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Nexamp logo Nexamp completes community solar project in Seneca, New York, part of state’s Green New Deal
Chris Crowell
February 18, 2019
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Residential Rooftop Report: Heat up your solar install sales in 2019 (free report download)
February 18, 2019
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Shell acquires 100 percent stake in energy storage provider sonnen
February 18, 2019
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Survey: Employees want to work at companies with sustainability programs
February 18, 2019
Projects Nexamp carports
Solar carport at Massachusetts Comcast call center enough to offset 95 percent of consumption
February 18, 2019
News DIRECT ENERGY LOGO
This nearly 100-MW California solar PPA was enabled by energy...

Sunpin Solar, a California-based solar developer, and Direct Energy Business, part of Direct Energy, one of North America’s largest en...

February 18, 2019
News Powerhome solar
Carolina Panthers football stadium to add solar panels via POWERHOME...

POWERHOME Solar will begin installing solar panels on Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, within the next few weeks.&nbs...

February 18, 2019
News panasonic
Ten more solar installers added to Premium ranks of Panasonic...

Panasonic Solar Group announced its cross-country expansion of the Panasonic Residential Solar Installer program with the addition of 10 Pre...

February 15, 2019
News RPCS solar tracker project
Pine Gate Renewables connects 57-MW solar tracker site in South...

Pine Gate Renewables, a national utility-scale solar developer, owner, and operator, energized its Peony solar project in Orangeburg County,...

February 13, 2019
News solar illinois
Illinois’ solar energy policy (and job growth) is an example...

Illinois outpaced 48 states in solar jobs growth in 2018, adding 1,308 jobs in a single year, according to The Solar Foundation’s late...

February 13, 2019
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Solect Energy renews partnership with New England’s largest energy buying...

Solect Energy, a full-service commercial-scale solar developer and installer in Massachusetts and PowerOptions, the largest energy-buying gr...

February 13, 2019
News solar jobs
Total U.S. solar jobs decline again with Trump’s tariffs cited...

The U.S. solar industry employs 242,343 workers as of 2018, a decline of nearly 8,000 jobs (3.2 percent) compared to 2017, according to the ...

February 12, 2019
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Solar Power Northeast takeaways: Solar’s Catch-22 options for navigating politicians,...

The Northeast is a mature solar market already, but how can it keep on growing from here? Solar Power Northeast in Boston last week offered ...

February 11, 2019
News commonwealth charter school solar project
Pennsylvania public cyber school adds solar to support one-third of...

Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), a Pennsylvania public cyber school, partnered with a Pennsylvania renewable energy developer to install ...

February 11, 2019
News Delta inverter recall
Delta issues recall of Eltek solar inverters due to fire...

This recall involves the Eltek THEIA HE-t string inverters installed between 2013 and 2015 after it was discovered the capacitors can fail a...

February 11, 2019
News National Energy Improvement Fund
This Rebate Bridge program speeds rebate payments to energy efficiency...

The National Energy Improvement Fund, a licensed lender and national expert in energy efficiency financing program management, and RKB Capit...

February 11, 2019
Financing DUKE ENERGY LOGO
7X Energy sells late-stage 100-MW solar project in Texas to...

7X Energy, a leader in solar development in the U.S., announced the sale of the 100-megawatt (MW) Lapetus Solar Energy Project in Andrews Co...

February 11, 2019
Financing institutional investors renewable energy
Institutional investors to double renewable energy allocations globally over next...

Institutional investors plan to almost double portfolio allocations to renewable energy over the next five years. An estimated $210 billion ...

February 11, 2019
News SunPower
Former SolarWorld U.S. production facility now producing SunPower P-Series panels

In October 2018, SunPower acquired the SolarWorld Americas facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, making good on its commitment to invest in America...

February 7, 2019
News solar module sneak peek
REC Solar hypes new solar panel as its most power...

REC Group, the largest European brand for solar panels, is hyping a new solar panel making its debut at Intersolar Europe. REC says this wil...

February 7, 2019