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Skylift Side Business: Three solar contractors discuss selling, constructing solar-covered patios
Chris Crowell
January 22, 2019
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News Bankruptcy law
How will the PG&E bankruptcy affect the California solar industry? Two quick takeaways
January 21, 2019
News new york EV rebates
How New York State’s ‘Green New Deal’ plans to be carbon-free by 2040
January 21, 2019
News new hampshire solar energy
New Hampshire city adds new solar rooftop system, moves toward 100 percent renewable goal
January 21, 2019
News GAF Energy
Top roofing manufacturer launches GAF Energy to focus on solar products, installs
January 21, 2019
News Welcome to Rhode Island Sign
Nautilus Solar Energy adds 3-MW Rhode Island community solar project...

  Nautilus Solar Energy acquired a 3 MW community solar development from ISM Solar Development LLC, a developer of large commercial and...

January 17, 2019
News LONGi
Sunnova adds LONGi Solar to its approved vendor list

Sunnova Energy Corp. has added LONGi Solar as an approved vendor for residential solar modules. Through this new partnership, Sunnova’...

January 17, 2019
News florida solar panels
Florida Power & Light will install ’30 million solar panels’...

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest energy company in the United States as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, se...

January 17, 2019
Inverters and eBOS APsystems qs1 microinverter
Inside the upgrades to the most powerful microinverter on the...

Today’s solar systems require a more robust communication architecture to manage significantly more data points and in-field software ...

January 17, 2019
News solar data center
Data center energy consumption makes a strong case for solar

A recent report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at ...

January 17, 2019
News QuickBolt
SolarRoofHook continues to evolve, rebrands as QuickBOLT

  In response to the housing crisis of 2008, Quickscrews launched its first ever non-woodworking division: SolarRoofHook. Its team help...

January 17, 2019
News Encore Renewables
Check out the largest solar canopy in Vermont, operated by...

Vermont’s largest solar canopy to date, built by a public-private partnership for the Science Museum on the Burlington waterfront, has...

January 16, 2019
News new york solar projects
New York is doubling its solar goal to 6 GW...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is doubling the NY Sun solar goal to 6 GW by 2025, extending the state’s exist...

January 16, 2019
News California on map
After some drama, California’s major utilities have published updated Interconnection...

California has just taken a major step forward in bringing clean local energy online. The Clean Coalition played a major role in this progre...

January 14, 2019
News San-Diego-Solar-Siting-Survey-snapshot
Clean Coalition identifies 500 MW of large-scale commercial rooftop solar...

The Clean Coalition has released a Solar Siting Survey that highlights the significant level of commercial-scale solar that may be generated...

January 14, 2019
News utility communication standard
New standard emerging for grid operators to communicate with DER...

A collaborative team published a new Application Note to help grid operators communicate with distributed energy resources (DER) and enhance...

January 14, 2019
News solar sunshot funding
Mercom: Solar sector sets record for project acquisitions in 2018...

Mercom Capital Group’s annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2018 shows a 24 ...

January 10, 2019
News Kate Collardson Headshot
Solar stories: CertainTeed’s Kate Collardson on her solar installer career,...

Even from a young age, Kate Collardson was dedicated to saving the planet. “When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew u...

January 10, 2019
Products Calyxo thin film
Calyxo increases its thin-film module output by 20 percent (what’s...

TS Solar Calyxo GmbH has again significantly increased the efficiency of its thin-film solar modules. The European market leader from Bitter...

January 10, 2019
PV Modules REC Solar N-Peak
REC Group just doubled its solar panel warranties, improved power...

REC Group, the largest European brand for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, announced new product and power warranties on its REC TwinPeak and...

January 10, 2019