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August 17, 2018
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News solar industry layoffs
Solar coaster news roundup: SolarCity layoffs, SunPower exits utility-scale, Enphase in trouble?
August 15, 2018
Products PV200 Complete Kit
Seaward updates PV testing products with higher resolution I-V curve, more
August 14, 2018
Mounting Guide Slate solar 3 in one roof
This 3 in 1 Roof boosts solar cell efficiency with new approach to surface temperature management
August 13, 2018
PV Modules AE Solar
Fraunhofer Center vouches for AE Solar’s hot-spot free solar module design
August 10, 2018
News TerraSmart ground mount TF3L
TerraSmart’s new TF3L ground-mount is lighter, adds more panels per...

TerraSmart introduced the latest edition to its racking portfolio, the TF3L. Similar to TerraSmart’s TF2P, the TF3 Landscape Rack...

August 9, 2018
News corporate solar
Corporations have contracted for a record 3.57 GW in renewable...

This week, the Business Renewables Center (BRC), a membership program at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), announced that corporate renewable ...

August 9, 2018
Featured Coast Citrus Union City
Why solar is a ray of hope for struggling retail...

The retail industry is facing challenging times. Business Insider reported that electronics, grocery stores, department stores and drug stor...

August 9, 2018
News Ensync energy systems
EnSync Energy sells PPA for California fire training facility solar...

EnSync Energy Systems sold a project under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prot...

August 9, 2018
News Panasonic HIT panels
Panasonic Premium Solar Installer program adds two more companies —...

The Panasonic Residential Solar Business Premium Installer program keeps on growing, with Sunlux and Solaroo Energy recently promoted to Pre...

August 9, 2018
Financing partnership
Vivint Solar nails down new multi-party financial agreement for $327...

Vivint Solar, Inc. closed an innovative multi-party forward flow funding arrangement that includes project-level debt, a levered tax equity ...

August 8, 2018
News mccarthy-building-companies
Greenbacker Renewable Energy tabs McCarthy Building Companies for 12 Colorado...

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy Team was selected as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for ...

August 8, 2018
News Soltec's bifacial single axis trackers
IHS Markit: 9 key stats from PV Structural Balance of...

In its just-published PV Structural Balance of System (SBOS) Report for North America, IHS Markit forecasts the market at $8.3 billion from ...

August 6, 2018
News Advanced Energy Economy
Five ways to modernize the U.S. electric power grid via...

Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) and Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum (CRES Forum) released a policy paper outlining five recomm...

August 6, 2018
Financing Greater Hudson Bank OnForce Solar USDA Town of Monroe (1)
Greater Hudson Bank finances 2-MW landfill solar project in Monroe,...

Greater Hudson Bank teamed up with OnForce Solar and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to finance the construction and ongo...

August 2, 2018
News certainteed
CertainTeed, Solar Energy International partner on solar installer training

CertainTeed, a leading North American brand of building materials, is expanding its partnership with Solar Energy International (SEI), a lea...

August 2, 2018
News SEIA
Leading U.S. roofing contractor joins SEIA board of directors

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, announced that PetersenDe...

August 2, 2018
News Florida solar power
FPL Energy update: Four new solar plants coming online, battery-storage...

Florida Power & Light Company started construction on four new solar power plants this week, adding to the 14 major solar power plants i...

August 2, 2018
News Scarlet-Solar-TiltPort
This new carport design from Scarlet Solar tilts to boost...

Scarlet Solar released the TiltPort S range — a carport with a tilting roof that the company claims is capable of generating up to 44 ...

August 2, 2018
News Imagine Solar
Mission Solar teams with ImagineSolar on new solar training initiative

Mission Solar Energy, a U.S. supplier of high-power solar modules, announced a new training collaboration with ImagineSolar, a solar trainin...

August 2, 2018