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Open Energy financing Open Energy’s Finance Exchange has already funded $65 million in solar projects
Chris Crowell
October 9, 2018
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Featured utility data
Clear and Present Data: Utility data is kept in the dark, but these providers are shedding some light
October 9, 2018
News Revision Energy project
Tupelo Music Hall cutting ribbon on its 100-kW solar array
October 8, 2018
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Michigan Public Service Commission finalizes avoided cost rates for Consumers Energy
October 8, 2018
News seaward solar i-v curver tracer
Seaward improves PV testing range, uses new I-V curve algorithm
October 8, 2018
News EV chargers
EV Update: Seven steps for regulators, New York rebate, EVgo...

Electric vehicles are coming, and grid planners, regulators, developers and solar companies should all be ready to build the complementary i...

October 8, 2018
Mounting Guide SnapNrack Ultra rail
Watch: SnapNrack debuts Ultra Rail System at Solar Power International

SnapNrack debuted its new Ultra Rail System at Solar Power International this year, a lightweight rail solution for mounting solar modules o...

October 8, 2018
News home energy monitoring
More solar installers are now adding on home energy monitoring...

Mentioned in our top storylines from SPI is the solar + storage + home automation space finally taking shape. While the full suite is offici...

October 8, 2018
News Virginia solar plan
Virginia readies energy plan that calls for 3 GW of...

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan, which included a detailed strategy to increase access to solar and e...

October 8, 2018
Residential Solar modernize sales tool
Modernize Appointments is a new marketing tool for small solar...

Modernize, a home improvement contractor lead generation company, has launched Modernize Appointments, a new national offering designed to s...

October 4, 2018
News Trimark Associates
Trimark Associates adds new features to its SCADA System for...

  Trimark Associates, Inc., a leading provider of metering, SCADA, and energy storage technology solutions for the electric power indus...

October 4, 2018
News Standard Solar
Standard Solar combines six solar sites for 38-MW New York...

Standard Solar is building 38 megawatts (MW) of community distributed generation projects in New York through the acquisition of six project...

October 4, 2018
News Cleveland renewable energy plan
Cleveland commits to 100 percent renewable energy plan

Time to stuff all of your “Mistake by the Lake” jokes, people. Just before Solar Power International, out of nowhere, the City o...

October 4, 2018
News nearmap
Nearmap now offers complete aerial map measurement tools for solar...

Nearmap, a premium provider of high-resolution aerial maps, is introducing a complete measurement toolset in MapBrowser for the solar, roofi...

October 4, 2018
Featured Q Cells
Six solar industry storylines to watch from Solar Power International...

Your Solar Builder editor entered the whirlwind of news, numbers and handshaking that is Solar Power International and emerged with a notepa...

October 2, 2018
News california energy storage
California Gov. signs bills to incentivize energy storage installation

As expected, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 700 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF) keeping California in the driver’s ...

October 1, 2018
News BayWa expansion
BayWa partners with top solar distributor in Mexico for Latin...

As part of its ongoing global expansion and investment in North America, global renewable energy developer, service provider and wholesaler,...

October 1, 2018
News simpliphi High Phi
SimpliPhi debuts new scalable energy storage unit to tailor project-specific...

  Building on nearly a decade of successful manufacturing and global deployments of high performance batteries, SimpliPhi is introducin...

October 1, 2018
News Outback skybox
Outback eliminates need for charge controllers with latest solar+storage product

OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., launched the latest addition to its line of solar plus storage solutions at this year’s Solar Power ...

October 1, 2018
News EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables, EnterSolar form strategic partnership for C&I solar services

EDF Renewables North America, a renewable energy developer, and EnterSolar, a provider of distributed generation solar solutions, formed a s...

October 1, 2018