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September 18, 2018
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News solar option
Ampion and Lodestar Energy now offering community solar option to Eversource customers
September 17, 2018
News SMA sunny boy storage inverter
SMA America’s residential storage inverter is now shipping
September 17, 2018
Projects Rhode Island solar project
Rhode Island’s largest solar project is on the way via Southern Sky Renewable Energy, Conti Solar
September 17, 2018
News new york solar tompkins county
Community solar project in Tompkins County, New York, now operational
September 17, 2018
News solar thermal certification
Ridged Systems awarded Solar Thermal Systems Program certification

The Solar Rating & Certification Corporation (ICC-SRCC), a program of the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), has awarded Ridged Systems a ...

September 17, 2018
Featured electric bill
New York utilities seek demand charges in REV mass market...

New York is at an important juncture in its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) development as a working group is currently assessing proposal...

September 14, 2018
News rejected fixed charge
Arizona regulators reject new solar fixed charges requested by two...

Out in Arizona, home of the demand charge, the Arizona Corporation Commission rejected a request by two utilities to subject new solar custo...

September 13, 2018
News Sunrun logo
Sunrun commits to 100 MW of solar on affordable multi-family...

Sunrun Inc. is expanding its low- and moderate-income solar offering plans to develop a minimum of 100 MW of solar on affordable multi-famil...

September 13, 2018
News US solar installation forecast
Report: Solar capacity added dips in Q2, but data points...

The U.S. solar market felt the negative impact of the #TrumpTariffs as installed capacity decreased year over year (- 9 percent) and quarter...

September 13, 2018
News solar customer acquisition
Solar customers can easily share their utility data with this...

Wider, transparent access to utility data will be crucial for growing the solar industry, and Urjanet, already a leader in utility data aggr...

September 12, 2018
Financing Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar, ReneSola building a 13-MW community solar portfolio in...

Nautilus Solar Energy has acquired a second 13.3 MW community solar portfolio developed by ReneSola that also qualifies under Xcel Energy&ls...

September 11, 2018
News sonnen home automation
Sonnen to offer complete home automation, solar + storage system

The future of solar and energy storage will collide with the future of home automation and Sonnen is getting ahead of the game with the laun...

September 11, 2018
News mission solar logo
Texas-based Mission Solar wants to install more of its PV...

  Mission Solar Energy and TriSMART Solar on have formed a strategic partnership that to provide solar panels made in Texas more readil...

September 11, 2018
News GP JOULE 2.7MW Project in Lake Waconia, MN
GP JOULE reports triple digit revenue growth after entering U.S....

GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, reports its expansion in the U.S. photovoltaic market resulted in triple-digit revenue...

September 11, 2018
News sunflare solar shingle on house
Sunflare thin-film residential roof shingles to debut at Solar Power...

Will the best solar shingle solution please stand up. Sunflare is rising from its chair at the 2018 Solar Power International (booth #2482) ...

September 11, 2018
News solar blockchain
Clean Energy Blockchain Network tests out trading platform in solar...

Optimizing clean energy for both carbon reductions and reduced electricity costs with a peer-to-peer clean energy and credit trading platfor...

September 10, 2018
News Oakwood community solar
Sunrise Solar proposes ‘pollinator-friendly’ habitat as part of new community...

New York-based Sunrise Solar Solutions president and CEO Doug Hertz is proposing a 3,600-panel community solar farm at the rear of Oakwood C...

September 10, 2018
News solar company acquisition
Centrica acquires solar EPC Vista Solar to grow its commercial...

Centrica plc has acquired Vista Solar, a leading California solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company serving commercial...

September 10, 2018
News solar Project of the Year voting
Vote for the 2018 Solar Builder Project of the Year

After sifting through a ton of entries to our Project of the Year awards, we narrowed the field to 16 candidates that stood out for a variet...

September 10, 2018