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August 1, 2018
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News CAB With String Inverter 3 edited
CAB Solar’s Integrated Grounding Cable Management System now UL 2703 listed
August 1, 2018
Policy massachusetts solar storage goals
Massachusetts bill passes to stop Eversource demand charge but doesn’t address net metering
August 1, 2018
News McCarthy solar EPC
North Carolina’s Sunfarm V and VI solar projects find their EPC
July 31, 2018
News forefront power
Fresno school district breaks ground on 8.2-MW solar canopy project (and how it got here)
July 30, 2018
Projects Coast Citrus Union City
Fruit wholesaler adds a third PV system to one of...

Coast Citrus Distributors, a wholesaler of fruits and vegetables in the United States and Mexico since 1950, completed the latest solar syst...

July 30, 2018
News Duke Energy solar rebate
Duke Energy is seeing strong demand for its solar rebate...

Duke Energy’s North Carolina solar rebate program has attracted significant interest from customers, with more than 1,500 applying for...

July 30, 2018
Products APA racking geoballast ground mount
APA Solar Racking explains its concrete-free ballast ground-mount system

APA Solar Racking has changed the ground-mount ballast market by offering a concrete-free design. Featured at Intersolar this year, APA...

July 30, 2018
News alsoenergy
AlsoEnergy merges with skytron, will now manage more than 18...

AlsoEnergy is making big moves. First came word of its Draker acquisition, and now it is merging with skytron energy, one of Europe’s ...

July 26, 2018
News Duke Energy shared solar south carolina
Duke Energy launches Shared Solar Program option for residents in...

Duke Energy Progress is launching an affordable Shared Solar Program option for customers in South Carolina. Available to all qualified Duke...

July 25, 2018
News SEPA solar capacity added
SEPA argues ‘the U.S. solar market did not contract last...

Taking longer-term trends into account, a new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) argues that — a drop in megawatts n...

July 25, 2018
News Pegasus solar
Pegasus Solar raises $10 million in Series A funding round

Pegasus Solar, a designer and manufacturer of rooftop mounting systems for solar installations, raised additional funding, reaching $10 mill...

July 23, 2018
News Velo Solar
Indigo Energy to start offering solar options via Velo Solar

Velo Solar, one of Georgia’s largest EPC solar firms, has formed a joint venture with Indigo Energy to offer Velo’s solar expert...

July 23, 2018
Projects RetroFit Baltimore solar project
This Baltimore program is constructing its sixth solar co-op to...

Civic Works’ Retrofit Baltimore has selected Solar Energy World to install solar panels for their sixth solar co-op. The non-profit se...

July 23, 2018
News HiQ Outback Power
OutBack Power, HiQ Solar expand deal to sell three-phase commercial...

OutBack Power expanded its partnership with HiQ Solar to better serve current HiQ and ProHarvest customers, establish new markets and develo...

July 23, 2018
News CPS America
New from CPS America: 1,500-volt inverters, communication interface, turn-key storage...

CPS America announced several updates to note within its product and service offering at Intersolar North America. 1500V 100kW and 125kW Str...

July 23, 2018
News NEXTracker
NEXTracker acquires key patents from Optimum Tracker

NEXTracker announced a technology agreement with French solar tracker company, Optimum Tracker, to acquire key intellectual property elated ...

July 23, 2018
Projects mccarthy building solar
McCarthy Building Companies uses new program to train local workers...

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has begun construction on the 20 MW Cumberland Solar Project in Elmont, Ala., located on 130 acres approxim...

July 23, 2018
30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff Aurora_remote assessment
Remote site assessment cuts solar design time, costs (about $850...

There are some solar installation costs we can’t control, such as the tariffs imposed on the industry this year. But when it comes to ...

July 20, 2018
News alsoenergy
AlsoEnergy purchases Draker and is transitioning customers to its platform

We couldn’t locate a news announcement about this, but according to an email sent to Draker customers, Draker is now a part of AlsoEne...

July 19, 2018