition of 10 Pre...

February 15, 2019
News RPCS solar tracker project
Pine Gate Renewables connects 57-MW solar tracker site in South...

Pine Gate Renewables, a national utility-scale solar developer, owner, and operator, energized its Peony solar project in Orangeburg County,...

February 13, 2019