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Conti Solar Southern Sky Renewable Conti Solar named EPC for large Rhode Island solar project portfolio
Chris Crowell
September 4, 2018
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News Wells Fargo tribal solar funding
Wells Fargo commits $5 million to GRID Alternatives’ Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
August 31, 2018
Products solaria
Sunlight Financial adds Solaria PowerXT modules to vendor list
August 31, 2018
News Ascent Solar Technologies
Ascent Solar Technologies nets DOE funding for thin-film, CIGS solar cell development
August 31, 2018
News California solar bills
California passes roadmap to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045: Boosts to storage, multi-family PV
August 31, 2018
PV Modules partnership
Silfab Solar partners with Itek Energy to boost U.S. solar...

PV manufacturer Silfab Solar is making a direct investment into Itek Energy LLC to initiate U.S. operations and to meet the growing demand f...

August 31, 2018
News Fronius symo
Fronius targets new competitive advantages for solar installers with Smart...

As solar markets across the United States are getting more established, differentiation becomes increasingly important for solar installers....

August 31, 2018
Projects SunShare_Watkins
SunShare Community Solar Garden project in Colorado kicks off with...

Community solar developer SunShare launched its Imboden Solar Project with a solar panel-raising event that took place recently in Watkins, ...

August 30, 2018
News Mission Solar sponsor
Mission Solar is sponsoring a couple on a sustainable, solar-powered...

Mission Solar Energy LLC, a U.S. supplier of high-power solar modules, is doing something cool and collaborating with a newly married couple...

August 30, 2018
eBOS RBI solar Logo
RBI Solar acquires balance of system provider SolarBOS

RBI Solar, Inc. sent word that it has acquired California-based SolarBOS, Inc., a market leading provider of PV electrical balance of system...

August 29, 2018
News lead-acid battery
Lead-acid upgrade? Tydrolyte promotes new electrolyte to replace sulfuric acid...

The lead–acid battery consisting of lead, lead oxide, and a sulfuric acid electrolyte was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston ...

August 28, 2018
Financing Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar acquires community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective

Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, has acquired a 13.5 MWdc community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the nation’s leading...

August 28, 2018
+ Storage utility energy storage
SEPA Storage Market Snapshot shows growing interest in solar plus...

Storage has been more of a buzz word/ discussion topic than an adopted technology on the grid to this point, but the needle is now moving, j...

August 28, 2018
News St Stephens progress
Meet Fellowship Energy, a company financing solar systems for faith-based...

Sustainability is often an important aspect of a faith-based community’s mission, but churches, parochial schools and other nonprofits...

August 27, 2018
Financing Vivint solar
Vivint Solar gets lease option approved for Florida customers

The Florida Public Service Commission has approved Vivint Solar‘s solar lease product proposal, and they are immediately available in ...

August 27, 2018
Inverters and eBOS SMA-Sunny-Highpower-PEAK3-5830
Meet SMA’s Sunny Highpower PEAK3 inverter — a scalable 1,500...

SMA America‘s new Sunny Highpower PEAK3 inverter is now available for ordering in North America and will begin shipping in the first q...

August 27, 2018
Featured solar panels
Shadow costs: How outdated local processes stifle the true solar...

While PV technology has made considerable gains in terms of cost reduction and increased efficiency over the last decade, many authorities h...

August 27, 2018
News Solar Flex Rack landfill solar project
Exyte Energy chooses Solar FlexRack Pre-Cast mounting system for Massachusetts...

Exyte Energy (formerly M+W Energy, Inc.), one of America’s largest providers of EPC and O&M services for solar photovoltaic system...

August 27, 2018
News AP Systems qs1
APsystems to debut four-module, 1,200 W microinverter at Solar Power...

APsystems will unveil the QS1, a four-module, single-phase microinverter for residential applications at the Solar Power International trade...

August 27, 2018
News New York solar school
New York creates toolkit to guide solar development of brownfields,...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority released a new tool kit to provide guidance and resources for communities seeki...

August 22, 2018