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Microsoft solar project Microsoft Corp. signs 15-year PPA for this 75-MW solar project in North Carolina
Chris Crowell
March 11, 2019
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Cypress Creek Renewables adds PV plant drone inspection services from Raptor Maps
March 11, 2019
News intersolar north america
Intersolar North America canceled this year after acquisition (moving to San Diego in Feb. 2020)
March 11, 2019
News NABCEP new logo
NABCEP partners with Solar Insure to provide insurance coverage to qualified solar installers
March 7, 2019
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Koolbridge Solar gets UL approval for Renewable Energy Smart Load Center
March 7, 2019
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Something to copy: Montecito Fire Protection District Board supports renewable...

Fire, Law enforcement, School and County leaders met to plan yesterday! pic.twitter.com/MAkuvkjs3E — Montecito Fire (@montecitofire) F...

March 7, 2019
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Encore Renewable Energy nets $1 million in new funding for...

The Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) of Vermont, Coastal Enterprises (CEI) of Maine and New Hampshire Community Loan Fund (Community Loan F...

March 6, 2019
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HellermannTyton releases solar wire management exclusively for First Solar modules

HellermannTyton just released the Series 6 RPC Hanger and Series 6 Fir Tree Fastener, specifically designed to fit the new Series 6 solar mo...

March 6, 2019
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Global solar microinverter forecast: Growth of 10 percent expected by...

Global solar microinverters market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 10 percent to reach $886 million by 2024, owing to persistent adva...

March 6, 2019
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Life of the third-party: Here’s why project-level due diligence is...

For today’s top EPCs, a solar project’s success comes well before an RFP is even issued. It starts with vendor and product asses...

March 5, 2019
News Jinko-Swan
JinkoSolar and DuPont combine forces on new bifacial solar module...

At the 2019 International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo in Tokyo, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, together with JinkoSolar Holding Co, d...

March 5, 2019
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Siemens to acquire KACO new energy GmbH

Siemens announced plans to acquire the string inverter business of the KACO new energy GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of energy-rela...

March 5, 2019
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Panasonic solar modules added to Sunnova’s approved vendor list

Panasonic Eco Solutions of North America has been named an approved vendor for Sunnova Energy Corporation, one of the leading U.S. residenti...

March 5, 2019
News SunPower A Series
SunPower is promoting a 400-watt residential solar panel, the A-Series

SunPower has launched its Next Generation Technology home solar panel called A-Series, delivering 400 and 415 watts of power. In Europe and ...

March 5, 2019
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Science or fiction? How artificial intelligence and machine learning can...

At the top of its hype cycle, Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the energy landscape, revolutionizing how solar assets are manage...

March 5, 2019
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Solar-Log USA rolls out PV system monitoring as a service...

Solar monitoring services are valuable to the solar system owners and to installers as an ongoing part of their relationship with the custom...

March 5, 2019
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Texas is getting a NetZero capable community via Francis Solar,...

Francis Solar and Quick Mount PV are supplying Texas’s first NetZero Capable Community, Whisper Valley, with equipment to go solar. Th...

February 28, 2019
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Iowa government unironically tables a “sunshine tax” on solar system...

Stuff like this is why California’s fight for a Solar Bill of Rights matters. In Iowa, utilities are moving a “sunshine tax&rdqu...

February 28, 2019
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Reasonable and revolutionary: We look at the Solar Bill of...

“Collaborate with the Independent System Operator” is a great phrase, one that should be heard more often in regards to a utilit...

February 28, 2019
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Sunpreme bifacial solar modules paired with Tigo’s optimizers in this...

A shopping center located in the California Bay Area installed a carport and rooftop installations (totaling 750 kW) that paired Sunpreme&ls...

February 27, 2019