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News Top-Metro-Areas-for-Solar-Jobs-Growth-1
Solar jobs: Chicago, Miami, Seattle and Minneapolis-Saint Paul among big gainers in 2018
March 20, 2019
News RPCS solar tracker project
Global solar PV tracker market: Shipments exceeded 20 GW for first time in 2018
March 20, 2019
News cannabis solar facility
Blazing a new trail: Canndescent opens first-of-its-kind cannabis cultivation facility thanks to solar power
March 19, 2019
News encore renewable community solar long view forest vermont
Community solar project developed on a brownfield at Long View Forest’s Vermont headquarters
March 18, 2019
News Dighton Rehoboth Solar 3
HVAC company Trane gets into solar PV installation business, develops...

While best recognized as a global leading manufacturer of HVAC equipment and Building Automation Systems, Trane also offers comprehensive en...

March 18, 2019
News GRID Alternatives
GRID Alternatives to head up California’s Disadvantaged Communities – Single-family...

GRID Alternatives was selected by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to administer the Disadvantaged Communities – Sing...

March 18, 2019
News smart electric power alliance
Meet Renovate: SEPA’s initiative to evolve state regulatory processes in...

State regulatory processes in the power sector are often unable to keep pace with the needs of customers and evolution of renewable technolo...

March 18, 2019
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Richard Branson wants to fund renewable energy via a Clean...

Sir Richard Branson has shared his vision for a Clean Energy Dividend which he hopes will tackle climate change. Writing in his blog, amid s...

March 18, 2019
News panasonic enphase
Panasonic’s HIT AC module featuring Enphase microinverters shipping soon

The new Panasonic AC Series Photovoltaic (PV) HIT N330E AC Module with integrated Enphase IQ 7X Microinverter will be available for solar in...

March 18, 2019
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New York hits record solar installs but will fall short...

With New York state leaders negotiating this month whether to include Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Green New Deal in the new state bud...

March 15, 2019
News community solar
Florida Power & Light proposes new community solar program that...

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today filed a proposal with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) for a new community solar pr...

March 15, 2019
News 2018 US Solar Market report chart 1
Residential solar market growth driven by ‘diverse mix of national,...

The U.S. Solar Market Insight 2018 Year-in-Review Report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Associat...

March 13, 2019
News Solar Frontier Americas continues to develop its pipeline of over 1 gigawatt of utility scale solar power generation plants
The U.S. solar industry survived the Trump tariffs. Here are...

Here are the key numbers in the just released U.S. Solar Market Insight 2018 Year-in-Review Report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewable...

March 13, 2019
News software integration
Energy Toolbase integrates Stem’s AI storage platform into its solar...

Energy Toolbase sent word that its solar + storage design software now includes the services of Stem, Inc., the world leader in Artificial I...

March 12, 2019
News Powerhome solar
POWERHOME Solar expands into Indiana, will be hiring close to...

Indiana residents soon will have another alternative to grid energy with POWERHOME Solar expanding its operations into The Hoosier State. PO...

March 12, 2019
News Jiangsu-Seraphim
Seraphim adds 1 GW of half-cell module capacity with new...

Seraphim’s bifacial products use a double layer of glass combined with advanced two-sided PV cells, generating up to 25 percent more c...

March 12, 2019
Projects
Florida A&M University approves a 25-year lease with Duke Energy...

The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees approved a partnership with Duke Energy Florida (DEF) to build a solar facility in C...

March 11, 2019
News LONGi-solar
LONGi Solar adds another 5 GW of monocrystalline solar module...

LONGi Solar, a leading global supplier of solar monocrystalline products, announced the commissioning of its 5 GW high-efficiency monocrysta...

March 11, 2019
News net metering rate design
This report looks at the status of net metering and...

The National Regulatory Research Institute released a new study of actions by U.S. states to change distributed energy resources rate design...

March 11, 2019