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RE-recap Your definitive RE+ 2024 recap: All of the news from solar’s biggest tradeshow
SB Staff
September 17, 2024
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Affordable Wire Management launches Pinyon hanger for north-south trunk bus systems
September 16, 2024
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Top 5 products at RE+ 2024 selected by Ask Mayfield Anything panel
September 16, 2024
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Hoymiles shows off PV + storage products at RE+ 2024
September 16, 2024
+ Storage Eaton
Eaton launches collaboration with Tesla for home energy storage deployments
September 9, 2024
News Lithium-Battery-Mess
The lithium battery MESS: Will restrictive fire codes drive consumers...

I am increasingly concerned that the solar and storage industry is facing the biggest safety challenge of its 50-year history. The convergen...

September 9, 2024
Projects United States solar domestic content
U.S. solar panel manufacturing capacity grows almost 4x under incentives

Solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States now exceeds 31 GW — a nearly four-fold increase since the Inflation Reduction...

September 9, 2024
+ Storage franklinwh-FHP
Leap expands VPP platform with FranklinWH, Energy Toolbase, sonnen

Virtual power plant (VPP) platform Leap announced new partnerships with Channing St. Copper, Elexity and FranklinWH, alongside expanded part...

September 6, 2024
Inverters and eBOS Solis S6 125 kW
Solis adds 60 kW, 125 kW string inverters to C&I...

The 125kW inverter is the largest 1000V DC string inverter now available on the market Solis is launching two groundbreaking string inverter...

September 5, 2024
Projects Raymond James solar parking garages
From vision to reality: Solar parking garages power Raymond James...

Raymond James Financial, a cornerstone of the St. Petersburg, Florida, community since 1962, has taken a significant step toward environment...

September 5, 2024
Projects Create Solar and OMCO
Create Energy, OMCO partner to advance utility and C&I solar...

OMCO Solar and Create Energy have teamed up to expand U.S. domestic solar manufacturing to serve the utility-scale and commercial and indust...

September 5, 2024
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Silfab Solar adds utility-grade solar panels to portfolio

Silfab Solar will debut its new utility-grade solar panels during the RE+ expo in Anaheim, California next week. The Silfab Utility NTC 620-...

September 5, 2024
News Bankruptcy law
Residential solar player Lumio files for bankruptcy

Correction: This article originally incorrectly included Our World Energy in Lumio’s roster of companies. That has been removed. Our W...

September 5, 2024
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Summit Ridge Energy secures supply of U.S. manufactured PV inverters...

Looks like Summit Ridge Energy is among the first in line for Siemens‘ U.S.-made solar inverters. As a result, Summit Ridge says it no...

September 4, 2024
News Enphase-system-powering-a-house
Enphase using power control to expand legacy NEM systems in...

Many solar homeowners in California looking to expand their PV systems have been stuck, because expanding their systems could mean transitio...

September 4, 2024
Projects Arevon Ratts 1 Heirloom solar indiana
Arevon earns $299 million financing package for 2 solar projects...

Arevon Energy Inc. has closed on $299 million in aggregate debt financing commitments for the Ratts 1 and Heirloom solar projects in Pike Co...

September 4, 2024
Projects Sunrock CleanCapital solar storage agreement
Sunrock, CleanCapital to deploy solar + storage solutions | Solar...

Sunrock and CleanCapital have teamed up to develop solar + storage projects in the United States, while First Citizens Bank helped finance $...

September 4, 2024
Sponsored Content benkam HQ
BENKAM expands its capabilities in manufacturing aluminum products for solar...

BENKAM is the leading aluminum extrusion manufacturer in Central Asia and a part of the AKFA Group industrial conglomerate. The company oper...

September 4, 2024
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Solar United Neighbors promoting model state policy for ‘distributed power...

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) has developed a state model policy to develop Distributed Power Plants (also known as Virtual Power Plants). By...

September 3, 2024
News Canadian-Solar-logo
Canadian Solar signs solar panel recycling deal with SOLARCYCLE

Canadian Solar Inc. entered into a partnership agreement with U.S.-based PV recycling company SOLARCYCLE. This makes Canadian Solar one of t...

September 3, 2024