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Chris Crowell
October 8, 2018
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News Virginia solar plan
Virginia readies energy plan that calls for 3 GW of solar, wind by 2022
October 8, 2018
Residential Solar modernize sales tool
Modernize Appointments is a new marketing tool for small solar contractors
October 4, 2018
News Trimark Associates
Trimark Associates adds new features to its SCADA System for utility-scale solar sites
October 4, 2018
News Standard Solar
Standard Solar combines six solar sites for 38-MW New York community solar 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
News solar merger
AlsoEnergy continues to merge solar monitoring space — adds Locus...

The ink was barely dry on the news of AlsoEnergy’s acquisition of Draker when word came out that AlsoEnergy is now merging with Locus ...

October 1, 2018
News residential solar costs
Residential solar costs went up nearly $1,000 on average thanks...

Immediately following the U.S. International Trade Commission’s finding of injury to American solar panel manufacturers in late Septem...

October 1, 2018
News Massachusetts solar
Massachusetts DPU (finally) issues SMART program order

During Solar Power International last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an Order approving compensation fo...

October 1, 2018
News Fronius rapid shutdown inverter
Fronius launches inverter with integrated SunSpec rapid shutdown transmitter

String inverter manufacturer Fronius launches the new Fronius Symo Advanced, a three-phase string inverter with an integrated Power Line Com...

October 1, 2018
News solar permitting red tape
Solar industry leaders launch new initiative to automate solar project...

A big issue still holding back the U.S. solar industry in areas around the country is cumbersome and inconsistent permitting and inspec...

September 24, 2018
Mounting Guide Esdec solar mounting (4)
Esdec enters U.S. solar market to change C&I rooftop mounting

Esdec, a leading European solar rooftop mounting solutions provider, is making its debut in the U.S. market this week at SPI (Booth 378). Wi...

September 24, 2018
News sunflare carport vegas
Sunflare debuts new lightweight PV solution for parking structures

Sunflare is a light, thin, rugged solar system that is changing the residential solar roof concept and ready to do the same for parking stru...

September 24, 2018