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August 9, 2018
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News corporate solar
Corporations have contracted for a record 3.57 GW in renewable energy in 2018
August 9, 2018
Featured Coast Citrus Union City
Why solar is a ray of hope for struggling retail industry
August 9, 2018
News Ensync energy systems
EnSync Energy sells PPA for California fire training facility solar install to Standard Solar
August 9, 2018
News Panasonic HIT panels
Panasonic Premium Solar Installer program adds two more companies — let’s meet them
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
News sundat web solar design
SunDAT Web Service is a cloud-based PV design software for...

In the hyper-competitive PV industry, extracting every cent of value from a project is crucial. The SunDAT Web Service combines the power of...

August 1, 2018
News CAB With String Inverter 3 edited
CAB Solar’s Integrated Grounding Cable Management System now UL 2703...

CAB Solar‘s new Integrated Grounding System has achieved ETL Safety Listing by Intertek to UL2703. CAB Solar’s Integrated Ground...

August 1, 2018
Policy massachusetts solar storage goals
Massachusetts bill passes to stop Eversource demand charge but doesn’t...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed An Act to Advance Clean Energy yesterday that will pretty much do what it says, with one really important vic...

August 1, 2018
News McCarthy solar EPC
North Carolina’s Sunfarm V and VI solar projects find their...

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy Team was named the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor on the Sun...

July 31, 2018
News forefront power
Fresno school district breaks ground on 8.2-MW solar canopy project...

ForeFront Power and Fresno Unified School District broke ground on 8.2-MW of solar parking canopy systems across eight District facilities. ...

July 30, 2018